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To: Diplomat
Bzzt! wrong. Go learn about other religions before you toss their concepts around. BTW, I think both the golden rule and the concept of karma have merit but they are not interchangeable.

And speaking of the golden rule, no matter how much I disapprove of a guy, I'm not going to do a virtual dance on his grave because someone might want to come along and do a dance on mine some day and I'd rather not give them the justification. Can everyone else here say the same?
109 posted on 10/26/2006 1:50:04 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Locomotive Breath
BTW, I think both the golden rule and the concept of karma have merit but they are not interchangeable. ... I'm not going to do a virtual dance on his grave because someone might want to come along and do a dance on mine some day and I'd rather not give them the justification. Can everyone else here say the same?

So answering a post from you about KARMA, and having also never posted a single comment about this man means "I am dancing on his grave?"

The only difference between the golden rule and karma is that karma implies that your destiny is determined by the totallity of your actions, whereas Christians believe their ultimate destiny rests in the acceptance that Christ died for our sins in our place. Both imply humans that should be morally good in their behavior, if I can use this terminology. The golden rule is the same as Christ 2nd commandment.

In either case, Christ is asking us to behave in a certain manner; which to me is the same behavior that the teaching of karma seeks in Hinduism and Buddhism.

If you cannot see the obvious and blantant parrallel between these teachings, I suggest you follow your own advice and "Go learn about other religions before you toss their concepts around."

115 posted on 10/26/2006 2:34:15 PM PDT by Diplomat
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