Theos-Talk Archives (December 1999 Message tl00132)

In a message dated 12/13/99 4:11:21 PM Central Standard Time,
gschueler@iximd.com writes:

> [Chuck on karma:]
>  >>It's a fraud that was created by the Brahmanical caste to keep the
Warrior
>  caste from using the Brahmans for archery practice.  It has no more truth
to
>  it than the xtian hell and serves strictly as a club to beat people over
the
>  head with.>>
>
>  I view "its your karma" as equivalent to a good Xtian's "its god's will"
>  which is no answer at all. On the other hand, Chuck, some people probably
>  need a club over their head...
>

It boils down to whether there is a moral equivalent of what goes around
comes
around or in other words whether a core law of the cosmos involves some form
of moral feedback.  That is core belief behind belief in reincarnation and is
core belief
for all ancient traditions.  It is essence of what is called "classical
natural law theory."

Grigor.