26 Jun '16 20:20>
Is karma perhaps the one thing that unites all religions?
Hinduism of course is the obvious one. It is our good or bad actions in this life that determine the nature of our next life, following reincarnation. (The same soul Sonship!) - We can extend this to Buddhism and even more directly to Jainism where they go to extreme lengths to avoid bad karma (not killing insects etc).
And Christianity?
'for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.' (Galatians 6)
Doesn't Christianity (and arguably Judaism and Islam) talk repeatedly about us reaping what we sow, that we will be held accountable for our good and bad actions. - Could we not take this principle back even further to Adam and the concept of original sin? Does the modern Christian not believe that mankind has paid the price for the original 'bad karma' and that they were saved as a result of the 'good karma' of Jesus and his atonement?
Hinduism of course is the obvious one. It is our good or bad actions in this life that determine the nature of our next life, following reincarnation. (The same soul Sonship!) - We can extend this to Buddhism and even more directly to Jainism where they go to extreme lengths to avoid bad karma (not killing insects etc).
And Christianity?
'for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.' (Galatians 6)
Doesn't Christianity (and arguably Judaism and Islam) talk repeatedly about us reaping what we sow, that we will be held accountable for our good and bad actions. - Could we not take this principle back even further to Adam and the concept of original sin? Does the modern Christian not believe that mankind has paid the price for the original 'bad karma' and that they were saved as a result of the 'good karma' of Jesus and his atonement?