[zotler.]

7. PMT 13 up, 38 down
buy pmt mugs, tshirts and magnets
Post Meal Tiredness - often experienced after a heavy pub lunch.
Man, I got some serious PMT.

This makes me LOL.

[BB_Eye]

I believe that actions have consequences so I think we have a lot to learn from the idea of karma in some respects, especially in the buddhist tradition.

The Western Christian interpretation of karma -the idea that bad people get their comeuppance- I find to be a load of rubbish and bears no relation to reality. Besides, it contradicts that old Christian edict that a good deed is done with no expectation of reward. Whether you believe in an afterlife where everything is put right in the end or a metaphysical dimension to our world where ambitious, power-hungry people suffer on a spiritual level (it's lonely at the top as they say), physical life is a Darwinistic absurdity where plenty of people do bad things and get away with it.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Jords

Not the + / - malarky that was on here, but karma in terms of 'what goes around, comes around'.

Do you believe that bad people will eventually get whats coming to them and good people will get good things happen in time? Any examples you've witnessed of it?

Some Evil Nasty Criminals get the Electric Chair in the USA
but as many Evil Nasty Criminals are not even caught.


So Karma is used as a word that is all.
There is No God
That is a Fact.

[FaLaLaLand]

Yes I do very much so.

I used to be a quite negative person tbh, always arguing with people, miserable and just generally angry and I never kind of got why I was unhappy alot (I wasn't depressed or bullied or anything like that, just not a very nice person).

Then one day I just kind of woke up and thought "life's too short" and decided to change my ways. I was generally more upbeat and felt better in myself for it and eventually got to realise that because I felt more positive that I GOT positive results - I now have the best friends I could possible ask for, I passed my A Levels with my wanted grades and am starting university in September - generally loving life.

So for me, Karma is more of a kind of mental or "energy" thing rather than purposely going out and doing good things to get good things yourself ("My Name Is Earl").

BUT saying that I do believe that if you do very, very bad things that in some shape or form you WILL get some sort of backlash, how small or big it may be.

I'm actually planning to get the word "Karma" tattoo'd in a few weeks on my wrist because I basically have all of my current successes thanks to Karma.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Jonnii

Yes I do very much so.

I used to be a quite negative person tbh, always arguing with people, miserable and just generally angry and I never kind of got why I was unhappy alot (I wasn't depressed or bullied or anything like that, just not a very nice person).

Then one day I just kind of woke up and thought "life's too short" and decided to change my ways. I was generally more upbeat and felt better in myself for it and eventually got to realise that because I felt more positive that I GOT positive results - I now have the best friends I could possible ask for, I passed my A Levels with my wanted grades and am starting university in September - generally loving life.

So for me, Karma is more of a kind of mental or "energy" thing rather than purposely going out and doing good things to get good things yourself ("My Name Is Earl").

BUT saying that I do believe that if you do very, very bad things that in some shape or form you WILL get some sort of backlash, how small or big it may be.

I'm actually planning to get the word "Karma" tattoo'd in a few weeks on my wrist because I basically have all of my current successes thanks to Karma.

I think this as well, more of an energy thing.

[Nicky.]

I'm starting to.

Something happened, and since then it's been like :|.

Regrets.

[GypsyGoth]

I think there is something like Karma, but it is within us, and not some external force, if that makes sense.

[Angus]

[QUOTE=Stu;3188621]It's not up to us to prove a negative. Think of Russell's teapot. You could believe like a muppet in virtually anything and defend it using that abysmal argument. Can you disprove that space wolves sporting AK-47's are orbiting Pluto on the back of Cheetahs?


I beg to differ. If you are going to categorically deny the existence of God then you MUST come up with some convincing evidence for that stance. That is the nature of science. It is not enough just to say "I don't believe". I am entitled to ask you "why?" Or perhaps you just have FAITH that there is no god, in which case you are in the same boat as those that believe there most definitely IS a God. If so, just say so, but please do not put forward your personal opinion of the non existence of God as if it is a fact, when it is not backed up by any definitive evidence.

[Stu]

[QUOTE=angus58;3189010]

Originally Posted by Stu

It's not up to us to prove a negative. Think of Russell's teapot. You could believe like a muppet in virtually anything and defend it using that abysmal argument. Can you disprove that space wolves sporting AK-47's are orbiting Pluto on the back of Cheetahs?


I beg to differ. If you are going to categorically deny the existence of God then you MUST come up with some convincing evidence for that stance. That is the nature of science. It is not enough just to say "I don't believe". I am entitled to ask you "why?" Or perhaps you just have FAITH that there is no god, in which case you are in the same boat as those that believe there most definitely IS a God. If so, just say so, but please do not put forward your personal opinion of the non existence of God as if it is a fact, when it is not backed up by any definitive evidence.

I don't believe in God but I do believe that a transexual magician named The Sensual Frankie Dynamo , who is invisible, visits me in my dreams from a distant star system.

You can't disprove it lol.

[Angus]

[QUOTE=Stu;3189037]

Originally Posted by angus58

I don't believe in God but I do believe that a transexual magician named The Sensual Frankie Dynamo , who is invisible, visits me in my dreams from a distant star system.

You can't disprove it lol.

But I don't wish to disprove it since your personal belief does not impact on me in any way, shape or form.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by angus58

But I don't wish to disprove it since your personal belief does not impact on me in any way, shape or form.

Who needs god when you can dodge bullets like that.

Talk about hair splitting.

[Angus]

Originally Posted by Stu

Who needs god when you can dodge bullets like that.

Talk about hair splitting.

No it is you who are being disingenuous since the existence of a transexual magician named The Sensual Frankie Dynamo who is invisible is not of interest or concern to the billions on this planet since you, and only you,(so far as we are aware) are the recipient of his nocturnal visits (though I wonder how you know, since he is invisible?).

Whereas the existence or not of God has been, is, and will probably continue to be the most debated philosophical conundrum on the planet.