Do you actually believe Karma exists?

People around me talk about Karma all the time and i find it so annoying, believing in karma is sorta like believing that if your bad santa wont bring you gifts for christmas(IMO)...Are you a Karma believer?

and one more question to the Atheists...do you believe in karma? if yes id like to ask why? its basically like believing some phenomena,maybe something spiritual will determine if your punished or rewarded for your actions

People around me talk about Karma all the time and i find it so annoying, believing in karma is sorta like believing that if your bad santa wont bring you gifts for christmas(IMO)...Are you a Karma believer?

and one more question to the Atheists...do you believe in karma? if yes id like to ask why? its basically like believing some phenomena,maybe something spiritual will determine if your punished or rewarded for your actions

cee1gee

Also karma is much more complex that the ridiculous example you made.

No, karma is a pipe dream, if you want to exercize justice, do it yourself.Korzenowski

How did you jump from here to here? 0_o

Also karma is much more complex that the ridiculous example you made.

Teenaged

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People around me talk about Karma all the time and i find it so annoying, believing in karma is sorta like believing that if your bad santa wont bring you gifts for christmas(IMO)...Are you a Karma believer?

and one more question to the Atheists...do you believe in karma? if yes id like to ask why? its basically like believing some phenomena,maybe something spiritual will determine if your punished or rewarded for your actions

Teenaged

Also karma is much more complex that the ridiculous example you made.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

How did you jump from here to here? 0_o

Also karma is much more complex that the ridiculous example you made.

Hewkii

No, I dont believe in it at all.

I have to work for everything. Work a little for bad results, work twice as hard for good results, its just life, and it sucks.

Some random spirit isnt gonna save me from anything.

People around me talk about Karma all the time and i find it so annoying, believing in karma is sorta like believing that if your bad santa wont bring you gifts for christmas(IMO)...Are you a Karma believer?

and one more question to the Atheists...do you believe in karma? if yes id like to ask why? its basically like believing some phenomena,maybe something spiritual will determine if your punished or rewarded for your actions

cee1gee

I don't believe in it. It's pretty much always associated with either Hinduism or Buddhism, and I follow neither. Even if you eliminate the dogma association, karma sounds more like wishful thinking to me. It's comforting in a time of trauma, I suppose; but that doesn't mean it has truth behind it.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="cee1gee"]

People around me talk about Karma all the time and i find it so annoying, believing in karma is sorta like believing that if your bad santa wont bring you gifts for christmas(IMO)...Are you a Karma believer?

and one more question to the Atheists...do you believe in karma? if yes id like to ask why? its basically like believing some phenomena,maybe something spiritual will determine if your punished or rewarded for your actions

cee1gee

Also karma is much more complex that the ridiculous example you made.

And you relating the...-

You know what? Nevermind. Bon chance with your thread. I am off.

[QUOTE="Hewkii"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]

How did you jump from here to here? 0_o

Also karma is much more complex that the ridiculous example you made.

cee1gee

I do.

fnurr fnurr

Whats your deal with athiest?

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People around me talk about Karma all the time and i find it so annoying, believing in karma is sorta like believing that if your bad santa wont bring you gifts for christmas(IMO)...Are you a Karma believer?

and one more question to the Atheists...do you believe in karma? if yes id like to ask why? its basically like believing some phenomena,maybe something spiritual will determine if your punished or rewarded for your actions

dracula_16

I don't believe in it. It's pretty much always associated with either Hinduism or Buddhism, and I follow neither. Even if you eliminate the dogma association, karma sounds more like wishful thinking to me. It's comforting in a time of trauma, I suppose; but that doesn't mean it has truth behind it.

I believe in it to some extent. You reap what you sow.slateman_basic

[QUOTE="slateman_basic"]I believe in it to some extent. You reap what you sow.cee1gee

[QUOTE="cee1gee"][QUOTE="slateman_basic"]I believe in it to some extent. You reap what you sow.slateman_basic

No not really. I know people that derseve good karma and don't get it, and people that deserve bad karma, doesn't happen. So no I don't.

The idea of Karma is based on a bastardized conception of justice, so no, I don't.

I dont believe in god and find religion pointless, but for some it brings hope and something to belive in so fair enough, im not saying im right.

I dont believe in karma but i believe you keep putting things to chance and living on the edge of a knife one day, its all going to collapse. like karma but more like chance an probability since im a math student :)

nope don't believe karma

Sometimes but sometimes not.

People around me talk about Karma all the time and i find it so annoying, believing in karma is sorta like believing that if your bad santa wont bring you gifts for christmas(IMO)...Are you a Karma believer?

and one more question to the Atheists...do you believe in karma? if yes id like to ask why? its basically like believing some phenomena,maybe something spiritual will determine if your punished or rewarded for your actions

cee1gee

I like that Santa Claus analogy, thats great :lol:

Karma is easy to disprove. The idea with karma is that if your good, good happens to you, and if your bad, the opposite, right? Well, then what about the fact that bad things can happen to good people, and the opposite to bad ones? I doesnt matter whether or not you are good or bad, good or bad things can happen to you either way.

"Whatever goes around comes around"

No, it's not of my religion.

:)

i think so, if you go around acting like a tosser someones gonna try and take you down a peg if you go sround being a nice person theres less chance of something like that happening

i think so, if you go around acting like a tosser someones gonna try and take you down a peg if you go sround being a nice person theres less chance of something like that happening

killerkool07

It may be "less likely" but that doesnt change the fact that bad things do happen to good people. Reality doesnt work in "kinda truths" (because they dont exist).

I think it does if you Believe in it only...... If someone thinks that they are going to get payback they will EpiphoneMan2008

So you think that Karma is true if you think it is true? Im sorry my friend, but reality does not work in subjectivism. Reality doesnt work one way from some people and another for others, this implies that truth is contingent upon ones own subjective thoughts, opinions or beliefs.

This is like the moronic question about whether or not a tree makes a sound if it falls when nobody is there to hear it. A quesiton to which the answer is clearly yes it does. Physics is not contingent upon an individuals perception of it, it is something that is always there; it is just a part of reality.

[QUOTE="EpiphoneMan2008"]I think it does if you Believe in it only...... If someone thinks that they are going to get payback they will Krypteia_mTc

So you think that Karma is true if you think it is true? Im sorry my friend, but reality does not work in subjectivism. Reality doesnt work one way from some people and another for others, this implies that truth is contingent upon ones own subjective thoughts, opinions or beliefs.

This is like the moronic question about whether or not a tree makes a sound if it falls when nobody is there to hear it. A quesiton to which the answer is clearly yes it does. Physics is not contingent upon an individuals perception of it, it is something that is always there; it is just a part of reality.

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[QUOTE="EpiphoneMan2008"]I think it does if you Believe in it only...... If someone thinks that they are going to get payback they will cee1gee

So you think that Karma is true if you think it is true? Im sorry my friend, but reality does not work in subjectivism. Reality doesnt work one way from some people and another for others, this implies that truth is contingent upon ones own subjective thoughts, opinions or beliefs.

This is like the moronic question about whether or not a tree makes a sound if it falls when nobody is there to hear it. A quesiton to which the answer is clearly yes it does. Physics is not contingent upon an individuals perception of it, it is something that is always there; it is just a part of reality.

The sound is still made, but no one is there to percieve it. The sound is made, when the tree hits the ground a noise is produced from the impact of the two subjects, the tree and the ground, colliding. It does not make a sound because you are there to hear it, if you are there you will hear it because you are close enough to pick up the sound with your ears.

If you leave your radio on in your room and you go out of your house for a while, the radio is still playing, you are just not there to hear it. When you leave your house and cannot hear your radio it does not mean that the radio stops making sound.

I don't really know if it exists, but I kind of believe it.

Bad things happen to people who do bad things, but sometimes this isn't always the case.

I know she exists. I saw her standing on the corner of 5th and Main last night.

I don't really know if it exists, but I kind of believe it.

Bad things happen to people who do bad things, but sometimes this isn't always the case.

RunnersNation

If there are some instances where karma doesnt work then it just doesnt work. It cant be at one point, and not be at another.

Sometimes I wonder if anyone acctually reads the previous posts prior to being redundant.

Karma is more tenable if you have faith in reincarnation, it is very hard to prove that any arbitrary bastard didn't come back as a tape worm :P

There is no reason to believe in it other than blind faith and wishful thinking. There's no evidence in its favour.

No I do not.

I don't believe there is some cosmic force that controls it, but I do believe in karma in the sense that you'll generally have a better life if you try to be a good person, because you'll feel better about yourself and most people will treat you better than normal.

Karma is more tenable if you have faith in reincarnation, it is very hard to prove that any arbitrary bastard didn't come back as a tape worm :P

There is no reason to believe in it other than blind faith and wishful thinking. There's no evidence in its favour.

_glatisant_

I think you got it there. The two concepts go hand in hand.

That being said, yes I do believe in Karma. Things that have happened to an individual could b e a result of actions from a previous life, not necessary just from the current life.