--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > new wrote: > > That a ball bounces back off a wall does not > > necessitate gods nor morality. Do this, get > > that result. > > > There's no doubt that the laws of 'karma' indicate > cause and effect. But, the question is, does 'karma' > operate on the level of moral reciprocity? If the > universe is material, based on pure mechanics, > then there's no reason to posit a moral factor. > > If 'karma' indicated that there is a moral to cause > and effect, then we would expect to see people > who do good things get rewarded with good things, > and those that do bad things, should be getting > bad things. > > In the real world we do see that cause and effect > operate according to the laws of 'karma', or due > to cause and effect, however, in the real world we > do not see 'karma' operating as moral reciprocity: > sometimes bad people do bad things and are rewarded > with good things.
Nice one Richard! Karma, as well as most of the "God" concepts, lack any sort of ethical standard that I can relate to. Insult a Brahman? Next life come back as a deformed kid! That'll learn ya! >