Sin & Forgiveness

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Ok but I'm trying to get to the point specifically regarding Karma.  Of all the things we do, say and think, when we die, who/what measures all of our actions/talk/thoughts and decides how our next life is going to go?

It's magic as all members of this forum would think :-). To me however it's an intangible force which holds the world in a balance.  

Ok, and this intangible force is impersonal I assume.  You mentioned earlier that is is people the define good/bad.  If this impersonal, intangible force is not a person, how then does it decide your next life will be in poverty and how do you account for moral subjectivity, since as people, we don't all agree on objective morality.  In fact it ebbs and flows within generations and varies greatly in cultures.  Slavery ok, slavery bad.  Beating children ok, scolding child bad. 

I'm a middle class, 35 year old white collar caucasian American.  What would I have to do in this life to become an impoverished African child born with AIDS in my next life?  Are my actions judged by your definition of what is moral, or compared to Mao for example.