(December 29, 2015 at 7:17 am)RaphielDrake Wrote:(December 29, 2015 at 7:01 am)miaharun Wrote: Again Sir, On another thread i was telling about a person i met (A theist) and how he told me all his misdeeds will be forgiven by God after marriage. Womanize, bribe, steal, cheating people etc etc. Still you think there is no major difference ?
Again i know of person who was a prostitute dealer who became a Christian (Prior Buddhist) to wash away all that sin. About a year ago i had a chance to ask him "what about all the misdeeds you did when you were young and how many young women's lives did you mess" his answer was " After i took Jesus into my heart, God has forgiven me for all what i have done. Now I'm a better person"
Still you don't see the alarming factor when humans think that they are forgiven from a higher power. What makes them a better person till they die? They can still do misdeeds and seek this "forgiveness" . I'm not saying everyone is like that. Most of the theists i know are very good loving people. Because of this "forgiveness" factor people tend to do more misdeeds in my humble opinion.
Hang on. Doesn't reincarnation also do that?
You have an endless chain of reincarnated lives which basically translates into immortality. What happens if you're a total shit? You get turned into a bug or something in the next life. So what? Thats like a pretty short sentence if you're a serial killer or something.
Like no matter what I do I know I can eventually work my way up to being a human again. There is literally no real punishment for anything in your religion. Its all part of the eternal loop of death and rebirth leading to the leap that takes Sam Beckett home to becoming one with Buddha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjK9GJMBpt0
Of course Sir. If one is a serial killer (according to what i believe) the consequences can be devastating. In this life or the next ones. If one is born as a animal it is very very difficult to attain a human life because an animal brings Karma on instinct. If it's a lion , the intention is killing and killing. It will be very difficult to get out of that life. I know I'm talking " Mambo-Jumbo" to you, since you asked i explained. Punishment can vary, either your born deformed, with diseases, have a heart attack at a young age etc etc. The Buddha has thought that the universe is expanding and closing and that is a cycle. Nothing is eternal. One doesn't have to be the Buddha to seize to exist. Nirvana could be achieved after attaining Buddhahood, Pase Budhu and Maha Rahath states. Again , "Mambo-Jambo" to you.
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path" - Gautama Buddha