RE: Personal relationships with deities
December 29, 2015 at 8:48 am
(This post was last modified: December 29, 2015 at 8:53 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Again, that's an elaborate underpinning of fantasy you have there. I wonder if buddhism has ever done any market research? They could make a killing in beauty with claims like that.
"Take thirty years off your next live's face - become a buddhist! ™"
The pimp's peace of mind is his good karma catching up to him. He did a good deed, accepting jesus into his heart, and doing that good deed helped him do other good deeds. His karma has been improved. He's still a pimp, society might get around to punishing him for that regardless of his situation with the divine. Consequences have not been erased.
Now, I think that you might find some christian traditions downright pleasant. For example, some christians believe that no amount of good deeds could ever repay our "debt" of sin. That you can never do so many good things that the bad is washed away. In fact, a great many christians believe this. Your friend (and plenty of pimps, hypothetical and actual), likely, included.
"Take thirty years off your next live's face - become a buddhist! ™"
The pimp's peace of mind is his good karma catching up to him. He did a good deed, accepting jesus into his heart, and doing that good deed helped him do other good deeds. His karma has been improved. He's still a pimp, society might get around to punishing him for that regardless of his situation with the divine. Consequences have not been erased.
Now, I think that you might find some christian traditions downright pleasant. For example, some christians believe that no amount of good deeds could ever repay our "debt" of sin. That you can never do so many good things that the bad is washed away. In fact, a great many christians believe this. Your friend (and plenty of pimps, hypothetical and actual), likely, included.
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