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Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass.
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RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass.
(January 17, 2016 at 12:24 pm)robvalue Wrote: I know you do care. But if the purpose of karma is to encourage people to do good things, it has a deterrent/incentive system that selfish people won't care about. So it fails. It only works on people who already care about others and so don't need it.

For selfish people, if they believe in it, they will know their actions can have consequences in this life itself hence they might try to avoid.
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path" - Gautama Buddha
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Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 9:47 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by robvalue - December 30, 2015 at 10:10 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 10:24 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by robvalue - December 30, 2015 at 10:27 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 10:39 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 11:04 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - December 30, 2015 at 1:05 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 1:40 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by henryp - December 30, 2015 at 2:47 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 3:24 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by henryp - December 30, 2015 at 3:33 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 3:54 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by henryp - December 30, 2015 at 4:42 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 5:14 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 8:12 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by henryp - December 30, 2015 at 8:35 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 9:29 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 3:26 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 4:01 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by robvalue - December 30, 2015 at 7:38 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 7:50 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by robvalue - December 30, 2015 at 7:54 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 30, 2015 at 9:44 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - December 30, 2015 at 11:48 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 31, 2015 at 9:02 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - December 31, 2015 at 8:33 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - December 31, 2015 at 8:47 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - December 31, 2015 at 8:59 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - December 31, 2015 at 9:44 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 17, 2016 at 7:26 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 17, 2016 at 7:47 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 17, 2016 at 9:25 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 17, 2016 at 9:44 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 17, 2016 at 10:19 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 17, 2016 at 11:29 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by robvalue - January 17, 2016 at 12:09 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by robvalue - January 17, 2016 at 12:18 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 17, 2016 at 12:22 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by robvalue - January 17, 2016 at 12:24 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 17, 2016 at 12:27 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 17, 2016 at 2:34 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 17, 2016 at 12:32 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 17, 2016 at 12:37 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 17, 2016 at 2:41 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 18, 2016 at 9:44 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 18, 2016 at 11:20 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 17, 2016 at 12:39 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 17, 2016 at 11:48 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 17, 2016 at 11:53 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 18, 2016 at 12:11 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 18, 2016 at 12:20 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by mr_j936 - January 18, 2016 at 9:04 am
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 18, 2016 at 12:06 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 18, 2016 at 12:18 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 18, 2016 at 3:44 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 18, 2016 at 12:28 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 18, 2016 at 1:14 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by robvalue - January 18, 2016 at 12:35 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 18, 2016 at 3:14 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by Brian37 - January 18, 2016 at 5:19 pm
RE: Another reason Buddhism doesn't get a pass. - by miaharun - January 18, 2016 at 11:46 pm

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