RE: Infinite regress and debunking karma
September 6, 2023 at 4:32 pm
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2023 at 4:33 pm by Sicnoo0.)
(September 6, 2023 at 4:21 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote:In some of the religious traditions that teach karma, suffering can be experienced by incorporeal souls. You don't even need a body, let alone a nervous system, to suffer. You can just be a soul, suffering without a body or a nervous system. I answered the question as to whether I think karma was invented for humans. The dictionary can define the word 'being' for me; I don't have to define it myself. I'm invoking the dictionary definition of 'being'. If I were invoking anything other than the dictionary definition I would state that I'm doing so, for clarity.(September 6, 2023 at 3:16 pm)Sicnoo0 Wrote: no. I don't believe in Karma. I do believe in evolution.
I was very careful to use the word 'being' instead of the word 'person'.
A being can be any kind of organism, not just a human. You're mischaracterizing what I've described
No. You failed to define your terms.
If an organism lacks a nervous system, it has involuntary "reactions' and no central "suffering" is possible.
My questions stand.