to fairyfairy
before u gloat over the so-called tough question the christians
have to reply...dun forget the 2 scenarios i asked in another
thread directed at the law of karma...which i am also waiting for
an answer....
i asked 1) a man who did good all his life(filial piety, care
for needy etc) in a burst of hatred and anger killed someone and
was hanged for murder...under the law of karma, heaven or hell? 2)
a man who was a crook all his life and is about to die for his
crimes decided that he wants to repent...hence, he decided to
donate all his wealth to charity and his organs to the needy after
he die...under the law of karma, heaven or hell?
to answer TS question, for such ppl they willbe judged according
to the law. simply because they have nvr heard the gospel...the
next question then is how would God judge? well, this is sth we wun
noe for sure but it would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. my
pastor shared once that there was once when missionaries asked
cannibals(who nvr heard abt God) if they knew killing humans were
wrong and the cannibals said they knew killing was wrong but they
knew no better way to survive. for such ppl, my pastor shared that
God's mercy might be upon them. however, he cannot say for sure
because we as humans do not know from beginning to end the lives of
these ppl. what we noe is onli based on wad we observed and wad we
read or see...
i thought i've answered that somewhere. ok let me repeat but
blame me for talking about karma at eh.
1) according to the law of karma, every deed is accounted for
separately, since there are 6 relams (heaven, human, demi-god,
animals, ghosts and hell). and there are many live times and not
just one. this guy who was filial and cared for the needy will be
born with loving parents and not an orphan, however he killed
someone, his life span will be short. however, whether these will
happen together in one life time or not i will not know as karma is
not 1+2=3, there are many factors and conditions (for instance,
buddhists repented for the deeds they had done in their past life
will lighten their sins) for the karma to be ripen.
2) if the man was a crook and he repented and donated to
charities. For instance, he robbed someone but later he donated
what he robbed to the charities. He will be born as a poor and may
be later part of his life, he will become rich. or in one lifetime
he will be poor ( he robbed) and the other life time he will be
rich (he donated to charities). i understand that the aim of every
buddhists is to get out of these cycles of rebirth.
if you are interested, following is the link of karma which
explains in details (deed by deed and the consequence of every
deed).
http://goldbugbug.tripod.com/article_66.htm (scroll
down, in english)
http://zebra.myweb.hinet.net/wisdom/b1.htm
