SE - Karma
Falsifiability
Impact on daily life
(For atheists)
Reasons to believe or how did they came to the belief
How would you know that's actually happening?
Definition of karma
How is it different from prayer?
If your actions result in positive things, why aren't you constantly opening doors for other people with the expectation that good things will happen?
Do you find yourself doing good things with the expectation of getting good things back?
Do you think a person could go the rest of their lives and just do bad things and never be karmically punished by it?
Is karma that important of a role in your life?
How would we test it?
If (...situation happened...) would you later assign a meaning to it?
If you did only good things for the rest of your life, would you never experience anything bad?
What would you accept to change your belief?
"karma keeps me going"
"It gives me a reason to do something good"
"I hope that it's true"
"Seeing things in life"
Is there a penalty if you're not good?
Does karma work with both good and bad things?
Is there a governing for it?
What would be a good example?
"I just feel that it does"
If (...something...) happened, would it be proof of karma?
"There's no way to know"
How would you differentiate between karma or things just happening?
Is there any situation you would sai it wasn't karma?
If you hope for something, do you always get it?
Would you be less of a good person if you didn't believe in karma?
Do you believe in it for comfort?
What's your best example?
Value of truth
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If your actions result in good things, why aren't you constantly opening doors for other people with the expectation that good things will happen?
Just believing in it, even if you don't know it works, makes you a better person?
Can people not believe in karma and still find reasons to do good things?
Would the penalty for a really bad thing be applied at once or could it be applied in small doses throughout time?
Could someone do a really bad thing and go the rest of their life without anything bad happening to them? (and vice verse)
Is the penalty (or reward) proportional with the action?
Is it keeping track of everyone's actions and activities?
Would that affect your confidence on the belief?
Is there any situation you would say it wasn't karma? (falsifiability)
Does feeling in a certain way mean that it really does?
Is it important for you to go through life believing in true things? (value of truth)
Do you have a belief that's not testable?