U.S. Supreme Court keeps ruling barring prosecution for sleeping in public

Re:U.S. Supreme Court keeps ruling barring prosecution for s... by sysbin on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:08PM (#21806010)

> My understanding is that in some religions, we are living today in the "afterlife" of a previous life, and subject to karma based on what we've done. If one has bad karma that has put one in an undesirable social position, it's not a stretch that Earth is a hell for those people, and we're supposed to be the demons that make life miserable for them.

Can you name those religions for me. I view everything as deterministic and see the world as either heaven/hell. Although the idea of karma doesn't make sense when understanding determinism. Since everyone is destined to do bad or good depending on the life they're born into.

edit: whoever downvoted me, I'm asking a simple question and stating what I observe. Please let me know why you find the need to downvote for that.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court keeps ruling barring prosecution for s... by colejohnson66 on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:48PM (#21806461)

If I’m remembering correctly, a few Eastern religions do

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court keeps ruling barring prosecution for s... by sysbin on Monday December 16, 2019 @03:07PM (#21806632)

I get the eastern religions that reference karma but the part I'm interested in is from "it's not a stretch that Earth is a hell for those people, and we're supposed to be the demons that make life miserable for them" and because I haven't seen that expressed before. It would be nice to know the specific names that share that ideology of others being demons for some that are destined to experience a bad life this time around.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court keeps ruling barring prosecution for s... by PaulHoule on Monday December 16, 2019 @03:25PM (#21806808)

Hinduism? Isn't it the goal of all good Hindus to make sure that Dalits have a bad time of it?

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court keeps ruling barring prosecution for s... by sysbin on Monday December 16, 2019 @03:39PM (#21806962)

Thanks, never saw this before about Hinduism.

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