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Re:A Planet of Parasites and the Problem with God by I_Am_Nous on Sunday January 07, 2024 @02:11AM (#38899206)
If everything zeroing out means there is no evil, wouldn't that also mean that there is no good? I can accept the "get what you give" concept (Jesus said similar things about mercy and forgiveness) but is not the end goal to reach enlightenment and escape the cycle of reincarnation? Is that why it zeros out, because your soul annihilates upon enlightenment?

I haven't looked into Hinduism too much myself but it's hard for me to not conceptualize "moving toward enlightenment" as good and "moving away from enlightenment" as evil. Possibly because I don't know the context for what the end state of the universe is supposed to be in Hindu tradition.

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Re:A Planet of Parasites and the Problem with God by lelanthran on Sunday January 07, 2024 @02:50AM (#38899384)
> If everything zeroing out means there is no evil, wouldn't that also mean that there is no good?

As far as I understand the reincarnation philosophy, then, yes, there is no concept of good, because you can't have a concept of "good" without having the other end of the scale of "evil".

> I haven't looked into Hinduism too much myself but it's hard for me to not conceptualize "moving toward enlightenment" as good and "moving away from enlightenment" as evil.

I'm not a Hindu so I can't get into the weeds about this. What I remember from reading the religious texts (decades ago), such as the Bhagvhad Gita(sp?) is that "you do what you do, it will come back to you if it hasn't already".

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