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 Do you believe in karma? 🤔
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 No 
 I also don't believe in supernatural powers, but sometimes I attempt to rationalize karma. 

For example, if someone is a gang member and engages in killing people, there is a higher probability that they will face similar violence one day. Similarly, engaging in bad behavior can result in receiving bad behavior in return. 🤔 
 Seems logical. Hang with bad crowd prob something gonna happen. But I don’t see any spiritual connection there. 
 I believe that treating others well makes you happy. 
 💯 
 Yes 👀 
 Can you explain? 
 “For every action there is an equal and oposite reaction” 

Do good things receive good things, if you do bad things you will receive bad things. 
 You know what bothers me? The "karma" I see being spoken of, is people being fooled into believing someone is bad, which gives them a false sense of superiority and moral motivation to needlessly and senselessly attack the person. So it doesn't matter whether or not a person is bad, he will suffer anyways. 
 This is something else, people use anything to feel moral superiority over others.

Don't you see now, for example, they're trying to link Bitcoin to "terrorism" to create that association that Bitcoin is bad.

It's the same with karma, it exists, and then there are people who use the word karma to either elevate themselves or diminish others, but that has nothing to do with karma itself. 
 I get it. Well, if that distinction is clear. I'm not sure I believe in it. I've had too much to deal with to really think things will turn around for me. 
 Remember, good things take time, do good, be a good force and you will get good karma and you life will improve 👊🏼

Be strong 👊🏼 
 I'm more concerned with how it hasn't payed off at all in the past, that makes me very skeptical. My experience is: do good, get shit. Do more good, get more shit.
Well, at least it's nice to see you being positive. 
 You have the ability of change it, and that is called free will. Go get what you want, and it will come. 
 💯🎯 
 I've noticed that karma is used by those people who *think* they've been wronged, and those that *think* they're exacting justice. And all of them don't want to talk about karma when truth turns out to be different than they expected.
Same holds for "god's punishment" when it punishes inconveniently. 
 I would like that very much, especially for all the politicians who only have the best for themselves and not the best for their voters in mind. 
 Not really. I believe in good/bad actions eventually returns to you because everything/everyone are connected. Some sort of holistic view, perhaps. 
 Yes i do 💯 % when people have a Soul they don't say No! 🫡 
 Is it an English word ? 
 It's a English word it is derived from Sanskrit. 
 Since it was a new piece of information for me, well I will tell you that in Arabic we use the word Karamah. But it means human freedom and independence and not allowing any person to transgress or take away anything from him or violate his honor and what is meant is the wife or mother or sister or daughter is a widely used concept 
 Zapp me! #karma

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 Sure 🫡 
 May luck, success, and prosperity accompany you on your journey, and may you find joy, peace, and love in your life. Positive karma and good vibes shall always be with you. 😊🌟 
 Karma is a bitch. 
 I don’t know if it was karma, but that asshole got what was coming. 
 No, I believe in grace. 
 Natural Law 
Cause & Effect
Consequencealism
The Golden Rule 
Karma 

Different words for the same meaning 
 However, it is possible to understand the damage without necessarily having experienced it yourself... through empathy :)

#KeeperOfTheKey 
 I believe in schadenfreude... does that count? 
 If it means something like reaping what you sow, then I do. The Bible says: "Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap..." (Galatians 6:7).

I was thinking the other day about how Jesus said "Just as you want others to do for you, do the same for them. ...Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:31, 37-38). 

Perhaps this could be taken as not just a recommendation but also a warning. 
 No thing as Karma till humans with a great amount of power and superiority complex exist, where they assume themselves to be always right and definitely God. They make sure no such thing exists for their favourites.