Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00034)

In a message dated 4/4/99 9:13:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
caduceus@dial.pipex.com writes:

<<  Do you
 truly believe that the murderer, or torturer etc "knows the error at some
 level and fully expects punishment at some time."?    >>

Peter,

Perhaps, it is more like this: the murderer, or torturer, etc., "knows the 
error at some
 level" but DOES NOT expect punishment ay ANY time. In this age of extreme 
material complexity, it seem that social morality (values) is the first thing 
to collapse. Under such circumstances it does not seem unreasonable to expect 
corresponding personality disorders. Excessive rationalizations, of the sort 
we see today, where we tell ourselves and others ANYTHING to get our desires 
fulfilled, can be observed anywhere one looks.

In such a scenario, I say, thank goodness for an impersonal system of Karma, 
which pays no attention to outer personality displays, but rather addresses 
the issues of Cosmic harmony and balance. I can trust in that.

Louis

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