We are simply either reaping the benefit of our good karma or paying back our karmic debt of bad karma.... In his journal, he states: "Buddhism is non-theistic, so it ascribes karma to the condition of the cosmos and/or the inherent nature of behavior-good behavior containing the seeds of reward; bad behavior, the seeds of punishment. ... Generally speaking, all good and bad action constitute Karma, whether we are religious or not. ... Having good or bad intentions or "souls" are all the same. ... Western religions also teach good behavior will be rewarded and bad behavior will...

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Caring only for the pursuit of profit, even with harm, a bad person only follows personal desire. ... What makes a person good or bad is much the same amongst the leading views, but the idea that man is born with an evil nature is not. ... While Hsun-Tzu believed that man was naturally evil, I believe that people are actually born with both the seed of good and evil. One's growth of the seeds depends very much on the environment surrounding him or her, especially when young. ... It is circumstance and upbringing that lead one to being good or bad. ...

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To approach any text we must first have some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. In approaching a religious text this understanding becomes even more muddled due to the vast complexities and differences that exist between religion and contemporary thought. To accurately approach biblical thoughts we, as moderns, must learn to "unthink many thoughts" resulting from our present alienation of religion and spirituality. God in Search of Man, a text written almost half a century ago by Abraham Joshua Heschel, is the subject of our present inquiry. This text will, no doubt,...

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