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A Primal Perspective on the Philosophy of ReligionHuman Destiny: Karma and Reincarnation

A Primal Perspective on the Philosophy of Religion: Human Destiny: Karma and Reincarnation CHAPTER XIV HUMAN DESTINY: KARMA AND REINCARNATION Introduction In Western religious and philosophical thought, a human being is generally supposed to be born once and to die once. Thus by life we mean a single life, by birth a single birth and by death a single death. There is no rebirth or reincarnation in Western religious thought such as is associated with Eastern religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. John Hick notes that Hindus, Buddhists and others see this Western stance as problematic. He writes: They point to the immense inequalities of human birth. One person is born with a healthy body and a high IQ, to loving parents with a good income in an advanced and affluent society, so that all the riches of human culture are available and the individual has considerable freedom to choose his or her own mode of life. Another is born with a crippled body and a low IQ, to unloving, unaffluent and uncultured parents in a society in which that person is highly likely to become a criminal and to die an early and violent death. Is it fair that they should be born with such unequal opportunities? If a new soul is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Primal Perspective on the Philosophy of ReligionHuman Destiny: Karma and Reincarnation

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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© Springer 2006
ISBN
978-1-4020-5013-8
Pages
189 –197
DOI
10.1007/1-4020-5014-3_14
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CHAPTER XIV HUMAN DESTINY: KARMA AND REINCARNATION Introduction In Western religious and philosophical thought, a human being is generally supposed to be born once and to die once. Thus by life we mean a single life, by birth a single birth and by death a single death. There is no rebirth or reincarnation in Western religious thought such as is associated with Eastern religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. John Hick notes that Hindus, Buddhists and others see this Western stance as problematic. He writes: They point to the immense inequalities of human birth. One person is born with a healthy body and a high IQ, to loving parents with a good income in an advanced and affluent society, so that all the riches of human culture are available and the individual has considerable freedom to choose his or her own mode of life. Another is born with a crippled body and a low IQ, to unloving, unaffluent and uncultured parents in a society in which that person is highly likely to become a criminal and to die an early and violent death. Is it fair that they should be born with such unequal opportunities? If a new soul is

Published: Jan 1, 2006

Keywords: High Consciousness; Indian Case; Human Birth; Dead Person; John Hick

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