Theos-Talk Archives (July 1998 Message tt00212)

In a message dated 98-07-29 17:23:40 EDT, you write:

>But is it not made rather implicit, in Christian doctrine, that in the
>crucifixion of Jesus, that Jesus, was, in fact, "carrying away" the "sins"
>of humanity - in other words, 'bearing the load?'  Hence, the "new
>convenant?"  Which would even further imply that "karma," too, had been
>"cleansed."  No?
>
>
>Kym

The idea of Karma has no reference anywhere in most christian doctrines (as
each variant has its own) though attempts have been made to force it onto the
interpretation of certain texts.

Standard christianity is pretty straightforward on the matter.  One physical
incarnation, a bunch of sins because god is a petty-fogging twiddlewit (though
they never come out and say that), a dead Jesus who gets himself killed and in
doing so makes god real happy and he just sort of wipes the slate.

The christians argue amongst themselves a lot over the details, but that
pretty much covers it.

Chuck