Karma is the belief that what you do in this life will affect the next life. I am an atheist and do not believe in magical afterlifes. It is misunderstood in the U.S. to mean that if you do evil in this life you will have harm done to you in this life as some kind of magical punishment. This also has no evidence. Is it not possible that breaking your thumb was simply coincidental? What proof is there that some magical force had anything to do with it? These are the types of questions I ask myself in order to determine what is real and not real.

If you believe in Karma, how do you explain Donald Trump?

Just no.

Allegorical evidence is not credible.

No, I don't believe in karma. It seems to me to be a laughably silly behavioral control mechanism, and to believe in something magical based on the flimsiest chance occurrence isn't an indication of one's skepticism.

If karma exist, what is the agent by which it is administered?

Is there not plenty of allegorical evidence that refutes karma?

Doesn't karma rely on reincarnation to administer justice in your next life?

Doesn't it seem that in the case you cited the punishment is way out of proportion to your infraction?

And Then There Is....

In the sense illustrated - no. Otherwise dictators would die young. Actions are not balanced by other actions. But in the sense that negative acts will have a detrimental effect and positive acts a good one on the doer, definitely. For instance, a person who lies has the strain of maintaining their story and the fear of being found out.

NO. I.DO.NOT.BELIEVE.IN.KARMA!

You know why? Because too often s%$@y people get off on easy street while total sweet angelic people have horrificly s^%$#y things happen to them.

There are plenty of reasons for me not to believe in it. If Karma is real, she's a lazy DAF biotch.

The definition of karma by the Dali lama is "action".

That is all it means. In his explanation, "to blame your fate on karma is lazy, you have the power to create action to change it"

There is nothing to believe in. It just means action but people missunderstand the definition. Common mistake.

I don't like the word lazy but agree with his definition ??

I like the idea of Karma. It has a satisfying feel to it, but who exactly is judging and punishing/rewarding? There's the problem to me.

Yes I definally believe in karma!!
when I was married my wife slept with a 16 year old male.
and now here it is 20 years later ,and she is on welfare and living with her sisters daughter,and her kids in bum fuck camden new jersey.
yes karma is a bitch!!!

This is one of those things that I wish was true. It would be immensely satisfying if there was some guarantee of ultimate justice. But I don't think it exists as a separate agency making sure everybody gets what they deserve. How would that work, exactly? Who or what decides that someone deserves one thing or another without a value judgment of some kind? Nope, nice fantasy idea, just not true.

.Karma is an odd one. Okay lets look at your experience. You were arguing then said a mean thing, soon after you broke your thumb. Freud said there are no accidents. Your mind was definitely not 100% on what you were doing ergo...
Karma or what goes around comes around is a good concept. It is not 100% true but we feel that it should be. If you are a kind and considerate person then people will be nice to you (well most). If you are a dishonest and mean person then people will treat you accordingly. Just like a belief in Santa will get a kid to behave (maybe). The use of Karma can bring about a better way of behaving in adults. Even if it is not true, it is worth living by.

Not particularly, I do believe in consequences, karma and god are the same soup, served in different bowls.

I believe that how you approach life shapes what life gives back to you, and that is a succinct summary of what most people understand about the concept of karma.

I don't believe karma is real, but I do enjoy it when it appears that karma is at work. Especially as pertains to my own divorce, which is happening.

When I do something wrong, I’m covered in InstaKarma. Yet truly evil men like Donald Trump get elected president. Karma’s a bitch, but to the wrong people.

No. When I was a child my parents constantly chided "god's going to punish you." if I backtalked or did something naughty. I would trip or fall down as a result of my bad deed. They would say it happened because god made it happen. Same bullshit as Karma.

No I don't believe in karma. There is no one or no thing out there keeping score!

Karma is nonsense. Morality is a human construct so Divine or Cosmic Balance of Good and Bad is also nonsense.

People try to equate karma with the principle of Cause and Effect but it is just not the same thing. Karma is the Universe punishing or rewarding you for good or bad deeds. The Universe doesn't even know of these things so how could it make a decision?

Like in your example of saying something mean then having a bad thing happen to you. It is just the first bad thing that happened to you after you did a recognisably bad thing. The Universe doesn’t care about our lives.

No, I don't. I believe coincidences happen.

I wish it moved a bit faster!

I believe people look after people. If someone does a member wrong... others will come to the rescue.

That's not Karma bud, that's just plain ol' coincidence.

Yes. I do.