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In reply to the discussion: Shirley MacLaine asks: Were Holocaust victims paying for sins in past lives? [View all]Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)84. Rape is unnatural sex...
To the one being raped, rape feels unnatural and wrong, as it is unnatural. To the one doing the raping, it may feel "natural" to them as they are in a state of addiction to violence.
Relate this to a cigarette smoker, the smoker addicted to tobacco has created the act of inhaling a puff as "natural". But smoking is addiction and therefore unnatural, conning the addicted into believing smoking is a natural feeling. Really the natural state of a human being is that of a non-smoker.
Violence is an addiction, not a natural human state.
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Shirley MacLaine asks: Were Holocaust victims paying for sins in past lives? [View all]
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2015
OP
So, where would that leave the tormentors? Do they now carry a karmic debt?
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2015
#9
If someone executes a punishment imposed by an outside party (in this case, karma)
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2015
#48
Are you talking about the "rape is unnatural sex" philosophy or the "karmic" philosophy?
Dont call me Shirley
Feb 2015
#89
"you only live once" is a rationalization of making victimhood a cult. According to materialists
KittyWampus
Feb 2015
#68
These are creating very bad karma for themselves. They may look beautiful on the outside
Dont call me Shirley
Feb 2015
#14
By the way, I'm the one addressing you as Fuckstain in the alert you'll see soon.
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2015
#57
Reincarnation and Karma are beliefs held by over 25% of the worlds population, including
Dont call me Shirley
Feb 2015
#12
11 million people were killed during the Holocaust: Jews, Jeohvah's Witnesses, homosexuals, disabled
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2015
#22
Shirley MacLaine has no clue what she's talking about. Utahraptor, on the other hand, GETS IT.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#25
I dont believe in angels. I think she has the right position on most things, the mature adult
randys1
Feb 2015
#52
I don't think so. It's a medieval point of view no longer shared by the vast majority ofChristians.
Hekate
Feb 2015
#93
Probably not. But this addled view of "karma" really is the dark side of New Age woo.
Hekate
Feb 2015
#94
"...a beloved, slightly demented elderly aunt or grandma..." That's a kind view. Thanks.
Hekate
Feb 2015
#95
1) Karma doesn't work like that. 2) This shit is the dark side of New Age woo. 3) Not every thought
Hekate
Feb 2015
#91
Early American Protestants were of the opinion that God rewards the good and punishes the bad...
Hekate
Feb 2015
#97
Pure unadulterated gibberish. But okay what the hell you posted it so I will play along.
Rex
Feb 2015
#100
Exactly, and no less batshit crazy than the shit mainstream religious people come up with
Major Nikon
Feb 2015
#107