Posted by: HappyFace July 14, 2008
God doesn't exist
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Teena,That is a good point. Even I used to have similar questions every now and then until I found answers to these questions. Gita explains, as does Swami Vivekananda, along with many Holy Hindu Scriptures, that people suffer, even the good ones, people filled with virtue, the righetous ones, the noble ones, because of "karma" from the previouslives or the present lives. People might have comitted some bad Karma in their previous lives, the fruitsof which they have to bear in the present lives. Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and our King Birendra suffered when they died--Mahatma Gandi and King Birendrawere shot and Mother Teresa had natural causes---they all were noble. Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresawere devoted to truth and well being of others and were modern day saints. Likewise, King Birendra wasextreme gentle and no doubt a very nice human being. Back to the original point, they all suffered to a certain point when they died--WHY??? As explained by Hindu scriptures, even some  good peoplemay suffer when they die because they must have comitted some bad Karma in their previous lives or in theirpresent lives. This suffering is the fruit of their very little Bad Karma they might have comittedin their past or present lives. We all know that Soul is neither created nor destroyed. The soul just enters or leaves a body, just like we change clothes; therefore, the soul cannot (never) escape the fruits of the deeds it comitted. The gooddoes not to have to get re-birth and come to the world and get into the cycles of sufferings and are thusrewarded, according to the Hindu scriptires. So, it is all our Karma that we follow. It is also said, however, in the Hindu scriptures, thateven though we did a lot of Bad Karma in the previous life (which, obviously, we do not remember) and thusmight be suffering in the present life, if we worship God with true devotion and love, all the sufferings andpain will go away because, as we know, the Supreme Being is all-beneficient, most-merciful, and most-rewardingwho loves his devotees more than parents love their children and more than we love Him.God Bless Us All.
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