by Thrill Kill1. Why do you feel this need to label everything?
2. Cause and affect is the result of choices people make, NOT karma.
God can mean Life, universe/creation, good will, love, universal truth/laws, nature, Wisdom
3. Those things exist whether you call them God or something else entirely. I could just as easily call those things blablabla and the meaning would be exactly the same. If God is just a fancy name for things that exist, what's the point in calling them anything other than what they actually are?
1. in order to match meanings to the terms people use anyway. we are trying to agree what to call things, so we can align those concepts and meaning and communicate.
especially with forums and typing online it is better keeping it short. so it's better to use the same terms to avoid confusion, and reduce the need for long explanations
if we use common terms it helps
2. yes it is both. the choices we make are shaped biased or even caused by karma.
there is no conflict here.
3. because God represents to infinite sum of all these things together. that each religion or person focuses on just ONE aspect at a time. so that's why there are all these different names or aspects of the one universal source of all truth or life, whatever you call it.
the reason it is important to align these names, is so we agree, like having a meeting of hearts and minds. our consciences are focused on the same things so we can clarify and achieve goals better by staying focused, not divided in conflict or confusion.
the same way we should agree what North South East West mean so we go the same direciton.
or we agree what quantities are meant by 1 2 3 4 so we transact our business consistently
if we agree on all things that God means then groups can get along and work together instead of fighting over whose religion is right or wrong.
it helps to group people of similar systems who all see God as Wisdom like the Buddhists
or who see God as nature or science
so they can do more in teams with common goals rather than waste time fighting or arguing with some other group who calls or sees God as something else.
you're right it seems to make more sense to say exactly what you mean!
do you know, TK, I've had to explain this to Christians so many times?
They are taught to cite the Bible, but not taught how to explain plain secular concepts!
Some of this is to help Christians and other religions learn to teach in in practical terms. I think it is horribly sad when people are judged just because it was never explained.
I guess that is Christian karma to correct that problem, especially if they have been unfairly judging secular gentiles for not understanding God and Jesus without explanation.
Thanks TK you ask very good questions. I wish all Christians understood this!