It wasn't or at least I didn't mean it to be but what do you think? My former husband for the millionth time promised to call my daughter last night & again he let her down. I called him this morning & asked him if he believed in God because I truly & honestly believe that what comes around goes around. I stated that he really shouldn't be hurting someone that I love because someone he loves could get hurt. I tell my daughter that all the time, that if she wishes something bad on another person than something bad might happen to our family. Am I the only one that believes that & would you have taken that as a threat when I truly believe that's what will happen?
2006-12-20 01:26:00 · 19 answers · asked by gitsliveon24 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No he's an athiest & we live 1000 miles away so even if I wanted revenge, I could never get it
2006-12-20 01:33:15 · update #1
No it isn't a threat, but your conviction has a valid basis and I'll explain if you'd like an explanation..
You see I am Buddhist...............I can hear you screaming and see you running around in circles gnashing your teeth...sorry didn't mean to frighten you...I just wanted to give you some insight into your "true and honest belief" which might help explain the concept to you from a Buddhist perspective....
The concept of which you refer is known to Buddhists as Karma....it is generally a positive or negative resultant of a positive or negative origin....these results, if you want to call them that, can happen in a later rebirth, if necessary, or the results can manifest in this existence and can directly effect us, or those around us if that is the resultant for our Karma to be worked out for us....do you follow...?
It is known that negative Karma can manifest in this existence as negative Karma for someone close, as that then manifests as a negative result for ourselves...indirectly if you like affecting us and directly having an effect on someone close to us....Buddhists see all life as interacting with and influencing all other life you see....Scientists call this effect..."The Butterfly Effect" ...their explanation thus goes..."..a butterfly flaps its wings in New York and a mud slide happens in India..." but Buddhists have known of it for 2,500 years...
Don't think that I am calling you Buddhist, if you are christian, I apologise for that inference, but this phenomenon seems to be a puzzle for you and I'm just giving my explanation for your benefit....
Please don't think your daughter will get hurt automatically because of your ex husbands mistakes though...the negative Karma generally occurs at the origin..if your daughter has not earned negative Karma then she will not receive it...if you follow....
Also, you have to my mind warned your ex regarding this phenomenon and therefore earned positive Karma as you have not tried to hurt but to protect him from himself...a noble thing if you don't mind me saying considering your attitude to his neglect of your daughter and very very Buddhist...Sorry , excuse my enthusiasm.....
In essence then, you are not the only one who believes this phenomena exists, although I must say that 'belief' really doesn't apply to Buddhists ...we don't just believe a thing just because it is written or said but apply techniques to examine them and find their true nature....
I don't denigrate christians by this statement though, I understand that their concepts of teaching are different to mine and are just as fully valid...I just hold a differing perpective not a better one....
Does this ease your mind....I really hope so..to me you are a christian who has a conviction which christianity can't explain, looking afield you can accept or reject an explanation of your conviction without losing your christianity, you just have a different insight into a phenomenon which is real to you and if it explains it for your satisfaction then so be it....Be a christian and have this as well, this then is you and does not make you any less of a true human being or less of a christian and to me your conviction is perfectly valid...
Peace to you and your family for the season of joy....
2006-12-20 05:46:38 · answer #1 · answered by Gaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even athiests believe in Karma, the what comes around goes around theory, its not just christian ideaology, wiccans belive in the law of 3, what harm you do comes back to you times 3.
Usually it is more of a personal harm than it coming back to a family member what you do comes back only to you.
So as a threat no but a reminder that Karma will be there to bite you in the rear? Yeah.
Next time I would watch how you word it. It did come off a bit nasty, especially if you saying it to your ex who can certainly make it sound that way in court.
2006-12-20 01:37:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't take that as a threat, unless the person making the statement had a history of being vindictive. It sounds to me like you are trying to motivate him to do the right thing by pointing out the potential pitfalls of selfish and careless living.
I disagree though that if he does something bad to someone that it will manifest as a problem for someone he cares about. I think rather that it would manifest as a problem for him as a person.
I think that the real punishment comes from not knowing his daughter.
Realize that as painful as it is for your daughter to offer love and continually be rejected, it is far worse to be someone who pushes love out of their life when it is offered to them. God is love. To push that away and turn your back on it is the worst punishment I can think of.
2006-12-20 01:43:47 · answer #3 · answered by Bran McMuffin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems that you were attempting to impart some karmically or wiccan-based logic to your ex- but you've got to figure that he's an ex for a reason, because the two of you didn't understand eachother. In that context, I would be very cautious about what I said to him and how I said it.
I understand what you think you meant to say, but yes, it did come off to me as a threat. Be careful what you say to him. Choose your words carefully from now on.
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2016-09-03 14:30:30 · answer #5 · answered by durfee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I wouldn't have taken that as a threat -- just a reminder of the three-fold law (whatever we do comes back to us three-fold). However, depending on how acrimonious your divorce was, your tone of voice when you said it, and how you phrased it -- I could see an ex-husband taking it as a threat, particularly since he is an athiest.
2006-12-20 01:49:01 · answer #6 · answered by Ami 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is a threat. Furthermore that is exactly what you meant it to be, even though you probably didn't use the word 'threat' in your head when you were thinking about it. You told him that something bad would happen to someone he loved if he continued letting people down, how can that possibly be anything but a threat?
2006-12-20 01:34:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends on how religious he is does he believe that will happen? I would have taken that as a threat matter of fact I have used those exact word to threaten someone and then I went and slashed their tires and started their beagle on fire just to make sure they knew I meant business Merry Christmas
2006-12-20 01:31:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It does sound like a threat, the way you worded it about how "someone he loves could get hurt."
Do you really believe that God's way is revenge?
2006-12-20 01:30:27 · answer #9 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not really. To me you were genuinely warning him not to do that as that could also happen to someone he loves. Even Jesus said "do unto others as you would want others to do unto you". It goes to show that we must treat each other with kindness as you would want other people to show kindness unto you. I believe if we do wrong, we plant a seed right there and one day we will reap the fruits thereof and I believe this is exactly what you meant to your former hubby.
2006-12-20 01:35:28 · answer #10 · answered by Gre2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋