Some lunch-time philosophy: How is that those who are massively corrupt or evil seem to evade justice whether in the courts or even divine justice during their earthly lives?
We have seen RM1.0-1.5 trillion in illicit funds flow out of the country over a decade or siphoned away. But how many have been caught and tried? How is it that the corrupt and those who have siphoned away public funds seem to escape most of the time? Malaysians can only shake their heads and wonder at the brazen corruption.
Well, the philosopher Boethius (480-524) believed that those who do ill will suffer more if they are not caught than those who are caught!
How? If the culprits avoid punishment, he reasoned, they will continue in their evil or corrupt ways rather than turn to the path of good. And so they will stray even farther from blessedness and ultimate happiness – the happiness which surely is the goal of every human being.
I dare say they will find it hard to find peace of mind. Study the faces of those whom you suspect of massive corruption and crimes against society. Do they look happy and at peace?
Conversely, Boethius believed that God is synonymous with goodness, and that everyone who is truly good would be happy and would participate in God’s goodness.
Boethius, a Roman senator, died at 44, executed by the Gothic king Theodoric. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he wrote his masterpiece De Consolatione Philosophiae (The Consolation of Philosophy), a work which rivals The Last Days of Socrates.
Reference: Philosophy, 100 Essential Thinkers, Philip Stokes
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Retribution will hit the person committing ills, or their children will suffer on their behalf. Such sins can never be redeemed or forgiven even if you make countless pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Don’t play play with your fate with corrupting practices!
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“And whoever does a speck of good [in life], will see it [on the Day of Judgement]. And whoever does a speck of evil, will see it.” [Qur’an 100:7-8]
All versions of this dogma – that there is an automatic universal mechanism of justice – is meant to undermine any quest for justice, retribution, rejection of exploitation or even gradual change. In other words, let’s all sing “Everyting’s gonna be all right.”
GST has no impact to those who have 3 sources of income from 3 jobs?
If you do ill to an individual, you will suffer.
If you do ill to a nation of people, you will suffer the most. If not now, it shall be in the future or hereafter.
This is an inescapable law of Karma. Like it or not.
And what if you do ill to the environment/Nature?
And if you believed to Jesus all your sins shall be cleansed
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Never trust the so-called “God” that could cleanse your sins just because you believe in Him.
A sin is a sin, one must pay for it. Else there is no justice in this world. So I subscribe to the notion of Karma as there should be a compatible retribution for your action.
Law of Karma is simply based on the belief that ”what goes around comes around”.
Try throwing a boomerang but do wear a safety helmet!
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What about those telling lies to rakyat?
This Maslan joker is not fit to be a minister. He talks lots of nonsense, insulting our intelligence.
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“Nat and Bol” sounds like a topic of sex education? Ha ha!