This week was kind of humbling. I was asked to speak for about 5-10 minutes with my great friend Erik at my church's youth group about a topic that can be hard to talk about, relativism. The idea that what you believe is right, and what I believe is right, that everybody can be right! I will say this, I would rather talk to someone who thinks their belief is right and mine is wrong, than someone who thinks both of us can be/are right. And relating to this I believe is the idea of karma and God coexisting. I think that this trend has started because of the fear of conflicts and everyone not getting along. It doesn't have to be that way.
For one I think this has a lot of flaws and holes. All the different religions (including atheism) and belief systems simply cannot coexist. If I believe murder is wrong, and in universalism, someone else thinks that it's ok and does so, then we can't say whether it is wrong or not! And there is absolutely nothing to determine if it is good or bad. In another word, there is absolutely no absolutes. Does that statement make sense? Not at all.
Do I believe my beliefs are right and is the truth? Yes, I stand by the bible and that Jesus said "I am the way and the truth". Do I know everything about God, the bible, and everything to know in the universe? Haha yeah right, not even close. 1st Peter talks about believing in what we can't see. It's true, I can't physically see God, but I have faith He exists and that He is the truth. I want everyone to know who He is and have a relationship with Him.
A trend I've also seen is the idea that karma exists...but so does God. I've never believed in karma, personally I don't see how it can work. Good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people. But more so than that, both are supernatural forces, so who answers to who? Sure karma could be God's tool...but then it's God, not karma, karma is more of a fancy name for Him which it is not intended to be. So might as well call it God right? But if karma is the big boss in the sky running things, what's the point of God? How can they possibly coexist and both be truth at the same time? Then God is not really a God, He very obviously, as evidenced by the scriptures, created the world with a structure.
This isn't an easy topic for me to talk about. I have friends of all beliefs, and I love them all the same and most of all I respect them the same. I treat every person I come in contact with with love and I try to be like Christ. Like I wrote earlier, I do believe that the bible is the truth and the way to live and is the only truth, but that doesn't mean I'm going to force and impose my beliefs on you or preach to you. The beauty of this is God gave us the free will to believe what we want. He just hopes you choose Him.
