Is sin= karma and does this explain the importance of not sinning?

[seeker]

I have wondered if Jesus took on the collective karma of humanity and
had to absorb this as karma which was undeserved to Him. This might
explain the importance of not sinning, as future sinful actions
curtailed could spell less karmic suffering by Jesus himself. If Jesus
took on the collective bad karma of mankind, could Jesus simply have
become subject to innumerable future reincarnations, each paying off a
portion of the karmic debt he willingly took on? So by NOT sinning,
this lessens the debt load to him. Is it possibly Jesus became an
ordinary man over successive lives to pay off that debt? Hence, the
saying " i will always be a priest", as if his destiny is locked in
with the karmic debt incurred by the sinfulness of man?

[Matthew Johnson]

Post by seeker
I have wondered if Jesus took on the collective karma of humanity and
had to absorb this as karma which was undeserved to Him.

The quick and simple answer is 'no'.

The reason is that the very notion of 'karma' is subtlely different from
anything in either the Jewish Tradition or Christian Tradition. It is a very
alien Sanskrit import.

You cannot understand Christianity as it really is as long as you rely on the
crutch of such an alien import.

[snip]

[shegeek72]

On Jul 21, 5:58 pm, the suspect Matthew Johnson

Post by Matthew Johnson
The reason is that the very notion of 'karma' is subtlely different from
anything in either the Jewish Tradition or Christian Tradition. It is a very
alien Sanskrit import.

Just because it's, as you put it, an 'alien Sanskrit import' doesn't
negate its relevance.

Post by Matthew Johnson
You cannot understand Christianity as it really is as long as you rely on the
crutch of such an alien import.

There you go again. Claiming one cannot understand Christianity unless
they believe as you do. It's like saying one cannot understand
Buddhism, or any other religion, if they import Christian ideas into
it. There are universal threads in all religions and spiritualities;
Christianity does not have a stranglehold on spirituality.
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Post by shegeek72
There are universal threads in all religions and spiritualities;
Christianity does not have a stranglehold on spirituality.

Of course not. Christianity never claimed such. There are lots of paths to
what one calls 'spirituality'- this is the new age battle cry. Christianity
is quite different from that catch all phrase 'spirituality'. Read the NT
again. I wish you all good.

Blessings,
Ann