Does God influence our action?

This is a very contentious question. We in Hinduism believe in Karma. Karma means what we are and our lots are shaped by what we do and in point of fact this is comparatively logical. Logical in that it does not subscribe to the idea that God has his invisible hand in everything we do.
Maybe we are string-puppets and we do not exist autonomously. And this theory subscribes to the fact that we are exempt from taking accountability.
In fact God empowers all. And God by the same token can dispower and can thus balance everything. But in fact it does not happen.
The honest and good people suffer and the culprits rise to power and stretch their empires limitlessly and unboundedly.
And if God influence our action we are not responsible for our action and if God does not, what will he do?
Does he play a father-figure? If he really does why he does not punish the culprit and save the innocent.
The world seems as if it is Godless.
Godliness or Godlessness I do not know but this world is full of injustice.

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Originally Posted by blazeofglory

Godliness or Godlessness I do not know but this world is full of injustice.

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The world is neither full of justice or injustice - it simply is. Events occur that an individual can interperate righteous (like, for example, a serial killer being struck by lightning), or terrible (like a soldier being killed a day before he is set to return home).

The fact is, things simply happen. The world is neither optimistic or pessimistic.

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Originally Posted by mayneverhave

The world is neither full of justice or injustice - it simply is. Events occur that an individual can interperate righteous (like, for example, a serial killer being struck by lightning), or terrible (like a soldier being killed a day before he is set to return home).

The fact is, things simply happen. The world is neither optimistic or pessimistic.

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I agree completely. It's untrue and does no good to say things like, the world is full of injustice. As you say it's not all justice nor all injustice.

"Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations."

we have two wills ; God's will ( the doom) we can't change it ; and our will ( our fate ) it is "known" by God and written .We are responsible of our will and we pay for it ; one of the principles of faith is to belief in both fate and doom and accept it wether it is evil or good.

In which text of "Philosophical Literature" this thread reffers to ?

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Originally Posted by lupe

In which text of "Philosophical Literature" this thread reffers to ?

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To one of those dating back before Ockham and Scotus. Philosophy the handmaid of theology. :D

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Originally Posted by amarna

To one of those dating back before Okham and Scotus. Philosophy the handmaid of theology. :D

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Ha!...Yes, I'm sure that this is exactly what the initiator of the thread had in mind! :goof: