Comparison And Analysis Of Deuteronomy, Chapters 20-8

Whether one institutes religious beliefs into their daily life or not, the basic principles of Deuteronomy and karma are always present and active. In the broadest sense, the Deuteronomist History is a collection of books about the former prophets of Hebrew. For the comparison and analysis of Deuteronomy, The Book of Deuteronomy, chapters twenty-seven and twenty-eight, will be used. These two chapters focus on the blessings and curses depending on one’s choices in life. The karma theory, inherited by Buddhism, “States that any moral act, good or bad, will bring about a correspondingly positive or negative result, either in this or in a future lifetime …. To encourage good deeds and the avoidance of bad ones” (Strong 28). The philosophies of karma run parallel to Deuteronomy in the sense that both sins and good deeds will have consequent reactions from God. To come to a full understanding of how both of these ideologies are woven into our lives, it is best to compare the two and analyze how they relate to our present-day struggles.
When The Book of Deuteronomy addresses evil, it discusses it in the form of a human sinning and going against God. The sources provided on the karma theory tend to focus on the negative aspects of karma, but it is briefly stated that there is positive karma. Chapter twenty-eight states the ‘Blessings for Obedience,’ where “The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he has sworn to you, if
Understanding the philosophies of karma and Deuteronomy can help us through periods of suffering and pain if we know what has caused it. Realizing you have sinned and knowing you have done God wrong can make the punishment easier and you are able to accept the consequences and be forgiven. Unfortunately, we may not initially understand why we are receiving bad karma as it could be the consequences of an evil deed done in a past