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Anshuman Pandey <apandey@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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> On 7 Jul 1995, Mats Olausson wrote:
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> > Therefore sin is a deed (by speech, talk or act) which brings the
> > performer further away from God. And good deeds brings one closer
> > to God.
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> Yes, but who is to say what is a good deed and what is a bad deed? What
> if a "bad" deed is, in the heart of the believer, not a bad deed?
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God is the ultimate law-maker. For example, Bhagavata Purana states:
dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam. God's laws are absolute and all-valid.
Believing does not qualify as to what makes right or wrong.