Can we believe in Karma?

I’ve read somewhere that if we believe in something for something to work, then that thing is not real. It’s make-believe. If the laws of Karma were real, if they actually regularly and consistently affected people’s lives the way they claim to, we would have some factual measures of whether they really work or not. 

If we need to believe into something before it can affect us, then it’s not real. It’s just like believing in life after death; it’s quite soothing, but it’s just a fantasy that too many naively believe in. 

While I buy the above argument and am convinced that being a fully functional adult is the ability to tell the difference between reality and make-believe, I’m okay at considering Karma like a “feel good” philosophy, no more, no less. 

To be clear, I wish the laws of Karma were proven, while I recognize full well that they don’t and they’re just mental-candy concocted to make us, poor humans, all feel better. Tomorrow, we’ll take a deeper look into the “legend” of Karma…