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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 08/06/2007 : 02:17:16 [Permalink]
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I'm not trying to hijack this; just too lazy to start another thread. Jane Macartney in Beijing
Tibet's living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China's atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing's authority over Tibet's restive and deeply Buddhist people.
“The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval is illegal and invalid,” according to the order, which comes into effect on September 1.
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And thus, they send the it even farther underground, which goes to prove that atheists too, can be idiots.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 08/06/2007 : 03:02:17 [Permalink]
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I wonder: How does an officially atheist government prove an act of unauthorized reincarnation in court? Such a trial might resemble the Mad Tea Party.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 08/06/2007 03:03:15 |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2007 : 05:18:29 [Permalink]
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Does atheism necessarily mean that you can't believe in reincarnation?
The Chinese government maybe be atheist, but aren't skeptics. |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 08/06/2007 : 06:00:40 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by pleco
Does atheism necessarily mean that you can't believe in reincarnation?
The Chinese government maybe be atheist, but aren't skeptics.
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If that's the case, they are some really creepy atheists, indeed.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2007 : 11:27:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by pleco
Does atheism necessarily mean that you can't believe in reincarnation?
The Chinese government maybe be atheist, but aren't skeptics.
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Which is ironic, considering Buddhism is an atheistic religion - they have no gods, at least not in the Judeo-Christian sense of the word. Rather, Buddhism ain't concerned with any god's approval or existence at all. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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