Poking fun at the idea of reincarnation

[DavidDvorkin]

is being just like the Communist Chinese and supporting their destrubtion of Tibetan culture.

Not quite, but close enough: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141148548

[RussBLib]

1. so, what exactly did the Chinese "spout" when they occupied Tibet?

"Reincarnation is just another baseless belief!"? But in Chinese.

Is that what that fool is trying to say?

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Whatever they spouted, it must have been very atheisticish.

[Warpy]

3. Could have done without the update by a bitter theist to the OP

[progressoid]

5. Free Tibet!

Kidding aside, I think what the Chinese did to Tibet was/is deplorable.

But I don't dare say so, because as a bitter atheist, I have certain standards to maintain.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. Same here

Who doesn't deplore Chinese behavior in Tibet?

[onager]

6. "Well, let me tell you something...

...this is EXACTLY how Nazi Germany started!"

DD, you were great in that thread. Insert copious amounts of hand-clapping smilies.

https://m.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Thank you, thank you.

It did get the blood pumping pleasantly.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. I would view that long thread as an opportunity to educate some people

if I thought they were paying attention and learning anything. But they aren't.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Ooh, you got "dismissed"!

Did Dad make you eat your cold dinner in your room?

[DavidDvorkin]

18. They're so smug

While accusing atheists being smug.

[Arugula Latte]

19. Yes, arrogance and condescension are thick over there.

[Curmudgeoness]

10. I am offended that atheist were told to stfu

right in the OP, as well as in the thread.

I am also offended that we were compared to the Communist Chinese government because we do not believe in reincarnation. I can't see why atheists are not able to find the treatment of the Tibetan people and their religion appalling, while still not believing in their religion. Those two things are not even in the same ballpark.

[AlbertCat]

11. Those two things are not even in the same ballpark.

Indeed.

And here's hoping that when Tibet is free of the Chinese, they will work to become free of ancient ridiculous notions that give power to someone based on them.

[Curmudgeoness]

16. The thing is, I like the Dalai Lama.

As an individual, that is. I should strive to be more like him, or at least the persona that he shows in public.

You don't have to believe in his holiness or in Buddhism or reincarnation to like the guy, or to want Tibet free from China.

[mr blur]

13. Yes, especially when -

People who profess to believe in any old twaddle were positively encouraged to point out that rubbish like reincarnation was perfectly fine to believe in. After all, they've been choosing the Dalai Lama that was for ever so it must be real, right?

[AlbertCat]

12. I'm a bad boy

I suggested that Shirley MacLaine might could shed some light on the subject.




Religion is ridiculous.

[onager]

14. "Why I Hate the Dalai Lama"

Naomi Rousseau's classic takedown, old but still worth a read. Especially for its swipes at famous Western Buddhist theologians like Richard Gere.

Rousseau also writes about her own long lhard road to atheism. Which of course means she's just a grumpy old poopyhead who's pining to fill the Buddha-shaped hole in her heart...

http://physicsroom.org.nz/archive/log/archive/10/lama/

[uriel1972]

15. I just love the part in the film clip...

To "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order, where A woman says she doesn't believe in reincarnation as she refuses to come back as a "Bug or a Rabbit."

[uriel1972]

20. Well I just had to go and look...

Yeesh, that little tenets of atheism just sent me overboard and as a militant atheist I responded with a snark of mass destruction.

[Warren Stupidity]

21. Well that is certainly an interesting train wreck.

[Major Nikon]

22. It's also just like yelling Heil Hitler to Jews

I love unintentional humor.

[DavidDvorkin]

23. The original post has been edited to add a photo

illustrating the creed of the bitter atheist, namely: 1. There is no God. 2. I hate him!

But it's all about the Communist Chinese and their destruction of Tibetan culture.

[uhnope]

24. Would you mock the Jewish religion on a thread about the Holocaust?

think about it that way, if you can get over yourselves

[DavidDvorkin]

25. I will certainly mock absurd Jewish beliefs in a thread about the Holocaust

Let me point out, though, that the recently added photo and caption at the end of the OP gives the lie to this being about Chinese cruelty in Tibet.

[Major Nikon]

26. That nonsense didn't make any sense the first time you floated it

But it does keep getting funnier each time you repeat it

[onager]

27. Here, have some Sophisticated Theology (tm)...

[DavidDvorkin]

28. You're creating a false equivalence

My Jewish family suffered horribly in the Holocaust, and thereafter emotionally for the rest of their lives. I certainly would never mock their suffering. At the same time, I have mocked in print and on the Web the Jewish beliefs I was brought up with. Those are two different things.

Similarly, I deplore the actions of China in Tibet. I also mock the nonsensical beliefs of Tibetan Buddhists. Those are two different things.

Do you really not see that, or are you just trying to score rhetorical points? (You're not succeeding at doing the latter.)

[Arugula Latte]

29. Speaking of someone who needs to get over himself ...

You're dismissed.

[mr blur]

35. Oh, get a clue.

And grow up.
And brush up on your comprehension skills.
Then perhaps you could start to get over yourself.

[LiberalAndProud]

30. Oh well, at least you didn't expose your utter ignorance as some in that thread did.

Science education used to be a thing in this country. Not so much any more.

[DavidDvorkin]

31. And there is absolutely no evidence for the Big Bang

The things I'm learning.

[LiberalAndProud]

32. So very sad.

Because the things we have come to know because we are compelled by curiosity inspires awe, when one chooses to notice. God is the easy answer and the end of discovery, imo.

[DavidDvorkin]

33. Well said.

[mountain grammy]

34. I love how you said that so well.

Yes, science and reality are complicated, but beautiful. Both series of "Cosmos" pointed this out in such a wonderful way.