Buddhism is really very silly too
Reading the BBC's Time to end Sri Lanka time split today reminded me that, though in the West it is often portrayed as quite a sensible philosophy (sometimes even 'scientific'!), Buddhism is just as ridiculous as any other religion or set of superstitions.
This remains the case no matter how much Tenzin Gyatso smiles patronisingly at the rest of us.
The Venerable Gnanawimala says the change [of Sri Lanka's time zone in 1996] moved the country to a spiritual plane 500 miles east of where it should be.
"'After this change I feel that many troubles have been caused to Sri Lanka. Tsunamis and other natural disasters have been taking place,' he says."
This remains the case no matter how much Tenzin Gyatso smiles patronisingly at the rest of us.
posted by Kuvera at
22:40
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Talking about cults with some entertainment value - this is from a TIME interview:
Time: Why does chaos reign now?
Li [Hongzhi]: Of course there is not just one reason. The biggest cause of society's change today is that people no longer believe in orthodox religion. They go to church, but they no longer believe in God. They feel free to do anything. The second reason is that since the beginning of this century, aliens have begun to invade the human mind and its ideology and culture.
Time: Where do they come from?
Li: The aliens come from other planets. The names that I use for these planets are different . Some are from dimensions that human beings have not yet discovered. The key is how they have corrupted mankind. Everyone knows that from the beginning until now, there has never been a development of culture like today. Although it has been several thousand years, it has never been like now.
The aliens have introduced modern machinery like computers and airplanes. They started by teaching mankind about modern science, so people believe more and more science, and spiritually, they are controlled. Everyone thinks that scientists invent on their own when in fact their inspiration is manipulated by the aliens. In terms of culture and spirit, they already control man. Mankind cannot live without science.
The ultimate purpose is to replace humans. If cloning human beings succeeds, the aliens can officially replace humans. Why does a corpse lie dead, even though it is the same as a living body? The difference is the soul, which is the life of the body. If people reproduce a human person, the gods in heaven will not give its body a human soul. The aliens will take that opportunity to replace the human soul and by doing so they will enter earth and become earthlings.
When such people grow up, they will help replace humans with aliens. They will produce more and more clones. There will no longer be humans reproduced by humans. They will act like humans, but they will introduce legislation to stop human reproduction.
Time: Are you a human being?
Li: You can think of me as a human being.
Time: Are you from earth?
Li: I don't wish to talk about myself at a higher level. People wouldn't understand it.
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Anonymous, at 21/4/06 09:21
Try this - it claims to be a description of some of the central beliefs revealed to Scientologists once they have progressed in their membership of the cult.
Whether it's any less credible than creationism/intelligent design, immaculate conception, resurrection, judgement day or any other of the more mainstream sillinesses is debatable!
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Kuvera, at 21/4/06 22:34
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