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Title: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: SnakeCharmer on August 29, 2007, 10:49:32 AM Heh. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20227400/site/newsweek/)
Quote In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: HaemishM on August 29, 2007, 11:53:08 AM In Communist China, soul reincarnates YOU.
Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: schild on August 29, 2007, 11:55:00 AM This is why China isn't taking over the world. They're absolutely batfuck insane. (Or at least their government is, I mean, Bush is crazy sure, but man, I don't even have words for banning REINCARNATION).
Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: Krakrok on August 29, 2007, 12:09:15 PM I thought the Dalai Lama already picked the next Dalai Lama. The Chinese took the new kid to Beijing and he hasn't been seen since. Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: Prospero on August 29, 2007, 12:09:33 PM I'm just wondering what the forms to get permission to reincarnate look like. Also, do you fill them out before or after you die?
Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: Stephen Zepp on August 29, 2007, 12:30:55 PM I'm just wondering what the forms to get permission to reincarnate look like. Also, do you fill them out before or after you die? Before, but they expire in 48 hours, and you have to accurately describe your mode of death. If your window of opportunity expires before you do, subsequent filings cost additional. Submissions limited to 1 per month (some restrictions apply). Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: Murgos on August 29, 2007, 12:46:13 PM My third favorite quote from that article:
Quote Recent surveys by the Barna Group, a Christian research nonprofit, have found that a quarter of U.S. Christians, including 10 percent of all born-again Christians, embrace it as their favored end-of-life view. Re Krakrok: Can't reincarnate until you've died. I think you are thinking of a different Lama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchen_Lama). Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: Jobu on August 29, 2007, 01:02:04 PM I thought the Dalai Lama already picked the next Dalai Lama. The Chinese took the new kid to Beijing and he hasn't been seen since. He picked the Panchen Lama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchen_Lama#11th_Panchen_Lama).... which I guess is Lama #2, second in command. I was reading through all the history of the Lamas on wikipedia this morning after reading this article. Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: Evildrider on August 29, 2007, 06:52:31 PM From what I understand, the Dalai Lama is going to pick someone not from Tibet, to reincarnate into... or however that works.
Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: sinij on August 30, 2007, 09:05:40 AM This has nothing to do with policy making and everything to do with China trying to have hand in picking next Dali.
Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: Righ on August 30, 2007, 06:50:29 PM I don't care what the fuck they say. I already have my reincarnation booked for Tibet in 2112.
Title: Re: LOL @ China (There ain't no comin' back!!!) Post by: Endie on September 17, 2007, 06:19:07 AM This has nothing to do with policy making and everything to do with China trying to have hand in picking next Dali. I liked his melty clocks and stilt-wearing elephants, but it's not a great basis for a world religion. |