China has it's own superstitions.
Posted on: October 2, 2013 - 9:22am
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China has it's own superstitions.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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I would have thought that something like that could only exist in places like dark comedies or very crude jokes. I wish that I wasn't constantly proven wrong about that.
“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
― Giordano Bruno
Well, I post this because I get tired of the "If you don't believe in a god, that will lead to communism".
China's population is not delusion free and has it's own superstitions as this demonstrates.
If anything China's communist government has everything in common with the God/s of Abraham. They are both based on worship and expected blind loyalty. You are not ruled by consent of the governed but ruled by absolute authority.
But it should demonstrate that delusions no no boarders and are an unfortunate product of human evolution.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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ROFLMAO Fucking brilliant! Why didn't I ever think of that? I'm going into the faith healing business. (My spidey sense says this story isn't real though.)
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
Well my spidey sense was wrong. Apparently it is a legit story at least insofar as you can trust a Chinese newspaper.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
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National Geographic produced a documentary titled "Inside a Cult" highlighting a David Koresh type cult leader, Koresh being a split off of the Branch Davidians. I only caught like 1/3 of it, about a Wayne Bent, who also uses the name Michael Travesser, who is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for criminal sexual contact of a minor. One of the married males recounts where he had sex with this guys wife, in front of him. Pretty dark !!
Your "Spidey sense" predicted Ohio.....oh wait.
China's population is just as superstitious as any other in the world so it should not surprise anyone that someone pulled this stunt there and someone fell for it
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Well hopefully Bamacare will be able to fix my spidey sense.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
Why was he arrested? Charged to much? The exorcism failed? Incorrect diagnosis?
Inquiring minds do want to know how one knows if a vagina is haunted. It might explain my second wife.
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“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
― Giordano Bruno
ROFL
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Heaven arms with pity those whom it would not see destroyed! First of the Three Jewels or Treasures Is Tz'u literally Compassion pity kindness ¬ Tao Te Ching
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Can you justify this ?
Ps XXXVI : IV -- Even on his bed, he devises trouble ; so set is he on his own bad way, that he doesn't hate evil.
dana raises a good point. over the centuries, taoism developed a highly complex system of sexual practices, remedies, meditations, exorcisms, etc., most of them having to do with the man "retaining" his semen so as not to dissipate his power (usually by pinching off the urethra during ejaculation--the chinese didn't realize that the semen just went back into the bladder and was expelled later during urination). usually, women were considered nothing more than vessels for such experimentation, being considered "passive" and having little or no intrinsic power of their own. this has a close (though probably unrelated) parallel in buddhist tantrism, and can be contrasted with "hindu" shaivite or shakta tantrism, in while the female element is considered the active power.
this is a classic example of the synchretism of christianity with "native" beliefs.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Right, which makes religion good how? You wont see a female Dali Lama anytime soon. You wont see a female Catholic Pope anytime soon. You wont see a female Rabbi in most places, if there are any. You wont see female Muslim Clerics or female Imams. While some sects of Christianity do allow female leaders now, most don't in the entire world.
Religion is our evolutionary downside. It allows humans to think crap like that, and men today in all many sects of many different religions STILL have gender roles for women.
You want to "liberate" the world, then advocate for more power for women and don't cherry pick religions because most of them are for the most part sexist institutions run by men.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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i don't know. you're the one asking a stupid fucking question that has nothing to do with anything anybody has said on this thread. you fucking answer it.
and believe it or not, brian, just because someone points out you're a shrill little ignorant prick and most of your arguments are worth fuck-all does not mean they're defending religion. it just means they're attacking you.
good. i'd rather not see a male dalai lama either. i'd like to see the whole institution ended.
um, yes you will, because reform judaism is the largest sect within judaism and reform judaism has zero problem with female rabbis. i've met several.
your ignorance is showing again.
nope. never said that. ah, the brian pattern. straw man the shit out of people. too bad you don't even do THAT well.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
i would also like to point out that a few years ago bob spence and i discussed buddhism several times. he identified real, fundamental problems with the religion and its impact on southeast asia, and i agreed with pretty much all his points. at no time did the discussion become even slightly hostile.
why? because bob spence knew what the fuck he was talking about. EVERY religion has problems, usually SERIOUS problems, but part of rationality is caring about the specifics of a situation.
i belong to NO RELIGION because religions are a WAY OUT of the fundamental problem of existence (what that problem is exactly depends on the religion, but all identify a problem), and i don't believe there IS a fundamental problem of existence.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
"Holstile"?, stop, I talk to him just about every damned day, he is one of my two best friends. The last thing he would call me is "hostile".
You really need to get over yourself and your childish kneejerk reaction with words.
Oh and for you to point out problems with "Buddhism" then bitch at me for my criticism of ALL religions is funny.
If you look at the history of that region, "Buddhism" covers a wide swath of the orient and they have had wars amongst themselves too.
ALL religions are full of motifs and platitudes that overlap in theme. That should tell humans that it is evolution that gives them their morals and not their religion.
And that is what makes ALL religions poison, because it distracts us from our common existence. And Bob has said it distorts our perceptions of reality.
YES THERE IS, because reality in nature is not perfect or a utopia. Our flaw as a species is that we evolved to seek patterns, but the flaw is that we far too often fill those gaps with quick answers, not right answers.
Dawkins describes this flaw in the God Delusion as "the moth mistaking the light bulb for moonlight".
Just like you will kill a virgin and sacrifice it to a volcano, because that falsehood may placate your emotions, it does not reflect the nature of reality or the real pain and harm you do to other humans.
BINGO!
Why, because humans are flawed and our perceptions as a species are flawed.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
Check out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under Brian James Rational Poet, @Brianrrs37 on Twitter and my blog at www.brianjamesrationalpoet.blog
really????? cuz i had no fucking clue. i'm totally unacquainted with the history of buddhism.
so you're saying there is a standard for how things should be? hmmm, where can i find it? nature IS perfect. it exists precisely as it is.
but we're not all flawed in the same way, and neither are religions.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
I forgot who it was on here that had pointed out that the Dalai Lama and Buddhism itself are two very different things. In fact they are a bit of a non-sequitur and do not belong in the same sentence.
Right after leaving Christianity, I actually flirted around with Buddhism for a bit. (Oh we have already discussed that on here before and I see no real need to bring all that back up).
But I look at Dalai Lama as just a disposed dictator that gets to hang out with Hollywood wealth and talk about peace. Just another fraud, no different than a Hitler.
However, according to this link above, performing a fraudulent exercise over a possessed vagina is also unrelated to Buddhism ? ? ?
I mean, the title of the thread was "China has its own superstitions". To my very limited knowledge, Buddhism and haunted vaginas do not go too much together
But then again, what do I know ?
“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
― Giordano Bruno
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Don't be bashful now. You!
Who ever suggested it did; plan on showing us ?!???
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I actually could care less if truth were to be told.
Just stating what seemed to be obvious.
Oh well, no worries, fuck it.
Back to the thread.
“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
― Giordano Bruno