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Laser 08-23-2007 12:49 AM
CHINA BANS REINCARNATION!!!
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20227400/site/newsweek/
read this!:fuzmad:

Patrick Vykkers 08-23-2007 12:56 AM
No one is gonna stop THIS guy reincarnating;
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...zigthangka.jpg

Havoc 08-23-2007 02:08 AM
OMGWTFBBQ TO MANY CAPS!

Marvak 08-23-2007 03:50 AM
... DUDE WTF.
Now I've seen it all. And does the Chinese Government even know how to prevent this reincarnation?

Venks 08-23-2007 05:26 AM
Does this remind everybody of King Henry VIII or is that just me?

Laser 08-23-2007 05:54 AM
i think its to stop another dalai lama coming in

looney-bin 08-23-2007 06:57 AM
So what happens when someone is born just when someone dies? Do they shoot them?

DarkHoodness 08-23-2007 08:34 AM
Pfft. :P Good luck to them. They have too much free time. . .

Al the Vykker 08-23-2007 08:40 AM
Apparently China knows how to harvest souls and stop them from coming back...at least that's what they are getting at saying stuff like this.

Mutual Friend 08-23-2007 04:06 PM
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No one is gonna stop THIS guy reincarnating;
Just watch me.

Mac Sirloin 08-23-2007 04:42 PM
Its perfect for areas prone to cellulite.

I am so sorry, but that was in the background noise as I typed this.

MAYBE this is relative to over population.

Nate 08-23-2007 04:58 PM
What this pretty much means is that if anyone pops up and claims to be the new reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, then the Chinese government can say "Oh, did you remember to get a permit before you did that? Whoops, you're going to jail and disappearing off the face of the earth".

Mmmmm... Dictatorship and chocolate.

Mac Sirloin 08-23-2007 05:31 PM
Speaking of totally unrelated topics, has anyone read the book 'Hominids'?

Its got a little discussion on reincarnation.

Bullet Magnet 08-24-2007 10:43 AM
Technically, it is rebirth in Buddhism, not reincarnation. And yes, there is a difference. It isn't the soul that is reborn either, but the Karma. Another big difference.

As it says, this is clearly the first stage of taking over the people's beliefs. The second, I imagine, will be the disappearance of Mr Lama himself. And with a puppet Dalai Lama in place the Chinese Government can control Tibetan Buddhists via the laws and their faith.

Laser 08-24-2007 12:07 PM
ah bullet magnet has a point

But what is you re-birth as a cow? how will they know? :)

Bullet Magnet 08-24-2007 01:35 PM
You can be reincarnated as a cow, mostly in Hinduism, but Buddhist Rebirth is strictly human-human. Until you factor in all those other Realms of Existence, at which point I hunger for death sans-rebirth.

OANST 08-26-2007 08:41 AM
2+2=5.

Yeah, I'm on a 1984 kick. It's still relevant.