CHINA BANS REINCARNATION!!!

Laser · #1 08-23-2007, 12:49 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20227400/site/newsweek/
read this!

Patrick Vykkers · #2 08-23-2007, 12:56 AM

No one is gonna stop THIS guy reincarnating;

Havoc · #3 08-23-2007, 02:08 AM

OMGWTFBBQ TO MANY CAPS!

Marvak · #4 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 · #5 08-23-2007, 05:26 AM

Does this remind everybody of King Henry VIII or is that just me?

Laser · #6 08-23-2007, 05:54 AM

i think its to stop another dalai lama coming in

looney-bin · #7 08-23-2007, 06:57 AM

So what happens when someone is born just when someone dies? Do they shoot them?

DarkHoodness · #8 08-23-2007, 08:34 AM

Pfft. :P Good luck to them. They have too much free time. . .

Al the Vykker · #9 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 · #10 08-23-2007, 04:06 PM

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No one is gonna stop THIS guy reincarnating;

Just watch me.

Mac Sirloin · #11 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*** · #12 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 · #13 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 · #14 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 · #15 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 · #16 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 · #17 08-26-2007, 08:41 AM

2+2=5.

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