Category Archives: Buddhism
US: The scariest thing in the world…
This post is extensively linked. It’s tragic that there are so many examples of misogyny, but it’s great to see them all exposed in one place. Girls, these things happen because there are men with power who fear you and … Continue reading
Filed under Stupidity, Human rights abuse, Women, Catholicism, Sexuality, Abortion, Anglican/Episcopalianism, Islamicism, Institutionalised discrimination and bigotry, Fundamentalist Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, Hindism, Buddhism, Protestant sects, Orthodox Churches, Manufactured outrage, Mormonism, Science
South Korea: Do ya feel lucky? Well, do ya, monk?
….Apparently not. Video – SMH Six leading South Korean Buddhist monks have quit after being filmed smoking, drinking and gambling. Next week on Monks Go Wild: how the Dominicans got their own Republic.
Filed under Buddhism, Fellow-believers, Hypocrisy, Stupidity
Global: What people believe in depends on where they’re born…
… unless they use, you know, logic and stuff. Just saying. H/T to Jerry Coyne for the reference. Anders Jacobsens blog
US: Christians not silly enough?
Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize for a lifetime of spreading ineffective woo. Templeton Prize – Current Winner It’s kind of lucky for the Dalai Lama that he’s confined to a position of permanent impotence. If he ever gets to put … Continue reading
Tibet: Or you could just pop a Serepax…
Monk finds the secret of inner peace — bludge off a relative for nineteen years. SMH After China invaded Tibet in 1959, a young monk went into solitary confinement. He remained in a tiny dark room in the capital Lhasa … Continue reading
Thailand: Love the King! …or else
Mail Online An American has been jailed for two-and-a-half years in Thailand after posting excerpts from a banned book about the country’s monarch online – while living in the U.S. Joe Gordon, 55, who was born in the Southeast Asian … Continue reading
US: Buddhist monk accused of keeping ‘slave’
SMH A housekeeper is accusing a Korean Buddhist monk and his family of forcing her to work as a “slave” in their US home. The New York Times reports that the lawsuit alleges the family kept the woman prisoner in … Continue reading
Filed under Buddhism, Human rights abuse, Stupidity, Women
US: Catholics take heart!…
…Buddhist priests rape children too. chicagotribune.com. A Tribune review of sexual abuse cases involving several Theravada Buddhist temples found minimal accountability and lax oversight of monks accused of preying on vulnerable targets. Because they answer to no outside ecclesiastical authority, … Continue reading
Filed under Buddhism, Children, Fellow-believers, Human rights abuse, Sexuality, Women
Australia: It takes one to know one — penitent death cults embrace AGW
SMH. Monks and rabbis have stood alongside Catholics and Anglicans in Canberra to show support for the federal government’s plan to tackle climate change. Leaders from the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) met Prime Minister Julia Gillard in … Continue reading
Indonesia: Temple dispute disrupts ASEAN meeting
SMH. The credibility of the Association of South-East Asian Nations and its aim of becoming a European Union-style security and economic community by 2015 was damaged this weekend as Thailand and Cambodia openly brawled over their deadly dispute over ownership … Continue reading
