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ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY????

    Albert Einstein ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:23:00 GMT (11/6/2009) edit



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    US schoolboy anointed as reincarnation of Buddhist high priest

     

     

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    A US schoolboy has been anointed in India as the reincarnation of a Buddhist high priest who died over 750 years ago.

     

    Jigme Wangchuk, from Boston, is now revered by hundreds of thousands of followers in Nepal, Bhutan and India after taking up residence as the rinpoche, or high priest, of the Drukpa Sangag Choeling Monastery in Darjeeling, West Bengal.

    The 11 year old from St Peter's School in Boston has been given the title of His Holiness the Second Galwa Lorepa, head of the Drukpa sect. The first Galwa Lorepa died in Tibet in 1250.

    Although he misses his family, he said it was an honour to be a rinpoche.

    "It's a big transition," Jigme told Indian newspaper the Hindustan Times. "I do miss being a cheerful schoolboy. I miss my home, my grandparents, aunts and uncles. But being a rinpoche is a great honour."

    His parents migrated to the US from the Indian town of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh 20 years ago. When visiting the Kagyu Nalanda Monastery in the south Indian city of Mysore in 2007, Jigme reportedly began narrating his past life as if in a trance.

    He had spoken of a past life before, his mother Dechen said, but the family did not take him seriously.

    She said: "He used to always talk of his past life, but we did not take it seriously, dubbing it as a child's fantasies."

    Jigme was initiated into priesthood after his narration was verified by other senior lamas or priests.

    The family have sold their restaurant in Boston and moved to Darjeeling, where his sister Tashi Norzum, 10, will continue studying. His family live in the city but not at the monastery with Jigme.

    "It has been a very difficult period for us over the past two years," his mother said. "I have been crying for the past five months, but have at last come to terms with it."

    The new rinpoche will spend his time in monastic study at the monastery in Darjeeling, but said he would keep in touch with friends over the internet.

    "My parents will keep visiting me here, and I will keep in touch with my friends through email."

     

    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-schoolboy-anointed-as-reincarnation-of--buddhist-high-priest-14546209.html

     
    Elsewhere Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:27:00 GMT (11/6/2009) edit


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    In all fairness... they are no more crazy than any other pathological delusion. 
    Newborn Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT (11/6/2009) edit




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    I tend to think so, yes
    Alwayshere Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:14:00 GMT (11/6/2009) edit



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    NO, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM ARE.
    PSacramento Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT (11/6/2009) edit



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    This thread could just as easily ask:

    Are all sports fan just crazy?

    Are all CEO's just crazy?

    Are all politicians just crazy?

    Etc, etc.

     

    Fact is, in everything there are indeed "crazies", they are the extermists but that are also the minority.

     
    Albert Einstein Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:47:00 GMT (11/6/2009) edit



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    Sorry PSacramento, but do you really want to compare adult  people cheering at a sport game with a little kid who was convinced by adults he is "reincarnation of a Buddhist high priest Galwa Lorepa  who died over 750 years ago".... quit school, left family, moved to a temple in Darjeeling, and just to sit there and being worshipped?

    After 10 years they will kick him out (because they would find another poor kid "reincarnation") and Galwa Lorepa will go back to US.

    What he will put in his CV when will be applying for a job? From 12 - 22 I was worshiped as reincarnation of Galwa Lorepa ...

    I really think this is a crime.

    Albert
    leavingwt Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:02:00 GMT (11/6/2009) edit


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    MissingLink Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:47:00 GMT (11/6/2009) edit


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    It helps to think of them as "crazy".  The only other alternative is "evil".
    paul from cleveland Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:11:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit



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    Reincarnation may actually happen... we're still here aren't we?
    beksbks Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:14:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit

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    LWT!!  He's one of my favorite characters of all time.
    villabolo Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:37:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit



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    Leavingwt, when I saw the number of seconds on your You Tube clip I said to myself, "what could this guy possibly say in a mere 8 seconds that could possibly be significant"? When I saw it I just had to laugh, my question had been answered.

    villabolo
    ESTEE Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:02:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit


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    ummmm ... yeah... That's it! ...CRAZY!

    ESTEE
    B-Rock Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:26:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit



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    ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY????

    Here's the fix: 3 nukes.

    One one Vatican City. Another on Mecca. And the last on Jerusalem.

    Done deal on monotheism.

    If any one of the three, Jesus, Allah or Yahweh is God, he can stop the bomb.

    If not, we've got ourselves a trifecta.

    Problem solved.
    leavingwt Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:36:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit


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    LWT!!  He's one of my favorite characters of all time.

     

    He's a card. Did you know that he's also a musician? You can Google him.

     

    Leavingwt, when I saw the number of seconds on your You Tube clip I said to myself, "what could this guy possibly say in a mere 8 seconds that could possibly be significant"? When I saw it I just had to laugh, my question had been answered.

     

    Yeah, he can squeeze a lot into 8 seconds.

     
    Son of Man Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:20:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit



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    Oh yea

    PEC Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:06:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit


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    Here's the fix: 3 nukes.

    One one Vatican City. Another on Mecca. And the last on Jerusalem.

    Done deal on monotheism.

    If any one of the three, Jesus, Allah or Yahweh is God, he can stop the bomb.

    If not, we've got ourselves a trifecta.

    Problem solved.

     B-Rock, these crazies are from India.  You would need a lot more than 3 nukes, to take out all the religious crazies.  You would need more than 3 just for the US.

    Philip

     

     
    The Oracle Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:11:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit




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    It kind of seems that way...

     

    The Oracle
    WTWizard Re: ARE ALL RELIGIONS JUST CRAZY???? posted Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:50:00 GMT (11/7/2009) edit




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    The only two that make any sense are atheism and Devil worship.
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