See how silly it looks when a government tries to incorporate religion into it's laws. I'm glad were above that.
On Apr 3, 2008, at 12:36 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2194682.ece > > China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they > reincarnate > Tibet's living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without > permission from China's atheist leaders. The ban is included in new > rules intended to assert Beijing's authority over Tibet's restive and > deeply Buddhist people. > > "The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval > is illegal and invalid," according to the order, which comes into > effect on September 1. > > The 14-part regulation issued by the State Administration for > Religious Affairs is aimed at limiting the influence of Tibet's exiled > god-king, the Dalai Lama, and at preventing the re-incarnation of the > 72-year-old monk without approval from Beijing. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257925 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
