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MineralMan

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34. Well, I'll look further into it, but don't have time at the moment.

Reply to Lordquinton (Reply #33)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:41 AM

Mar 2019

Religion is culture, and culture is religion. Given the long history of China, there is no doubt that its historical religious beliefs, which are almost unknown to most people, have influenced the culture right through today.

Traditional Chinese religion is nothing like the Abrahamic religions at all. It's hard to characterize simply, since it is a hodgepodge of varying beliefs with long historical roots, leading back millennia.

I suspect that the process of learning about that history and practice will be a long one. There are language issues to deal with, as well as concepts that are quite foreign to western thinking.

Still, I'm sure our local expert on all things Chinese has a deep understanding of it all...you betcha...

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He Needed a Job. China Gave Him One: Locking Up His Fellow Muslims. [View all] guillaumeb Mar 2019 OP

Nothing to see here, just humans being humans marylandblue Mar 2019 #1

Intolerance is a human trait Lordquinton Mar 2019 #2

And here, people work in gay conversion camps, sponsored by Christian churches. MineralMan Mar 2019 #3

A classic example of whataboutism. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #4

Diversion is the norm for this group. marylandblue Mar 2019 #5

True. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #6

You don't have to contribute it. You can take a vow to stop doing it yourself right now. marylandblue Mar 2019 #7

No one has to do it. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #13

So you choose to do it, knowing it is wrong. Agreed. marylandblue Mar 2019 #16

And your reason for doing so? guillaumeb Mar 2019 #17

To tell you something you obviously decided to ignore. marylandblue Mar 2019 #18

When I said "doing so", I was referring to the act of diverting. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #19

I know what you were referring to. marylandblue Mar 2019 #22

It's actually not though Lordquinton Mar 2019 #8

"A classic example of whataboutism" trotsky Mar 2019 #10

"Where have you protested?" MineralMan Mar 2019 #11

Good for you. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #14

You asked. I answered. MineralMan Mar 2019 #20

And I said good for you. Congratulations are in order. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #21

"An intolerance directed against theist in general" trotsky Mar 2019 #9

Only fake if you ignore all of the posts and information available. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #15

Oh that's bullshit and you know it. trotsky Mar 2019 #23

And, it focuses on theism as well. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #24

You just don't know when to quit. trotsky Mar 2019 #25

You are consistently something. eom guillaumeb Mar 2019 #36

You stopped digging! trotsky Mar 2019 #37

+1 DetlefK Mar 2019 #26

Do the Chinese have a general philosophy? Lordquinton Mar 2019 #27

We're still waiting for him to prove that everyone in the Chinese government is an atheist. trotsky Mar 2019 #28

Oh, I have no intention of getting any kind of answer out of him Lordquinton Mar 2019 #31

The Wiki on Chinese Religion is fascinating, if MineralMan Mar 2019 #29

Would you say that it falls more on the religious side? Lordquinton Mar 2019 #30

Well, traditional Chinese religion MineralMan Mar 2019 #32

That's what I thought it was Lordquinton Mar 2019 #33

Well, I'll look further into it, but don't have time at the moment. MineralMan Mar 2019 #34

Yeah, I'm not expecting anything soon Lordquinton Mar 2019 #35

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