(May 2, 2015 at 12:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Just as stupid as the rest of the idiots it seems.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/2015050...e3c8d.html
Quote:Some blame the corrupt politicians for bringing devastation to this Himalayan nation. Others fault Western tourists with tight T-shirts and loose morals. But among many of Nepal's most devoutly religious, the chaos and destruction wrought a week ago by a massive earthquake makes one thing clear: The gods are angry.
Now, in the shadow of some of Nepal's holiest mountaintop temples, many find comfort in the notion that there was a divine and just cause behind the tragedy that has killed thousands and left hundreds of thousands more homeless and destitute.
"It's a warning from the gods to the politicians: Change yourselves, or who knows what will happen," said Ishwar Nath Yogi, the 51-year-old high priest at Gorkha Kalika, a revered temple to the goddess Kali and the birthplace of Nepal's first king.
Just imagine Jerry Falwell with Apu's accent, same bullshit different country.
A conservative nut is a conservative nut. Nobody owns a patent on bullshit logic. As soon as you start making reality claims as to why bad things happen and base it on divine punishment, you are just as much a fucking loon as any other human of any religion in any nation.
Buddhists also have their bullshit superstitions too. If you do bad in a prior life or this one Karma will get you and or you will come back as a lower life form in the next life.
Now of course you cant rid a planet of 7 billion humans of all delusional claims, but it is certainly unwise to call this type of crap a "virtue". This is yet another reason I don't give ANY religion a pass. You cannot force religion out of existence, but it is unwise to allow bad ideas and claims to be scrutiny free.