This Ain’t Your Richard Gere’s Buddhism
Telegraph - Burma ‘orders Christians to be wiped out’
The military regime in Burma is intent on wiping out Christianity in the country, according to claims in a secret document believed to have been leaked from a government ministry. Entitled “Programme to destroy the Christian religion in Burma”, the incendiary memo contains point by point instructions on how to drive Christians out of the state.
The text, which opens with the line “There shall be no home where the Christian religion is practised”, calls for anyone caught evangelising to be imprisoned. It advises: “The Christian religion is very gentle – identify and utilise its weakness.”
Its discovery follows widespread reports of religious persecution, with churches burnt to the ground, Christians forced to convert to the state religion, Buddhism, and their children barred from school.
Gracious me.
Well, hell. That’s two of the three major world religions that want us, the third, dead. Maybe we can get the Hindus on board?
January 25th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
I think this is more of a Caligula “if you only had one neck” moment than Buddhism going fundamentalist. From what I can tell the Burmese ruling class is communist in all but name.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Yeah I know. Hence the rather flippant tone. I know Buddhists are our buds.
January 26th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Hmm. Clearly I have not yet achieved ninme-conciousness.
January 26th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Heh
Never mind never mind.