Democrats Invite The Dalai Lama To Invoke Pagan ‘Blessing’ Over US Senate

[Markinsa]

This people don't have a clue what they are about to do to this country...

 

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Democrats Invite The Dalai Lama To Invoke Pagan ‘Blessing’ Over US Senate

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/dalai-lama-senate-prayer_n_4905086.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&ir=Politics
 
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.” Psalm 14:1
HuffPost: The Dalai Lama will step in for Chaplain Barry Black to lead the U.S. Senate’s opening prayer on Thursday, March 6, 2014 according to the Chaplain’s office.
The Director of Communications for Chaplain Black’s office told The Huffington Post that Senator Reid nominated the Tibetan spiritual leader to lead Thursday’s prayer in the place of the chaplain, whose office regularly facilitates prayers by visiting religious leaders.

The Dalai Lama believes that he is a god, and as such recognizes no gods outside of himself. When he prays before the US Senate, he will be giving his blessing as a god, and not asking for God’s blessing on our nation.

The Dalai Lama’s prayer has been pre-approved, the director said, and if it is similar to the one he gave in 2009 to the New York State Senate, he may highlight the need for compassion and an “inner peace of mind.” He will be continuing the Senate’s 207-year tradition of beginning each session with a prayer, a role Chaplain Black has fulfilled since 2003 when he was elected 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate.
Known for a firm commitment social activism, the 14th Dalai Lama is a controversial figure in China, where his relationship with the U.S. is regularly criticized. On February 21, the Dalai Lama met with President Obama for the third time prompting a reaction from the Chinese Foreign Ministry whose spokesperson called the meetingan “interference in China’s internal affairs.” source – HuffPost

[waterman13]

Wow! This country's government is seriously hosed.

Thanks for bringing this Mark.

Wm13

[Saint]

:praying: :praying: :praying:  AMERICANS, WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS AND VERY QUICKLY. 

 

IT IS THROUGH THE WORD OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST THAT WE AS A NATION CAN SUCCEED AND SURVIVE.

 

LET US PRAY, AMEN

[SocalDinar]

I don't normally chime in on religion as it is  based on Faith. Faith is taught and learned by men and women for men and women.  I  feel the need to here.

I am being respectful and have no bad intentions here.

 

 The title is deceiving as it seems that this is a mainstream article from the huffington post.

The link at the bottom is http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/dalai-lama-senate-prayer_n_4905086.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&ir=Politics

 

But this conjecture is from some type of radical Christian website.    http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/

 

I went through and took a peak at some articles here and thought I was reading the national Enquirer. Really some of this stuff on this website is crazy.

 

So much hate in this world caused by religion including Christianity. I have studied many religions in my life. I truly find parts of the Bible disturbing. 

 

Murders in the Bible:

 

God: 2,821,364

 

Killing Event Reference Bible's Number Estimate 1 The Flood of Noah Gen 7:23   20,000,000 2 Abraham's war to rescue Lot Gen 14:17-19   1,000 3 Sodom and Gomorrah Gen 19:24   2,000 4 Lot's wife Gen 19:26 1 1 5 While they were sore, Dinah's brethren slew all the males Gen 34:1-31, Judith 9:2-3 2 1,000 6 Er for being wicked in the sight of the Lord Gen 38:7 1 1 7 Onan for spilling his seed Gen 38:10 1 1 8 A seven year worldwide famine Gen 41:25-54   70,000 9 There will be blood: The first plague of Egypt Ex 7:15-27 , Wis 11:7-8   10,000 10 The seventh plague: hail Ex 9:25   300,000 11 Firstborn Egyptian children Ex 12:29-30   500,000 12 The Lord took off their chariot wheels Ex 14:8-26 600 5,000 13 Amalekites Ex 17:13   1,000 14 Who is on the Lord's side?: Forcing friends and family to kill each other Ex 32:27-28 3,000 3,000 15 Aaron's golden calf Ex 32:35   1,000 16 God burns Aaron's sons to death for offering "strange fire" Lev 10:1-3 2 2 17 A blasphemer is stoned to death Lev 24:10-23 1 1 18 When the people complained, God burned them to death Num 11:1   100 19 While the flesh was still between their teeth, the Lord smote them will a very great plague Num 11:33   10,000 20 Ten scouts are killed for their honest report Num 14:35-45 10 110 21 A man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day is stoned to death Num 15:32-35 1 1 22 Korah, his companions, and their families are buried alive Num 16:27 3 9 23 God burns 250 people to death for burning incense Num 16:35 250 250 24 God kills 14,700 for complaining about God's killings Num 16:49 14,700 14,700 25 The massacre of the Aradies Num 21:1-2   3,000 26 God sent serpents to bite people for complaining about the lack of food and water Num 21:6   100 27 Phineas's double murder: A killing to end God's killing Num 25:1-11 24,002 24,002 28 The Midianite massacre: Have ye saved all the women alive? Num 31:1-35 6 200,000 29 God slowly killed the Israelite army Dt 2:14-16   500,000 30 God the giant killer Dt 2:21-22   5,000 31 God hardens King Sihon's heart so all his people can be killed Dt 2:33-34 1 5,000 32 Og and all the men women, and children in 60 cities Dt 3:6 1 60,000 33 The Jericho massacre Jos 6:21   1,000 34 Achan and his family Jos 7:10-26 1 5 35 The Ai massacre Jos 8:1-25 12,000 12,000 36 God stops the sun so Joshua can get his killing done in the daylight Jos 10:10-11   5,000 37 Five kings killed and hung on trees Jos 10:26 5 10,000 38 Joshua utterly destroyed all that breathed as the Lord commanded Jos 10:28-42 7 7,000 39 The genocide of twenty cities: There was not any left to breathe Jos 11:8-12 2 20,000 40 The Anakim: some more giant killing Jos 11:20-21   5,000 41 The Lord delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites Jg 1:4 10,000 10,000 42 The Jerusalem massacre Jg 1:8   1,000 43 Five massacres, a wedding, and God-proof iron chariots Jg 1:9-25   5,000 44 The Lord delivered Chushanrishathaim Jg 3:7-10 1 1,000 45 Ehud delivers a message from God Jg 3:15-22 1 1 46 God delivers 10,000 lusty Moabites Jg 3:28-29 10,000 10,000 47 Shamgar killed 60 Philistines with an ox goad Jg 3:31 600 600 48 Barak and God massacre the Canaanites Jg 4:15-16   1,000 49 Jael pounds a tent stake through a sleeping man's skull Jg 4:18-22 1 1 50 Gideon's story: The Lord set every man's sword against his fellow Jg 7:22 120,000 120,000 51 A city is massacred and 1000 burn to death because of God's evil spirit Jg 9:23-27 1,001 2,000 52 The Ammonite massacre Jg 11:32-33   20,000 53 Jephthah's daughter Jg 11:39 1 1 54 42,000 die for failing the "shibboleth" test Jg 12:4-7 42,000 42,000 55 Samson murdered 30 men for their clothes Jg 14:19 30 30 56 Samson killed 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass Jg 15:14-15 1,000 1,000 57 Samson killed 3000 in a suicide terrorist attack Jg 16:27-30 3,000 3,000 58 A holy civil war (it had something to do with rotting concubine body part messages) Jg 20:35-37 65,100 65,100 59 The end of Judges: two genocides and 200 stolen virgins Jg 21:10-14   4,000 60 God killed Eli's sons and 34,000 Israelite soldiers 1 Sam 2:25, 4:11 34,002 34,002 61 God smote them with hemorrhoids in their secret parts 1 Sam 5:1-12   3,000 62 50,070 killed for looking into the ark of the Lord 1 Sam 6:19 50,070 50,070 63 The Lord thundered a great thunder upon the Philistines 1 Sam 7:10-11   1,000 64 Another Ammonite massacre (and another God-inspired body part message) 1 Sam 11:6-13   1,000 65 Jonathan's first slaughter 1 Sam 14:12-14 20 20 66 God forces the Philistines to kill each other 1 Sam 14:20   1,000 67 The Amalekite genocide 1 Sam 15:2-3   10,000 68 Samuel hacks Agag to death before the Lord 1 Sam 15:32-33 1 1 69 In the valley of Elah: Goliath 1 Sam 17:51, 2 Sam 21:19 1 1 70 David buys a wife with 200 Philistine foreskins 1 Sam 18:27 200 200 71 The Lord said to David, Go and smite the Philistines 1 Sam 23:2-5   10,000 72 God killed Nabal (and David got his wife and other stuff) 1 Sam 25:38 1 1 73 David commits random acts of genocide for the Philistines 1 Sam 27:8-11   60,000 74 David spends the day killing Amalekites 1 Sam 30:17   1,000 75 God kills Saul, his sons, and his soldiers (because Saul didn't kill all the Amalekites) 1 Sam 31:2, 2 Chr 10:6 4 100 76 David kills the messenger 2 Sam 1:15 1 1 77 David killed, mutilated, and hung Rechab and Baanah 2 Sam 4:12 2 2 78 God helps David smite the Philistines from the front and the rear 2 Sam 5:19-25   2,000 79 God killed Uzzah for trying to keep the ark from falling 2 Sam 6:6-7, 1 Chr 13:9-10 1 1 80 David killed two-thirds of the Moabite POWs and enslaved the rest 2 Sam 8:2   667 81 And the Lord gave David victory wherever he went 2 Sam 8 - 10 65,850 66,850 82 David killed every male in Edom 2 Sam 8:13-14, 1 Kg 11:15-16, 1 Chr 18:12, Ps 60:1 15,000 25,000 83 Thus did David do to all the children of Ammon 2 Sam 11:1, 1 Chr 20:1   1,000 84 God slowly kills a baby 2 Sam 12:14-18 1 1 85 Seven sons of Saul are hung up before the Lord 2 Sam 21:1-9 7 3,000 86 David's mighty men and their amazing killings 2 Sam 23, 1 Chr 11 1,403 3,400 87 God killed 70,000 because of David had a census that God (or Satan) told him to do 2 Sam 24:15, 1 Chr 21:14 70,000 200,000 88 Solomon murdered Job and Shimei (per David's deathbed wish) 1 Kg 2:29-46 2 2 89 A tale of two prophets 1 Kg 13:11-24 1 1 90 Jeroboam's son: God kills another child 1 Kg 14:17 1 1 91 Jeroboam's family 1 Kg 15:29   10 92 Baasha's family and friends 1 Kg 16:11-12   20 93 Zimri burns to death 1 Kg 16:18-19 1 1 94 The drought of Elijah 1 Kg 17:1, Luke 4:25, James 5:17-18   3,000 95 Elijah kills 450 religious leaders in a prayer contest 1 Kg 18:22-40 450 450 96 The first God-assisted slaughter of the Syrians 1 Kg 20:20-21   10,000 97 God killed 100,000 Syrians for calling him a god of the hills 1 Kg 20:28-29 100,000 100,000 98 God killed 27,000 Syrians by making a wall fall on them 1 Kg 20:30 27,000 27,000 99 God sent a lion to kill a man for not smiting a prophet 1 Kg 20:35-36 1 1 100 God killed Ahab for not killing a captured king 1 Kg 20:42, 22:35 1 1 101 God burned 102 men to death for asking Elijah to come down from his hill 2 Kg 1:10-12 102 102 102 God killed Ahaziah for asking the wrong God 2 Kg 1:16-17, 2 Chr 22:7-9 1 1 103 God sent bears to kill 42 boys for making fun of a prophet's bald head 2 Kg 2:23-24 42 42 104 The Lord delivered the Moabites 2 Kg 3:18-25   5,000 105 A skeptic is trampled to death 2 Kg 7:2-20 1 1 106 God's seven year famine 2 Kg 8:1   7,000 107 Jehoram of Israel 2 Kg 9:24 1 1 108 Jezebel 2 Kg 9:33-37 1 1 109 Ahab's sons: 70 heads in two baskets 2 Kg 10:6-10 70 70 110 Ahab's hometown family, friends, and priests 2 Kg 10:11   20 111 Jehu killed Ahaziah's family 2 Kg 10:12-13, 2 Chr 22:7-9 42 42 112 Jehu and his partner kill the rest of Ahab's family 2 Kg 10:17   20 113 Jehu assembled the followers of Baal and then slaughtered them all 2 Kg 10:18-25   1,000 114 Mattan the priest of Baal and Queen Athaliah 2 Kg 11:17-20 2 2 115 God sent lions to eat those who didn't fear him enough 2 Kg 17:25-26   10 116 An angel killed 185,000 sleeping soldiers 2 Kg 19:34, 37:36 185,000 185,000 117 God caused King Sennacherib to be killed by his sons 2 Kg 19:37, Tobit 1:21 1 1 118 Josiah killed all the priests of the high places 2 Kg 23:20   100 119 Just another holy war 1 Chr 5:18-22   50,000 120 God killed a half million Israelite soldiers 2 Chr 13:17-18 500,000 500,000 121 Jeroboam 2 Chr 13:20 1 1 122 God killed a million Ethiopians 2 Chr 14:9-14 1,000,000 1,000,000 123 Friendly fire: God forced "a great multitude" to kill each other 2 Chr 20:22-25   30,000 124 God made Jehoram's bowels fall out 2 Chr 21:14-19 1 1 125 God killed Jehoram's sons 2 Chr 22:1   3 126 Ahaziah of Judah 2 Chr 22:7-8 1 1 127 Joash, the princes, and army of Judah 2 Chr 24:20-25 1 10,000 128 God destroyed Amaziah 2 Chr 25:15-27 1 1,000 129 God smote Ahaz with the king of Syria 2 Chr 28:1-5 1 10,000 130 God killed 120,000 valiant men for forsaking him 2 Chr 28:6 120,000 120,000 131 The fall of Jerusalem 2 Chr 36:16-17   10,000 132 The Purim killings: God hath done these things Esther 2 - 9, 10:4 75,813 75,813 133 God and Satan kill Job's children and slaves Job 1:18-19 10 60 134 Hananiah Jer 28:15-16 1 1 135 Ezekiel's wife Ezek 24:15-18 1 1 136 Oh! Susanna Dan 13:6-62 2 2 137 Judith is blessed above all women (for cutting off a sleeping man's head) Judith 13:6-10 1 1 138 The Judith massacre: hang ye up this head upon our walls Judith 15:1-6   1,000 139 Mathathias's double murder 1 Mac 2:24-25 2 2 140 Mathathias and his friends slay the wicked sinners 1 Mac 2:44   100 141 God killed Andronicus, the sacrilegious wretch 2 Mac 4:38 1 1 142 A Jewish mob killed Lysimachus, the sacrilegious fellow 2 Mac 4:42 1 1 143 God helped Judas Machabeus destroy the wicked 1 Mac 3:1-26, 2 Mac 8:5-6 800 4,900 144 Judas and his unarmed men kill 3000 of Gorgias's soldiers 1 Mac 3:44-4:24 3,000 3,000 145 The Hanukkah killings 1 Mac 4:34-5:7 5,000 17,000 146 The Machabees brothers slaughter the heathens 1 Mac 5:21-51 11,000 37,000 147 Nicanor's army: The Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men 1 Mac 7:32-47, 2 Mac 8:24, 15:27 147,002 147,002 148 Jonathan and Simon destroy the wicked out of Israel 1 Mac 9:46-49, 2 Mac 8:30-33, 10:61 1,000 1,200 149 Five heavenly horsemen cast darts and fireballs at the enemy 2 Mac 8:32-10:38 21,103 21,400 150 God killed Antiochus with an incurable bowel disease 2 Mac 9:5-28 1 1 151 Idumeans, traitors, and Jews in two towers 2 Mac 10:16-17 40,000 40,100 152 Nicanor's head: A manifest sign of the help of God 1 Mac 7:33-48, 2 Mac 15:1-35 35,000 35,000 153 Aliens at Cades 1 Mac 11:74 3,000 3,000 154 John burns to death 2000 in the tower of Azotus 1 Mac 16:10 2,000 2,000 155 God sent wasps to slowly destroy people Wisdom 11:7-8   1,000 156 Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5:5-10 2 2 157 Herod Aggripa Acts 12:23 1 1 158 Jesus Rom 8:32, 1 Pet 1:1820 1 1  

 

Totals Bibles Number  2,821,364

 

   Estimate                    24,994,828

 

 

Satan: 10

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job…And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. Job 1.1-2

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Then Satan answered the LORD … put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. 1.8-12

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house … And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead. 1.13-19

 

I have no problem with anyone giving a prayer as it is just a man ( or woman ) speaking. I also have no problem saying  " one nation Under God " in the Pledge of allegiance.

But each and every man and woman has that choice and if you take that away and force ones religion upon another what does that make you.

Edited March 6, 2014 by SocalDinar

[Maggie123]

I don't normally chime in on religion as it is  based on Faith. Faith is taught and learned by men and women for men and women.  I  feel the need to here.

I am being respectful and have no bad intentions here.

 

 The title is deceiving as it seems that this is a mainstream article from the huffington post.

The link at the bottom is http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/dalai-lama-senate-prayer_n_4905086.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&ir=Politics

 

But this conjecture is from some type of radical Christian website.    http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/

 

I went through and took a peak at some articles here and thought I was reading the national Enquirer. Really some of this stuff on this website is crazy.

 

So much hate in this world caused by religion including Christianity. I have studied many religions in my life. I truly find parts of the Bible disturbing. 

 

Murders in the Bible:

 

*********

 

 

Satan: 10

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job…And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. Job 1.1-2

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Then Satan answered the LORD … put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. 1.8-12

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house … And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead. 1.13-19

 

I have no problem with anyone giving a prayer as it is just a man ( or woman ) speaking. I also have no problem saying  " one nation Under God " in the Pledge of allegiance.

 

But each and every man and woman has that choice and if you take that away and force ones religion upon another what does that make you.

 

Thank You SocalDinar.

 

I knew it was a bizarre article even for the Huffington Post... (the part written under the picture of Dalai Lama). I was saying "Huh?"

 

Checked out the site that embellished the article and yes it's pretty extreme. Guess that's why the OP didn't openly share that link with us.

 

When folks do this... they actually hurt their own cause more than they help it. IMHO

 

 

This World Doesn't Need Anymore Fear And Hatred... We Need To Eradicate This Deception... That We Are All Divided... We're Not.

[Bunk]

 Anything that involves Harry Reid is Suspect...

[Maggie123]

 Anything that involves Harry Reid is Suspect...

 

OH And Please Don't Forget To Include The Dalai Lama. LOL

[Markinsa]

Thank You SocalDinar.

I knew it was a bizarre article even for the Huffington Post... (the part written under the picture of Dalai Lama). I was saying "Huh?"

Checked out the site that embellished the article and yes it's pretty extreme. Guess that's why the OP didn't openly share that link .

Maggie... I provided two links at the top of this post.

1. To where I originally found it.

2. The source of the original document.

I'm not Dinar_stud who almost never leaves a source to his post.

.

[MyLadiesDaddy]

"if MY PEOPLE repent and turn from their wicked ways I will HEAR there prayers

and HEAL their land".

Notice that God is specifically speaking to HIS PEOPLE. That is to say the church.

So I ask, what is it that God's people need to repent of?

In my not so humble opinion, I believe that God's people are dwelling deep in the sin

of complacency. We sit in our churches and tolerate sexual promiscuity, we tell all manner

of lies and think it's only a small sin. Some have condoned abortion, while others

say nothing for the child. We rob God in tithes and offerings, and justify our actions

Because of the hardness of the times. We gossip about those who sins are easily detected

and are all blinded from our own sins. We allow our children to, "shack up",and excuse

it because EVERYONE DOES IT.

I submit to all Christians, these things ought not to be. These sins are wrong and

have no place within God's church. I make no judgment against those lost souls

who are not bound to God's law. I speak, as one voice calling out to the church. And

that by the power of God's HOLY SPIRIT, I pray. In this day and age a man and a woman

can refrain from premarital conjugation, I know because I did with Lady Grace's

mother. And I wish to explain something about that, I went several years without

even dating before I met her. And for two years we were only friends. In actuality

we never dated. We just hung out together with my friends. When God miraculously

told us that he wanted us to be married, and that it was all about the child. It was then

I decided to do it right for the first time ever. The most amazing thing is that my wife

is much younger than I and absolutely the most beautiful woman I have ever known.

Both physically and inwardly.

I make no claims to be a perfect Christian , not by a long shot. So believe me when I

say, if I can find strength to honor her before marriage, ANYONE CAN.

I call on my CHRISTIAN brothers and sisters to seek out the word of God. Study to

show thyself approved. And repent from your wicked ways. Remember, all sin is an

abomination to God.

[Indraman]

I don't normally chime in on religion as it is  based on Faith. Faith is taught and learned by men and women for men and women.  I  feel the need to here.

I am being respectful and have no bad intentions here.

 

 The title is deceiving as it seems that this is a mainstream article from the huffington post.

The link at the bottom is http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/dalai-lama-senate-prayer_n_4905086.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&ir=Politics

 

But this conjecture is from some type of radical Christian website.    http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/

 

I went through and took a peak at some articles here and thought I was reading the national Enquirer. Really some of this stuff on this website is crazy.

 

So much hate in this world caused by religion including Christianity. I have studied many religions in my life. I truly find parts of the Bible disturbing. 

 

Murders in the Bible:

 

God: 2,821,364

 

Killing Event Reference Bible's Number Estimate 1 The Flood of Noah Gen 7:23   20,000,000 2 Abraham's war to rescue Lot Gen 14:17-19   1,000 3 Sodom and Gomorrah Gen 19:24   2,000 4 Lot's wife Gen 19:26 1 1 5 While they were sore, Dinah's brethren slew all the males Gen 34:1-31, Judith 9:2-3 2 1,000 6 Er for being wicked in the sight of the Lord Gen 38:7 1 1 7 Onan for spilling his seed Gen 38:10 1 1 8 A seven year worldwide famine Gen 41:25-54   70,000 9 There will be blood: The first plague of Egypt Ex 7:15-27 , Wis 11:7-8   10,000 10 The seventh plague: hail Ex 9:25   300,000 11 Firstborn Egyptian children Ex 12:29-30   500,000 12 The Lord took off their chariot wheels Ex 14:8-26 600 5,000 13 Amalekites Ex 17:13   1,000 14 Who is on the Lord's side?: Forcing friends and family to kill each other Ex 32:27-28 3,000 3,000 15 Aaron's golden calf Ex 32:35   1,000 16 God burns Aaron's sons to death for offering "strange fire" Lev 10:1-3 2 2 17 A blasphemer is stoned to death Lev 24:10-23 1 1 18 When the people complained, God burned them to death Num 11:1   100 19 While the flesh was still between their teeth, the Lord smote them will a very great plague Num 11:33   10,000 20 Ten scouts are killed for their honest report Num 14:35-45 10 110 21 A man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day is stoned to death Num 15:32-35 1 1 22 Korah, his companions, and their families are buried alive Num 16:27 3 9 23 God burns 250 people to death for burning incense Num 16:35 250 250 24 God kills 14,700 for complaining about God's killings Num 16:49 14,700 14,700 25 The massacre of the Aradies Num 21:1-2   3,000 26 God sent serpents to bite people for complaining about the lack of food and water Num 21:6   100 27 Phineas's double murder: A killing to end God's killing Num 25:1-11 24,002 24,002 28 The Midianite massacre: Have ye saved all the women alive? Num 31:1-35 6 200,000 29 God slowly killed the Israelite army Dt 2:14-16   500,000 30 God the giant killer Dt 2:21-22   5,000 31 God hardens King Sihon's heart so all his people can be killed Dt 2:33-34 1 5,000 32 Og and all the men women, and children in 60 cities Dt 3:6 1 60,000 33 The Jericho massacre Jos 6:21   1,000 34 Achan and his family Jos 7:10-26 1 5 35 The Ai massacre Jos 8:1-25 12,000 12,000 36 God stops the sun so Joshua can get his killing done in the daylight Jos 10:10-11   5,000 37 Five kings killed and hung on trees Jos 10:26 5 10,000 38 Joshua utterly destroyed all that breathed as the Lord commanded Jos 10:28-42 7 7,000 39 The genocide of twenty cities: There was not any left to breathe Jos 11:8-12 2 20,000 40 The Anakim: some more giant killing Jos 11:20-21   5,000 41 The Lord delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites Jg 1:4 10,000 10,000 42 The Jerusalem massacre Jg 1:8   1,000 43 Five massacres, a wedding, and God-proof iron chariots Jg 1:9-25   5,000 44 The Lord delivered Chushanrishathaim Jg 3:7-10 1 1,000 45 Ehud delivers a message from God Jg 3:15-22 1 1 46 God delivers 10,000 lusty Moabites Jg 3:28-29 10,000 10,000 47 Shamgar killed 60 Philistines with an ox goad Jg 3:31 600 600 48 Barak and God massacre the Canaanites Jg 4:15-16   1,000 49 Jael pounds a tent stake through a sleeping man's skull Jg 4:18-22 1 1 50 Gideon's story: The Lord set every man's sword against his fellow Jg 7:22 120,000 120,000 51 A city is massacred and 1000 burn to death because of God's evil spirit Jg 9:23-27 1,001 2,000 52 The Ammonite massacre Jg 11:32-33   20,000 53 Jephthah's daughter Jg 11:39 1 1 54 42,000 die for failing the "shibboleth" test Jg 12:4-7 42,000 42,000 55 Samson murdered 30 men for their clothes Jg 14:19 30 30 56 Samson killed 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass Jg 15:14-15 1,000 1,000 57 Samson killed 3000 in a suicide terrorist attack Jg 16:27-30 3,000 3,000 58 A holy civil war (it had something to do with rotting concubine body part messages) Jg 20:35-37 65,100 65,100 59 The end of Judges: two genocides and 200 stolen virgins Jg 21:10-14   4,000 60 God killed Eli's sons and 34,000 Israelite soldiers 1 Sam 2:25, 4:11 34,002 34,002 61 God smote them with hemorrhoids in their secret parts 1 Sam 5:1-12   3,000 62 50,070 killed for looking into the ark of the Lord 1 Sam 6:19 50,070 50,070 63 The Lord thundered a great thunder upon the Philistines 1 Sam 7:10-11   1,000 64 Another Ammonite massacre (and another God-inspired body part message) 1 Sam 11:6-13   1,000 65 Jonathan's first slaughter 1 Sam 14:12-14 20 20 66 God forces the Philistines to kill each other 1 Sam 14:20   1,000 67 The Amalekite genocide 1 Sam 15:2-3   10,000 68 Samuel hacks Agag to death before the Lord 1 Sam 15:32-33 1 1 69 In the valley of Elah: Goliath 1 Sam 17:51, 2 Sam 21:19 1 1 70 David buys a wife with 200 Philistine foreskins 1 Sam 18:27 200 200 71 The Lord said to David, Go and smite the Philistines 1 Sam 23:2-5   10,000 72 God killed Nabal (and David got his wife and other stuff) 1 Sam 25:38 1 1 73 David commits random acts of genocide for the Philistines 1 Sam 27:8-11   60,000 74 David spends the day killing Amalekites 1 Sam 30:17   1,000 75 God kills Saul, his sons, and his soldiers (because Saul didn't kill all the Amalekites) 1 Sam 31:2, 2 Chr 10:6 4 100 76 David kills the messenger 2 Sam 1:15 1 1 77 David killed, mutilated, and hung Rechab and Baanah 2 Sam 4:12 2 2 78 God helps David smite the Philistines from the front and the rear 2 Sam 5:19-25   2,000 79 God killed Uzzah for trying to keep the ark from falling 2 Sam 6:6-7, 1 Chr 13:9-10 1 1 80 David killed two-thirds of the Moabite POWs and enslaved the rest 2 Sam 8:2   667 81 And the Lord gave David victory wherever he went 2 Sam 8 - 10 65,850 66,850 82 David killed every male in Edom 2 Sam 8:13-14, 1 Kg 11:15-16, 1 Chr 18:12, Ps 60:1 15,000 25,000 83 Thus did David do to all the children of Ammon 2 Sam 11:1, 1 Chr 20:1   1,000 84 God slowly kills a baby 2 Sam 12:14-18 1 1 85 Seven sons of Saul are hung up before the Lord 2 Sam 21:1-9 7 3,000 86 David's mighty men and their amazing killings 2 Sam 23, 1 Chr 11 1,403 3,400 87 God killed 70,000 because of David had a census that God (or Satan) told him to do 2 Sam 24:15, 1 Chr 21:14 70,000 200,000 88 Solomon murdered Job and Shimei (per David's deathbed wish) 1 Kg 2:29-46 2 2 89 A tale of two prophets 1 Kg 13:11-24 1 1 90 Jeroboam's son: God kills another child 1 Kg 14:17 1 1 91 Jeroboam's family 1 Kg 15:29   10 92 Baasha's family and friends 1 Kg 16:11-12   20 93 Zimri burns to death 1 Kg 16:18-19 1 1 94 The drought of Elijah 1 Kg 17:1, Luke 4:25, James 5:17-18   3,000 95 Elijah kills 450 religious leaders in a prayer contest 1 Kg 18:22-40 450 450 96 The first God-assisted slaughter of the Syrians 1 Kg 20:20-21   10,000 97 God killed 100,000 Syrians for calling him a god of the hills 1 Kg 20:28-29 100,000 100,000 98 God killed 27,000 Syrians by making a wall fall on them 1 Kg 20:30 27,000 27,000 99 God sent a lion to kill a man for not smiting a prophet 1 Kg 20:35-36 1 1 100 God killed Ahab for not killing a captured king 1 Kg 20:42, 22:35 1 1 101 God burned 102 men to death for asking Elijah to come down from his hill 2 Kg 1:10-12 102 102 102 God killed Ahaziah for asking the wrong God 2 Kg 1:16-17, 2 Chr 22:7-9 1 1 103 God sent bears to kill 42 boys for making fun of a prophet's bald head 2 Kg 2:23-24 42 42 104 The Lord delivered the Moabites 2 Kg 3:18-25   5,000 105 A skeptic is trampled to death 2 Kg 7:2-20 1 1 106 God's seven year famine 2 Kg 8:1   7,000 107 Jehoram of Israel 2 Kg 9:24 1 1 108 Jezebel 2 Kg 9:33-37 1 1 109 Ahab's sons: 70 heads in two baskets 2 Kg 10:6-10 70 70 110 Ahab's hometown family, friends, and priests 2 Kg 10:11   20 111 Jehu killed Ahaziah's family 2 Kg 10:12-13, 2 Chr 22:7-9 42 42 112 Jehu and his partner kill the rest of Ahab's family 2 Kg 10:17   20 113 Jehu assembled the followers of Baal and then slaughtered them all 2 Kg 10:18-25   1,000 114 Mattan the priest of Baal and Queen Athaliah 2 Kg 11:17-20 2 2 115 God sent lions to eat those who didn't fear him enough 2 Kg 17:25-26   10 116 An angel killed 185,000 sleeping soldiers 2 Kg 19:34, 37:36 185,000 185,000 117 God caused King Sennacherib to be killed by his sons 2 Kg 19:37, Tobit 1:21 1 1 118 Josiah killed all the priests of the high places 2 Kg 23:20   100 119 Just another holy war 1 Chr 5:18-22   50,000 120 God killed a half million Israelite soldiers 2 Chr 13:17-18 500,000 500,000 121 Jeroboam 2 Chr 13:20 1 1 122 God killed a million Ethiopians 2 Chr 14:9-14 1,000,000 1,000,000 123 Friendly fire: God forced "a great multitude" to kill each other 2 Chr 20:22-25   30,000 124 God made Jehoram's bowels fall out 2 Chr 21:14-19 1 1 125 God killed Jehoram's sons 2 Chr 22:1   3 126 Ahaziah of Judah 2 Chr 22:7-8 1 1 127 Joash, the princes, and army of Judah 2 Chr 24:20-25 1 10,000 128 God destroyed Amaziah 2 Chr 25:15-27 1 1,000 129 God smote Ahaz with the king of Syria 2 Chr 28:1-5 1 10,000 130 God killed 120,000 valiant men for forsaking him 2 Chr 28:6 120,000 120,000 131 The fall of Jerusalem 2 Chr 36:16-17   10,000 132 The Purim killings: God hath done these things Esther 2 - 9, 10:4 75,813 75,813 133 God and Satan kill Job's children and slaves Job 1:18-19 10 60 134 Hananiah Jer 28:15-16 1 1 135 Ezekiel's wife Ezek 24:15-18 1 1 136 Oh! Susanna Dan 13:6-62 2 2 137 Judith is blessed above all women (for cutting off a sleeping man's head) Judith 13:6-10 1 1 138 The Judith massacre: hang ye up this head upon our walls Judith 15:1-6   1,000 139 Mathathias's double murder 1 Mac 2:24-25 2 2 140 Mathathias and his friends slay the wicked sinners 1 Mac 2:44   100 141 God killed Andronicus, the sacrilegious wretch 2 Mac 4:38 1 1 142 A Jewish mob killed Lysimachus, the sacrilegious fellow 2 Mac 4:42 1 1 143 God helped Judas Machabeus destroy the wicked 1 Mac 3:1-26, 2 Mac 8:5-6 800 4,900 144 Judas and his unarmed men kill 3000 of Gorgias's soldiers 1 Mac 3:44-4:24 3,000 3,000 145 The Hanukkah killings 1 Mac 4:34-5:7 5,000 17,000 146 The Machabees brothers slaughter the heathens 1 Mac 5:21-51 11,000 37,000 147 Nicanor's army: The Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men 1 Mac 7:32-47, 2 Mac 8:24, 15:27 147,002 147,002 148 Jonathan and Simon destroy the wicked out of Israel 1 Mac 9:46-49, 2 Mac 8:30-33, 10:61 1,000 1,200 149 Five heavenly horsemen cast darts and fireballs at the enemy 2 Mac 8:32-10:38 21,103 21,400 150 God killed Antiochus with an incurable bowel disease 2 Mac 9:5-28 1 1 151 Idumeans, traitors, and Jews in two towers 2 Mac 10:16-17 40,000 40,100 152 Nicanor's head: A manifest sign of the help of God 1 Mac 7:33-48, 2 Mac 15:1-35 35,000 35,000 153 Aliens at Cades 1 Mac 11:74 3,000 3,000 154 John burns to death 2000 in the tower of Azotus 1 Mac 16:10 2,000 2,000 155 God sent wasps to slowly destroy people Wisdom 11:7-8   1,000 156 Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5:5-10 2 2 157 Herod Aggripa Acts 12:23 1 1 158 Jesus Rom 8:32, 1 Pet 1:1820 1 1  

 

Totals Bibles Number  2,821,364

 

   Estimate                    24,994,828

 

 

Satan: 10

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job…And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. Job 1.1-2

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Then Satan answered the LORD … put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. 1.8-12

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house … And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead. 1.13-19

 

I have no problem with anyone giving a prayer as it is just a man ( or woman ) speaking. I also have no problem saying  " one nation Under God " in the Pledge of allegiance.

But each and every man and woman has that choice and if you take that away and force ones religion upon another what does that make you.

What will you do when tribulations arrives, and millions upon millions are dying after every new "trumpet" is blown or each "cup" that is poured out by the angels of God. You will need a much larger adding machine.

 

Indy

Edited March 7, 2014 by Indraman

[AmericaInc]

This people don't have a clue what they are about to do to this country...

 

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Democrats Invite The Dalai Lama To Invoke Pagan ‘Blessing’ Over US Senate

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/dalai-lama-senate-prayer_n_4905086.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&ir=Politics

 

“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.” Psalm 14:1

HuffPost: The Dalai Lama will step in for Chaplain Barry Black to lead the U.S. Senate’s opening prayer on Thursday, March 6, 2014 according to the Chaplain’s office.

The Director of Communications for Chaplain Black’s office told The Huffington Post that Senator Reid nominated the Tibetan spiritual leader to lead Thursday’s prayer in the place of the chaplain, whose office regularly facilitates prayers by visiting religious leaders.

The Dalai Lama believes that he is a god, and as such recognizes no gods outside of himself. When he prays before the US Senate, he will be giving his blessing as a god, and not asking for God’s blessing on our nation.

The Dalai Lama’s prayer has been pre-approved, the director said, and if it is similar to the one he gave in 2009 to the New York State Senate, he may highlight the need for compassion and an “inner peace of mind.” He will be continuing the Senate’s 207-year tradition of beginning each session with a prayer, a role Chaplain Black has fulfilled since 2003 when he was elected 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate.

Known for a firm commitment social activism, the 14th Dalai Lama is a controversial figure in China, where his relationship with the U.S. is regularly criticized. On February 21, the Dalai Lama met with President Obama for the third time prompting a reaction from the Chinese Foreign Ministry whose spokesperson called the meetingan “interference in China’s internal affairs.” source – HuffPost

There are no gods in Buddhism.

What a beautiful man. We should all be so blessed to be in his presence.

He has nothing against your God. 

Why should you hate on him?

Edited March 7, 2014 by AmericaInc

[Markinsa]

There are no gods in Buddhism.

What a beautiful man. We should all be so blessed to be in his presence.

He has nothing against your God. 

Why should you hate on him?

 

I don't hate him.

 

John 14:5-7 (NLT)

 

⁵ “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is.^[a] From now on, you do know him and have seen him!”

 

Therefore, anything taught other than that is demonic.  Whether he's teaching out of ignorance or in concert with Satan I do not know. I can only pray for him.  The last thing we need is someone speaking spiritual curses over our government.

 

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[MyLadiesDaddy]

There are no gods in Buddhism.What a beautiful man. We should all be so blessed to be in his presence.He has nothing against your God. Why should you hate on him?

Thanks to the Marines I have been to Thailand and seen many Buddhist. No they

don't hate Christians, but don't get caught starring at one or taking their picture.

Their not real fond of that. And whether America likes it or not doesn't matter, We

were created a Judaio Christian nation. God had his hand involved in our beginning

And still does today. But our leaders are following another spirit and in doing so they

accusing themselves before God.

When you understand the Christian mindset, (something few try to do) you will then

understand that either you are serving God or you are serving Lucifer. As simple as

that. So yes Mark is correct in his statement, and you are correct in yours. But know

this, before God congress is guilty as we all are guilty and there will always be consequences.

[EagleEye]

Jer 2:11 

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

[DinarCash]

Psalms 9: 8-11 " The Lord rules forever, has set the throne for judgment.  It is God who governs the world with justice, who judges the peoples fairness.  The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of troubles.  Those who honor you name trust in you; you never forsake those who seek you, Lord."

[AmericaInc]

 

I don't hate him.

 

John 14:5-7 (NLT)

 

⁵ “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is.^[a] From now on, you do know him and have seen him!”

 

Therefore, anything taught other than that is demonic.  Whether he's teaching out of ignorance or in concert with Satan I do not know. I can only pray for him.  The last thing we need is someone speaking spiritual curses over our government.

 

-

 

Curses. I see.

Yes, he could curse our government and somehow make it....worse.

[Shabibilicious]

I doubt the Lama is going to take up residency in D.C.  This is blown completely out of proportion.  As always, just my opinion.    

 

GO RV, and NO BV

[Maggie123]

Maggie... I provided two links at the top of this post.

1. To where I originally found it.

2. The source of the original document.

 

My apologies Markinsa... you are correct. I was misled by all the references to Huffington Post... my bad.

 

I do very much agree with AmericaInc... "what a beautiful man"...

 

I hope he will be able to impart just a small amount of his grace on our politicians.

 

They could quite possibly use a little more of that .

Edited March 7, 2014 by Maggie123

[dog53]

He`s  god?

Hmmm  I always thought God would be taller 

[Bunk]

He`s  god?

Hmmm  I always thought God would be taller 

 

 Didnt know That God Wore Glasses ..

[Shabibilicious]

 Didnt know That God Wore Glasses ..

 

The Lama's glasses are just for effect.........for that "Mashed Potato Smooth" look.    

 

GO RV, and NO BV 

[AmericaInc]

 

I don't hate him.

 

John 14:5-7 (NLT)

 

⁵ “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is.^[a] From now on, you do know him and have seen him!”

 

Therefore, anything taught other than that is demonic.  Whether he's teaching out of ignorance or in concert with Satan I do not know. I can only pray for him.  The last thing we need is someone speaking spiritual curses over our government.

 

-

 

 

Therefore, anything taught other than that is demonic.

 

Does this mean that any beliefs IN THIS WORLD, other than Christian are demonic? Doesn't that seem just a bit narrow?

 

There are millions of Buddhists, hundreds of millions of Muslims, over a billion Hindus, and millions of others, including atheists,

who have different beliefs.

 

Are they all possessed? Demonic?

 

If you are searching for why people are angry with fundamentalist Christians, go no further.

 

Tolerance and compassion for others are the marks of higher thinking, wisdom and virtue.

 

(This includes Fundamentalist Muslims like the Taliban, the Saudi Whahabis and many other narrow viewpoints) The book "American Taliban" is a good start on this. We have our own "Taliban" fundies in this country.

The Lama's glasses are just for effect.........for that "Mashed Potato Smooth" look.    

 

GO RV, and NO BV 

I didn't know she did either.

Edited March 14, 2014 by AmericaInc

[MyLadiesDaddy]

"THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMS RIGHT TO MAN, BUT THE ENDS THEREOF IS DEATH"

[Markinsa]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Spends the Day on Capitol Hill

 

 

March 7th 2014

 

 

Washington DC, USA, 6 March 2014 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s day on Capitol Hill began with his being invited to offer prayers at the opening of proceedings in the Senate. He was first welcomed and introduced by Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid who described him as an inspiration to others across the world. After reciting a short salutation to the Buddha in Tibetan, His Holiness read the following prepared verses, first in Tibetan and then in English:

 

 

With our thoughts we make our world.

 

Our mind is central and precedes our deeds.

 

Speak or act with a pure mind

 

and happiness will follow you,

 

like a shadow that never leaves.

 

-- from the ‘Dhammapada’

 

 

May there be joy in the world,

 

With bountiful harvest and spiritual wealth.

 

May every good fortune come to be;

 

And may all our wishes be fulfilled.

 

 

As long as space remains,

 

And as long as sentient beings remain,

 

Until then, may I too remain

 

And help dispel the misery of the world.

 

 

He pointed out that the last verse, from Shantideva’s ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’, is his favourite prayer, expressing a thought he tries to put into practice every day of his life.

 

 

 

 

His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting Senate Chaplain Barry Black, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on his arrival at Capitol Hill in Washington DC on March 6, 2014. Photo/Sonam Zoksang

 

 

 

Sen. Reid, in his appreciation mentioned His Holiness’s efforts to spread the message of peace in the world and quoted him as saying: “Be kind whenever possible; it’s always possible” and “The best way to solve problems everywhere is to sit down and talk”. Sen. Patrick Leahy, another old friend, took up the theme, praising the way His Holiness has worked long and hard for the Tibetan people. He recounted an incident several years ago in the streets of Lhasa, Tibet, as he was preparing to take a photograph and a local Tibetan insisted on posing for him holding a photograph of His Holiness at his heart.

 

 

 

“In doing this he risked imprisonment, so why did he do it? Because people elsewhere have to know the faith Tibetans have in His Holiness.”

 

 

 

Shortly afterwards His Holiness met with House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, telling them what an honour it was to be with them and reiterating his three commitments to human values, religious harmony and the preservation of the peaceful Buddhist culture of Tibet. He explained how Tibet had gained Buddhist knowledge from India in the 8th and 9th centuries, knowledge that at the time derived from the renowned Nalanda University.

 

 

“We have kept the Nalanda tradition alive and along with it knowledge of the mind and emotions that scientists are eager to learn from today. This is timely, since across the materially developed world, people experience too much stress. Fuller understanding of the mind and emotions can be very useful. An additional aspect of my concern for Tibet relates to the environment.”

 

 

Minority Leader Pelosi noted that support for Tibet is bipartisan and that His Holiness has been received by Republican as well as Democratic Presidents who regard him as a champion of democracy and freedom. In his reply, he said:

 

 

 

 

 

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Speaker of the House John Boehner during their meeting in the Speaker's ceremonial office on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on March 6, 2014.

 

Official Photo by Heather Reed

 

 

“Despite the challenges of the last 60 years the Tibetan spirit remains strong. Tibet is no longer a fresh issue, yet awareness of it remains alive thanks to people like you. Friends tell me that Xi Jinping is more realistic. He’s courageously tackling corruption and talking about the legal system and the needs of the rural masses. Some suggest there is a sense that existing policy on Tibet isn’t working so he is looking for a more realistic approach, but there may be resistance within the Chinese establishment. At such a time the support of the free world and particularly the US is significant. In the past, when China’s Most Favoured Nation status was being debated, I said they should have it. The free world has a responsibility to guide China into the mainstream of democracy. There is a Tibetan saying about one medicine for 100 illnesses; democracy in China will be the solution to 100 problems around the world.”

 

 

His Holiness stated that the Chinese people want reform. Wen Jiabao even said that China need American style democracy; activist Liu Xiaobo has said that there is both a need and a desire for reform. Therefore, His Holiness repeated, there is a need for more freedom and a relaxation of censorship. Mrs Pelosi noted that in addition to meeting with His Holiness, President Obama had expressed support for the Middle Way Approach. His Holiness concurred, noting that whatever happened in the past is past. Today, Tibet is materially backward and will receive help to develop within the People’s Republic of China, provided Tibetans are granted genuine autonomy, as guaranteed by the Chinese constitution.

 

 

At a meeting with several hundred Congressional Staffers in the Congressional Visitor Center Auditorium, His Holiness was asked if he ever feels sad and frustrated and if he does what he does about it.

 

 

 

 

 

Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senator John McCain (R-AZ), His Holiness the Dalai Lama and His Holiness's interpreter Thubten Jinpa during a talk to Congressional staff at the Congressional Visitors' Center Auditorium at Capitol Hill in Washington DC on March 6, 2014. Photo/Sonam Zoksang

 

 

“Firstly, as a simple Buddhist monk and a long-term friend of this country, a great admirer of this great nation, it’s an honour for me to be here. Sadness and frustration are experienced by all 7 billion human beings alive today, although maybe less among children. People ask me if human nature is destructive and humanity doomed. I tell them that when something sad happens, it is linked to many other factors. And whenever you feel frustration it always seems less significant if you look at the situation from a wider perspective.”

 

 

Sen. John McCain took the platform and spoke of Human Rights not being American, but universal. They distinguish us as human beings; they cannot be rescinded or granted because they belong to us. He said His Holiness has given his life to the struggle to fulfil the just cause of Tibet. In his determination he is an inspiration to all people. Saying that His Holiness inhabits Tibetan hearts and they inhabit his, he quoted John Donne’s Meditation XVII:

 

 

“Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

 

 

Questioned about whether he would see change in China and Tibet in his lifetime, His Holiness mentioned the changes that have already taken place. He described China in a series of eras: Mao Xedong’s era characterised by ideology gave way to Deng Xiaoping’s era of economic development. Jiang Zemin’s era then extended the scope of the Party to include the better off and Hu Jintao, faced with growing inequality, sought harmony. Xi Jinping’s era will be the fifth. Over the last 40 years China has changed a great deal, but because of entrenched views within the established collective leadership further change may take time. He said:

 

 

 

 

 

Congressional staff members listening to His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking at the Congressional Visitors' Center Auditorium during his visit to Capitol Hill in Washington DC on March 6, 2014. Photo/Jeremy Russell/OHHDL

 

 

“I am hopeful. We have had relations with China since 7th century. China is a Buddhist country and these days many Chinese Buddhists are showing an interest in Tibetan Buddhism. We Tibetans have our own language and script, which is the best language in which to explain Buddhism.”

 

 

When Nancy Pelosi, who had been delayed by business in the House, arrived and took the platform, she recalled visiting Dharamsala and meeting with Tibetans who had just come out of Tibet, with harrowing tales of what they’d been through. She reiterated the bipartisan nature of support for Tibet, noting Sen. McCain’s presence and the His Holiness’s meetings with both President Bush and President Obama. She said America’s relationship with His Holiness is long-standing, recalling that President Roosevelt sent a gift of a watch to the young Dalai Lama. Saying, “I thought you might bring that up, here it is!” His Holiness held up the watch for all to see.

 

 

Asked what his favourite lesson from his childhood was, His Holiness replied without hesitation:

 

 

“My mother’s affection. That’s the seed of any compassion I’ve been able to develop today.”

 

 

After lunch with seven Senators, His Holiness met with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee over coffee and tea, followed by a meeting with Senators Reid and McConnell. His Holiness remarked that he had always known that United States was a great nation, recalling its action to defend democracy and the rule of law in World War II and the Korean War. The U.S. Capitol is filled with statues and busts of men who have contributed to that greatness. Their words, inscribed on the walls, include the following in Cox Corridor II from Franklin D Roosevelt, the President who long ago sent a watch to His Holiness:

 

“We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred is a wedge designed to attack our civilisation.

[Markinsa]

 

Therefore, anything taught other than that is demonic.

 

1. Does this mean that any beliefs IN THIS WORLD, other than Christian are demonic? Doesn't that seem just a bit narrow?

 

2. There are millions of Buddhists, hundreds of millions of Muslims, over a billion Hindus, and millions of others, including atheists,

who have different beliefs. Are they all possessed? Demonic?

 

3. If you are searching for why people are angry with fundamentalist Christians, go no further.

 

4. Tolerance and compassion for others are the marks of higher thinking, wisdom and virtue.

 

5. (This includes Fundamentalist Muslims like the Taliban, the Saudi Whahabis and many other narrow viewpoints) The book "American Taliban" is a good start on this. We have our own "Taliban" fundies in this country.

 

1. Yes, that is a narrow view, but its not my view, it is what Jesus preached. 

 

Matthew 7:13-29 (NLT)

¹³ “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. ¹⁴ But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

 

2.  No, they aren't possessed or demonic, but they have been deceived by the great deceiver, satan who is a demon.

 

3. People are angry with Christians, because they don't want to turn from their life of sin and follow Jesus.  They've been told they're going to Hell, if they don't change, and they don't like it.  There's nothing I can do about that except pray for them.

 

4. 1 Corinthians 1:20-22 (NLT)

²⁰ So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. ²¹ Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. ²² It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom.

 

5. It sounds like you are watching too much TV. 

 

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