tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post5109552775492348661..comments2024-01-16T19:31:28.762-05:00Comments on Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit: Apatheistic Speaks At Jesuit IntitutionJoseph Frommhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-45653789173986883652014-03-13T21:13:01.701-04:002014-03-13T21:13:01.701-04:00In another comment I said that it was appropriate ...In another comment I said that it was appropriate for the students at a Jesuit University to be allowed to sponsor gay activities. But, while it may seem contradictory, this talk by the Dalai Lama is not appropriate. <br /><br />The reasons are subtle. For one, the University ethics organization is, presumably, aligned with Jesuit values. And the Dalai Lama, once you get past the "compassion" and other superficial values, lives a belief system that is very different from Catholic values and beliefs. <br /><br />It is perfectly reasonable to study Buddhist values and beliefs. And it is perfectly reasonable to respect the Dalai Lama. If the Dalai Lama were less "high profile" this talk would also be acceptable -- in a University educational context. <br /><br />But, quite simply, we are a different people. And we must be careful not to encourage confusion about who we are. We are who we are for a reason.TonyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383259752181717440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-47595232137380289192014-03-08T01:47:10.828-05:002014-03-08T01:47:10.828-05:00While as a Catholic, I can identify and understand...While as a Catholic, I can identify and understand the Chinese communist agression of ethnic and de facto genocide of Tibetans, I'm not swallowing the utopian paradise that Hollywood would have us believe about pre-Communist Tibet OR the Dalai Lama. Neither the Dalai Lama, nor the Tibetan exile movement is egalitarian, nor do they have a pulse on wider humanity outside their own lemming-like followers who will swallow any utterings as "profound". Does this "Seed of compassion" include people with brains which are chemically wired such that they do not comprehend what is wrong or right to the majority of humans (i.e. psychopathic/sociopathic for example)? Just one of many questions I'd ask were I motivated to attend this event...but I'm not.Qualis Rexnoreply@blogger.com