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Absolute fucking weirdos. 
China can't appoint the next Dalai Lama that's the CIA's job!
I'm still a 100% "haha silly sky daddy" atheist, but I am not (quite) so arrogant as to fail to understand that while i do not share their beliefs, they do believe, and that belief influences their life and their experience whether it's "real" (a narrow concept) or not. And, honestly, the notion of a Bodhisattva and similar figures in Buddhism is impressively humane and I cannot help but respect the notion, even if alleged Bodhisattvas don't always live up to their stature.
Replying to what @ryangosling@[email protected] said, I do believe that the Palestinian conflict is a holy war for many Palestinians, but rather than the arrogant racist version of that belief, I believe that many Palestinians have a principled approach to warfare based on the laws and norms laid out in the Quran, the Hadiths, and the Surahs. It's so common for westerners to assert that their enemies are religious fanatics, then ignore the actual content of the religion. I've seen several accounts from the present conflict where Hamas soldiers seem to be conducting themselves in accordance with the laws of war as compiled in the Sharia. And the Israel's should consider themselves lucky for that; The Sharia's prescriptions for the treatment of captives and the conduct of the victors is far more humane than their own behavior.