I can only assume that you did not closely read what I wrote. How do you get that I am an atheist from what I wrote? Here is exactly what I wrote…

I think there are a lot of Chinese people who refuse to succumb to these superstitions and probably completely agree with you. Well, minus the “There is a God” part of course. It seems to be mainly the younger generation that is wrapped up in this superstition.

Do you not realize that most people in China do NOT believe in God? Have you ever been here before? I was clearly stating that Chinese people would not agree with Sean that “There is a God.” Just because I state that most Chinese people are atheists doesn’t make me one or is there some strange logic here that I am completely missing?I don’t think you spent anytime at all reading what I actually wrote. You pull this “obviously you are an atheist” out of thin air. Read what I wrote again…

As far as the last part of your post is concerned, I don’t really understand where you are going with it. Here is what I said in the previous post:

It seems to be mainly the younger generation that is wrapped up in this superstition. The older generation remembers the hard times(famines, earthquakes,etc) and believe that these recent tragedies are just part of a cycle in China.

Those statements are just based on conversations that I have had with people here in China. You can choose to disagree with them but unless you have been here and actually talked to people about their perceptions of the disaster, I do not think you can automatically disqualify what I said.

“Minus the God part of course…” obviously you are an atheist. I agree with Sean’s view point on the possibility of free will although the outcome is questionable in the result of what pursuit but how is the rest of his points raised across make you think it’s a good post? His Thomas Edison quotation is simply inadequate, if not completely irrelevant to his implication of superstition.
Now, you are talking about whether people believe in superstition based on the era they were born in. That is just ridiculous! Your counter argument based on your last post would be the experience of hardship but surviving from natural disasters as a victim or being through a period of natural disaster as a bystander does not make that person change his views about whether there is a supernatural cause of disasters and hardships. These two relationships are completely exclusive to each other.

Great post. I think there are a lot of Chinese people who refuse to succumb to these superstitions and probably completely agree with you. Well, minus the “There is a God” part of course. It seems to be mainly the younger generation that is wrapped up in this superstition. The older generation remembers the hard times(famines, earthquakes,etc) and believe that these recent tragedies are just part of a cycle in China.

Hi Lily,

I can understand why Dalai the politician made claim such as this, but in reality the Tibetans nomads are largely responsible. There is wide spread over grazing of the land. It is a headche trying to put an end to it.
The Government has banned logging through out China.