[Buddha-l] Dawkins: The God Delusion

[Wong Weng Fai]

On page 394, note 95:

"Julia Sweeney is also right on target when she briefly mentions Buddhism. 
Just as Christianity is sometimes thought to be a nicer, gentler religion 
than Islam, Buddhism is oftern cracked up to be the nicest of all. But the 
doctrine of demotion on the reincarnation ladder because of sins in a past 
life is pretty unpleasant. Julia Sweeney: 'I went to Thailand and happened 
to visit a woman who was taking care of a terribly deformed boy. I said to 
his caretaker, "It's so good of you to be taking care of this poor boy." 
She said, "Don't say 'poor boy,' he must have done something terrible in a 
past life to be born this way."'

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W.F. Wong.