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Meet America’s First-Ever Buddhist Senator & Hindu Representative

Nov. 8, 2012 7:14am Billy Hallowell

With all the angst and chaos surrounding the 2012 presidential campaign, some likely failed to realize the historical leaps and bounds made by two, newly-elected officials. Mazie Hirono is the Senate’s first Japanese-born Asian-American; she’s also the first Buddhist to hold a Senatorial position.

Then, there’s Tulsi Gabbard, a newly-elected House member who is the first Hindu to serve in the House of Representatives. Both candidates, making historical markings, are Democrats who hail from the state of Hawaii.

Mazie Hirono & Tulsi Gabbard: First Buddhist Senator, Hindu Representative

U.S. Rep. Maize Hirono gives a victory speech at the Japanese Cultural Center, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Honolulu. Credit: AP

Clearly, both women’s electoral victories are noteworthy. Considering that America is a majority-Christian nation, people of minority faiths securing congressional seats is certainly important to note. After all, as a nation founded on the premise of religious liberty, the rise of different faith traditions in government roles is intriguing.

Hirono’s story is a particularly fascinating one. The Star-Advertiser has more about her life and her rise to political power:

Hirono is the first Asian-American woman, and only the second woman of color — after former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, D-Ill. — elected to the Senate.

The overwhelming victory is validation for Hirono, 65, who had lost the governor’s race to Lingle in 2002, and who has had to contend with doubts about her political strength throughout her career as a state lawmaker, lieutenant governor and congresswoman.

“I’m grateful that so many people put their faith and trust in me and our congressional delegation to do what’s right for Hawaii and to work closely with our keiki o ka aina Barack Obama,” Hirono said at the Democrats’ celebration at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.

As The Wall Street Journel notes, the 65-year-old congresswoman was born in Fukushima, Japan. She moved with her mother to the U.S. when she was just eight-years-old, later becoming a citizen in 1959. That same year, Hawaii, the locality she will represent in the Senate, officially became a U.S. state.

Democrat Tulsi Gabbard gives her victory speech after winning Hawaii 2nd Congressional district seat at the Japanese Cultural Center, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Honolulu. Credit: AP

In a profile last week, Religion News Service (RNS) introduced Gabbard to its readers. The nation’s first Hindu House member, Gabbard will represent Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district. RNS has more about the politician’s background and her faith tradition:

Gabbard, 31, was born in American Samoa to a Catholic father and a Hindu mother, and moved to Hawaii when she was 2. In 2002, at age 21, she was elected to the Hawaii state legislature.

The next year, she joined the Hawaii National Guard, and in 2004 was deployed to Baghdad as a medical operations specialist. After completing officers’ training she deployed to Kuwait in 2008 to train the country’s counter-terrorism units. [...]

Gabbard, whose first name refers to a tree sacred to Hindus, fully embraced Hinduism as a teenager, and follows the Vaishnava branch that believes in the Supreme Lord Vishnu, and his 10 primary incarnations. Her primary scripture is the centuries-old Bhagavad Gita, whose themes include selfless action, spirituality, war, and serving God and humanity.

Hirono and Gabbard showcase the diverse nature of some of the new individuals who were elected to Congress. Depending on political persuasion, one might disagree with their policy views, but comprehending how their faith perspectives color their actions in office will be a fascinating feat.

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Kaneakua
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:21pm
Just to show what the Democrats have accomplished here:
My last month’s household expenses: (Family of 4)
Electricity: (No AC or heating) $458.70
Gas (water heater and stove): $83.20
Water (2 months): $214.73
Other Expenses:
Car registration fees for 2012 (2 cars): $800+
Gasoline: $4.65 per gal. (Over $5.20 on neighbor islands)
Milk: (no longer produced here) $4-$5 per HALF gallon
Property taxes calculated on “assessed value” of home. (per $1000 value just raised…again)
– My home purchased in 1988 for $114,000 (cheapest State-built “affordable” home)
– 2012 “assessed value” $996,000.00! NO WAY! State AFFORDABLE HOUSING area?
Many are losing their homes for inability to pay their land tax on homes that are already paid off.
Rental units: (2 doors from my house. 1100 square foot house, 3 bdrms, 1 1/2 baths, 2 parking) $3500.00 per month with NO utilities included.
The City and State now want to increase taxes and fees in all areas to pay for projects and entitlements there is no money for. Sound familiar? Now we have 2 more corrupt puppets in Congress that have sworn to rubber stamp Obama policies. We have a transvestite elected to our Education Board and a flaming homosexual activist as the Governors chief of staff. Our ex-US Senator Governor is pro drugs, pot smoker, anti Constitutionalist, communist/progressive, vile mouthed liberal. Sorry USA, I tried and did my part to prevent this with my vote. Worse than California in many ways, if

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Kaneakua
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:25pm
I’m a Hawaiian born during our territorial years. My Grandparents lived here during the waning years of The Kingdom of Hawaii and my Grandfather worked in the royal palace as a furniture craftsman. Please read the “Apology Bill of 1993″, Public Law 103-150 to get a concise idea of what happened historically that effected the illegal overthrow and subsequent unlawful annexation and eventual de-facto “Statehood” of these islands. In that Public Law, Congress issued an apology, signed by President Clinton, on behalf of the U.S. for their part in the overthrow here in 1893, illegal annexation in 1900, and unauthorized “statehood” in 1959. Since then, Hawaiians have gone from being the Most Literate Christian Nation in the world status to being one of the most ignorant and subjugated people groups. The Democratic party and Union thugs have controlled all aspects of political life here since 1959 Statehood (except for just one Republican Governor)! We have been reduced to a 1 Party system of control. We have the worst public education, highest consumer costs, highest fuel and utility costs, worst business climate, highest taxes, worst corrupt politicians, highest housing costs (median home around $650,000.00!). Any wonder we produced the worst President! It was never even publicized that Hirono and Gabbard Buddhist and Hindu because the media here is so controlled. Other States BEWARE! This is the plan for YOU TOO! Jesus and His REAL Church are the only hope of good change

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oldwmn
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:52pm
A group of my friends are BUDDHIST (GASP OH MY) I also have Shamans Native American Friends..oh my,,,and Pagan Friends.. we all sit with adult beverages and talk with RESPECT to each other and I come from 40 years Catholic, US Army …it does not get any stricter than that from a 5 year old that could salute and genuflect at same time.. They worship who they want..and as long as their religion has a form of the golden rule..so be it…ME i am getting OFF THE GRID..and going back to my Moms Farm Girl Amish Mennonite Faith…. after a while the Democratic Party will be a
Ghost.and the Republican Party too…it does not tell me what to do now, nor does the government nor does the Tea Party..some of us are able to think and walk and chew gun without checking with republicans or democrats to see what kind of tp is ok to use … . you might want to look at NY and NJ and see how dependant all you are on your little cellphones and banking on line..to me you sold out the country for your ELECTRONIC GODS.. giving up your freedoms for the ILLUSION of Security..TRIBUTE TO NONE…………………LET ROME BURN……………………………

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cassandra
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:47pm
ADDING more socialist to the mix !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lion420
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:56pm
I’m fascinated and excited by the fact that we’ve got a Buddhist and a Hindu in Congress…only thing that bothers me, is their party.Those of us who know history and pay attention know the Democrats have never been the party for women, religion or minorities…unless of course you like subjugation. Good luck in the darkness to come.

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- Dan_o
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:12pm
  So, you are fascinated and excited by having the Budhist who doesn’t believe in reality, and a Hindu who believes you can’t help someone in a lower station because they are paying back karma?
  
  Sounds like a good fit for the democrats, now that you mention it.
- DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:15pm
  Who cares what their religion is?
  
  They’re just going to do and say whatever the Democratic leadership tells them to do or say. Their religion means nothing when it comes to the job. They bring nothing to the table.
  
  To the Democratic leadership, they’re just tokens. Warm bodies with a different skin tone or religious background that all do as they’re told. They’re checked boxes.
  
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- AntiocusIII
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 8:23pm
  @ Dan O “So, you are fascinated and excited by having the Budhist who doesn’t believe in reality, and a Hindu who believes you can’t help someone in a lower station because they are paying back karma?”
  So you are fascinated and excited by having the Christian who believes the earth is 6000 years old, interracial marriage is from the devil, women shouldn’t wear pants and that all “unbelievers” should convert or die?
  
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Atlantis737
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:15pm
The attitudes of some here are exactly what needs to change on the conservative side if conservatives hope to get another President into office. I welcome these two women and only wish they would have come in on the conservative side but with such primitive and un-evolved attitudes such as are displayed by a few here, conservatives are going to keep loosing to the left.

Those believing your religion is the only “correct” one to God live in ignorance inmho. We are all apart of God and always have been and will be, no person or any religion can take that from you. Religion is man’s way of interpreting spirituality, it can hinder or help ones relationsip with God and it is up to each of us to use our own awareness and discernment to find out what is true and what is not.

Best way I have found to reach God is through my own heart…just as Jesus spoke of 2000 years ago. I find the Native American religion is also very beautiful as it is based on that direct interaction with the creator through nature, kinda like tv verses the net. You aren’t just preached at one way like tv but are interacting with God and taking personal responsiblity for that connection and your choices rather than relying upon another to interpret for you. (Very Conservative!)

I must compliment The Blaze as they are an example of what journalism use to be with regards to how fairly they handled this story. No wonder why The Blaze is number 157 in the US on alexa and still climbing.

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- JustaFacts
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:39pm
  The comments here are the epitome of why Romney did not win. Many of your comments represents a blind faith in the “nothing in particular” that Romney represented in his campaign. Your negativism, labeling and name calling is based on a narrow perspective that is constantly fed by extremists like Beck, Limbaugh and much of the fox crowd. Romney got caught up in the extremism and it scared people. Obama is a moderate. If you think not, you really aren’t paying attention. This may surprise you, but many of us that voted for the President are doing well financially, have never been on government support and make enough to pay taxes every year. Step outside of your narrow world. There is a great country out there made up of really fine people on both sides.
  
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- Clownzilla
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:21pm
  @Justthefacts
  
  There is no way on the face of this earth that you can justify that Obama is a moderate and Romney is “extreme”. As for doing well and paying taxes, it’s not our fault that you don’t see that the Left’s decisions are going to be an absolute disaster down the road. You voting for Obama because you are doing well now is just as ignorant as a black person voting for Obama just because is is also black.
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:24pm
  “Obama is a moderate.”
  
  You and Fidel Castro are about the only people who buy that pal.
  
  Letting babies who survive an abortion be put in a room and left to die because that was the will of the mother? Yea, real freaking moderate.
  
  Bankrupting coal plants on purpose? Yea, that’s moderation.
  
  “White man’s greed runs a world in need” – Obama quoting his favorite sermon of Rev. Wright
  Real moderate.
  
  Any other cosmically stupid thing you would like to say?
  
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- JustaFacts
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:55pm
  The Right Wing Extremists who are in charge of the Republican Party and who have the loudest voices here have no political philosophy,except naked greed, forthright racism, sexism, and homophobia with a touch of religious insanity mixed with perverse ideas of what ‘patriotism’ should be. Empty sound bytes and no ability to govern. Deregulation, gambling, creating massive economic bubbles that burst over and over, making deals with thugs and dictators, wrecking the environment and manufacturing base to make short…
  
  I didn’t vote for Obama because I am doing well. His victory was a triumph of vision, not of demographics. He won because he articulated a set of values that define an America that the majority of us wish to live in: A nation that makes the investments we need to strengthen and grow the middle class. A nation with a fair tax system, and affordable and excellent education for all its citizens. A nation that believes that we’re most prosperous when we recognize that we are all in it together.
  
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- DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:06pm
  JUSTAFACTS – Obama won because a lot of stupid people wanted someone to give them something for nothing. You live in dreamland. You’re boring.
  
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- JustaFacts
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:20pm
  @DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  
  See how angry you and many others on this site sound. Why would anyone want to side with the likes of you and your party?
  Why do you say that people wanted someone to give them something for nothing. What is this based on?
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:33pm
  It’s not possible you wrote that with a straight face.
  
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- DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:46pm
  JUSTAFACTS – angry? I watched the death of America on November 6. Something I thought would never come in my lifetime. I’m not angry. I’m sad.
  
  “Why do you say that people wanted someone to give them something for nothing. What is this based on?”
  
  I’m not even going to dignify that with a response, and you clearly wouldn’t understand anyway.
  
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- JustaFacts
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:02pm
  @DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  “I’m not even going to dignify that with a response, and you clearly wouldn’t understand anyway.”
  
  You proved my point. Empty sound bytes.
  
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Secret Squirrel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:18pm
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“Both candidates, making historical markings, are Democrats ”
Well of course. If they were republicans we’d have heard
about how horrible a “Theocracy” will be.
God forbid they were a republican Christian, they’d be vilified.

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:33pm
Who cares? They’re liberals! All liberals are liberals first. They worship liberalism. Be they Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, black, white, men, women, gay, straight, etc….

Liberals are all the same. They just come in different packaging.

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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:54pm
  Amen to that.
  
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- DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:49pm
  They’re tokens…checked boxes that do as the Democratic leadership tells them to do…and nothing more.
  
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GoodStuff
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:35am
Multiculturalism is a complete failure. Just look at Europistan.

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THX-1138
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:17am
As a Buddhist I am ashamed that our first Senator is a Democrat. Now I know how my Conservative black brothers and sisters feel.

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- jay1975
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:41am
  There is no way in hell you are a Buddhist and a Republican at the same time. The two philosophies are diametrically opposed. Nice try though.
  
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- graciebarbosa
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:11am
  @THX-1138 I completely agree with you. It does not please me that it was a Democrat because those of us that study and know it is about continuing an independent path and the belief that compassion comes from the self and the belief that you should help your fellow man, it cannot be forced by growing government regulation and taxation.
  
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- Smug
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:15am
  @J1975 Just because they’re a Buddhist they can’t be a Republican? In what world does that make sense? I‘m glad most Republicans don’t think like you……..MSSMUG
  
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- smokeysmoke
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:20am
  jay1975, dont be so quick to judge and say that buddhist principals are so far off from conservatism, buddhism is alot about meditation and self growth, and also treating all living creatures with love… they are not contradictory.. they just come from two completally different worlds… you dont have to be so full of hate, and say that coservatives acnnot be buddhist
  
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- TLPhamtastic
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:36am
  JAY1975 I am a conservative and a buddhist so are the rest of people at my temple. State comes before religion–without State there is no religion. Just because you are religious you don’t throw away common sense and logical deductible thinking
  
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- NachtundNebel
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:03pm
  Jay, I’ve been a Taoist as long as I’ve been a Republican. I cast my first vote for Richard Nixon in 1972. I have a Methodist aunt who declares that it is impossible to be a serious Christian and a Republican. I don’t believe that, either.
  
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- jay1975
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:25pm
  Buddhists do not intentionally kill living beings, are opposed to amassing wealth and the pursuit of wealth, believe in tolerating other religions and believe that everyone should care for one another. These are not principles of the GOP today. Their actions speak louder than their words. Wars without end, favoring the rich and are primarily made up of the rich, openly oppose any religion that isn’t Christian or Jewish and certainly do not want to help their fellow Americans in need. No, a true Buddhist would have no political party in the US to associate with.
  
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- Clownzilla
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:44pm
  1. Intentionally killing human beings = abortion
  2. Amassing Wealth = Many upper-end CEO’s and almost all of the entertainment industry
  3. Tolerating Other Religions = Forcing religious institutions to provide abortion coverage and the fact that I really don’t know of any Conservative shutting down other religions to begin with.
  4. Helping one-another = Conservative help others without the force of government and show that by a MUCH higher rate of charity via both money and time.
  5. Wars without end = voted in by a Democratic congress.
  6. Favoring the rich = like number 2, Hollywood and many top CEO’s.
  7. Opposing other religions = Like number 3. As a matter of fact, we are building a large Buddhist temple here in southern MO which is a HUGE Christian + conservative area. They are even building an enormously huge Bronze Buddhist statue along with it It’s called Dinh Quang Buddhist Temple and is being built by are rapidly growing Vietnamese population. It’s gotten nothing but support from our Christian centered community. We have also had no incident at out local Muslim Mosque even though it has been here in “Christian Country” for years and years.
  
  I leave you with a line of ancient and wise Buddhist wisdom to meditate on. Here it is…….”How can a man with four balls walk”.
  
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Get2Buziness
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:16am
Glad that an Indian made it to the government, but totally unworthy because she is an Obamacrat. Moreover she’s also a half sandwich like Obama :)

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froggy19510
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:43am
Isn’t that prescious? We are so diverse.

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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:06am
  And becoming more so. Grow up and get used to it.
  
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term limits for congress
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:35am
Budhists… Hindus… who cares? If they are democrates in the US congress, they are tax & spend, liberal, liars. Welcome to the club, b*tches (ala Beyonce).

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- graciebarbosa
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:12am
  As a Conservative Buddhist I totally agree with you.
  
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piper60
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:55am
I have no problem with either of these ladies. Ms. Gabbard, being a veteran, deserves our respect even more.

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- darkknight91
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:01am
  I’ll decide who deserves my respect, not you.
  
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- Teahadist
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:37pm
  Yeah, how dare you tell me to respect something! Sounds like typical liberal BS to me – why don’t you learn to love our country!
  
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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:50am
You think a zoo keaper who left humans in charge likes them stealing his planet. Trashing it say its owned by them. Indians were smarter than that!

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- TAC616
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:36am
  Why don’t you take a break until the meds kick back in? It’s easier to understand people who aren’t in a manic state. That or you’re just trolling for laughs.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:06pm
  AbrahamsSheepdog – member since November 5th 2012. Go figure.
  
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djmaine
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:30am
Do you think they will let her put a statue of buddah in her office? wink wink. Church n State.

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- graciebarbosa
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:15am
  I’m sorry but I have to say as I am a Conservative Buddhist it isn’t the same definition of religion. Buddhism is a philosophy of how one should morally guide themselves on their path through life. Buddha said “Do not treat me as a God, treat me as a teacher” and encouraged his students to find their own religion and apply his teachings as the student sees fit. Buddhist statues are to remind us of the lessons we’ve learned. The precepts of Christianity are virtual identical to the precepts of Buddhism even though Buddhism is approximately 500-1000 years older that Christianity. We do not worship Buddha we show appreciation for his wisdom.
  
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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:28am
The heat starts today. You play with fire. Now fire plays with you

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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:24am
Another false religion to challenge God. Gather them up barrack. YOU STILL Lose. Make the sun rise in the west, big boy. Nimrod couldn’t!”! And you still Can’t! Same old story. Same olde wind from the east. Pray & prepare. Suffering wil be your teacher.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:46am
  I take it you don’t listen to Mike Savage.
  
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- graciebarbosa
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:20am
  I’m sorry but I don’t agree. I am a Conservative Buddhist, Conservative Activist and I have to say that Buddhism is not under the same definition of religion as you would associate with the worshiping of God. Remember, you brush your teeth religiously, you tie your shoes religiously, you wake up at 6:00am religiously. Buddha was the first to say do not worship me as a God, consider me your teacher. He then encouraged individuals to find their own religion and then apply Buddhism as they see fit. I am Buddhist and I do not consider him my God. I believe there is one God but it was not Buddha.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:23am
As long as your religion doesn’t require you to kill people of other faiths, I’m fine with it.

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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:37am
  God isnt. And He’s God. That’s that. His humans, His planet. He wins. They lose. That’s that You don’t, can’t, will not decide for him
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:56am
  He must be fine with having them in the U.S. Congress because they are there… and that’s what we are talking about here, not the right or wrong on their religion.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:00am
  AbrahamsSheepdog Member Since: November 05, 2012
  
  I suspect that he is a liberal troll. Especially given that date of his membership. Given Romney’s momentum & such most people voting Republican were upbeat.
  
  I see Wango has not posted since October 24th for example. So I suspect like others that these liberal trolls take new monikers as they wear out the old one similarly to the manner progressives alternately call themselves liberals or progressives as they demonstrate the fallacy of their ways.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:10pm
  AbrahamsSheepdog
  
  listen to Mike Savage. He has conjectured or ruminated about the “Wheel Theory of Relgion” Basically all relgions lead to the truth. I have some problems with this conjecture but also see some of the upside. Myself I am partial to Christianity. I am related to Buddhists (& not come to buddhism lately because it is something besides Christianity). Personally, I see some good in the (day to day) ethos of Buddhists. But I don’t like a religion where the beleif system is that life is an illusion & the point is to avoid pain by nonexisting. I don’t think that has much to offer. It doesn’t threaten me. Budhdhists don’t threaten me. You should be comfortable with the Christian message & have confidence if you are one. With all you vehemence I doubt you are one. I think you are fake.
  
  BTW many of us listen to many different hosts. Many of us are Christian & we listen to Beck (A Mormon), Savage (a secular non practicing Jew), Medved ( a practicing Jew), Rush ( a Christian who won’t bring up thing from a religious viewpoint), Hannity (a Catholic), etc.
  
  These people are not all on the same page on each & every issue. there are difference & they debate & support them with facts. What the don’t do Sheepdog is sound like a troll, a liberal plant or someone off their meds.
  
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Individualism
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:15am
Both of those faiths you can say are religions of peace.

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- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:16am
  Many like to think of Buddhism and Hinduism as religions of peace. Unfortunately, not always. There have been sects of Buddhist warrior monks. Hindu fanatics are quite as capable of violence as the most murderous jihadi–for example, the Hindu nationalist who assassinated Gandhi. Sigh. . . .
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:17pm
  Lloyd Drako
  I have problems with some Hindus zealots. But I don’t see Hindus as a Clear & Present danger. They are not a threat in this country. I have not heard of them persecuting Christians day in & day out like Muslims do. There may have been some persecution in the past or even in the past generation. But it is not something I fear.
  
  Barring something like the Westboro Church led by a Democrat founder getting into the faces of a Hindu(s), I don’t foresee problems.
  
  The Clear & Present Danger I Muslim Jihad.
  
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Individualism
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:07am
Buddhist, good someone who is anti war and Hindu good someone who is not interested in shoving their religious beliefs down peoples throats.

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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:44am
  Make all into 1. Oh they will. This story the same.God watches humans do evil, pray to demons, murder the children.” Just as the days of Nimrod”….how does God always know ahead. Duh
  
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MaleneSBrown
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:00am
This will be an interesting thing to watch.

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GuruMeditation
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:34am
Meh.

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J144
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:33am
It will be interesting to see whether they vote on their Buddhist and Hindu faith or the anti-American progressive faith of the Democrats.

Somewhat off topic. What was the faith of all those who participated in voter fraud this past election? You can blame the democratic party or politicians, but takes people to do the voter fraud. It takes a person to vote more than once. It takes a person who is willing to sell their vote for a T-shirt and sandwich. It takes legislatures and the media to pass these early voting laws that led to massive corruption. It takes boards of elections whom refuse to remove bogus voter registrations and get out absentee ballots to the military on time. It takes judges who support the corruption. It takes both the corrupt politicians and those who look the other way to avoid losing their seat. It takes voters who vote based on skin color rather than on principle. It takes voters who vote to save their pet program rather than the country. It takes voters who don’t believe in God, but believe whatever the God-less media tells them, even if it is 180 degrees opposite from what they told them yesterday. It takes voters who go to church on Sunday and vote for abortion on Tuesday. So what happens when the majority of a nation is apathetic and/or corrupt and is willing to lie, cheat, and steal to get their way. You get Obama as president and the chaos and the judgement that will follow.

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- loriann12
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:57am
  You forget, they sold their vote for more than a t-shirt and a sandwich. They get a free phone (Obamaphone with tracking device), welfare, foodstamps, section 8 housing and you can bribe them with a six pack of beer, a crack pipe and Air Jordon’s.
  
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DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:33am
Democrats are never religious.

They use the religion of their forefathers and families as cover to help them get elected. Their only real faith is in Socialism. These two are just checked boxes.

Get it through your fat, drug-addled brains.

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- Leader1776
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:35am
  Agreed. Except their only real universal drug is socialism.
  
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- jay1975
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:56am
  Do you even know what socialism is? It is community ownership of production, not public ownership. Dem’s are communists, not socialists. They want the government to own production. On the flip side, Rep’s are fascists in that they want the corporations to control everything. Opposite sides of the same evil coin.
  
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- DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:54pm
  JAY1975 – Democrats are a disturbed mix of Nazi, Socialist, Communist, Maoist…whatever…a big, steaming pile of political dung. It’s easier to use just one word…Socialist…than use a whole list or make up a new one. Don’t pretend you know something I don’t…because you don’t.
  
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