Canadian Professor of Philosophy criticizes Falun Gong

[D-Fens]

http://www.facts.org.cn/Views/201103/t125655.htm


Professor Udo Schuklenk is a professor of philosophy at Queen's, and has recently been offered the Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics.

In August 2010, he posted an article Falun Gong Harmless Exercise Fanatics in his blog and said, "I agree with the authorities verdict that this is a dangerous cult. The cult is clearly racist and homophobic, not to forget outright crazy."

After that, he received a letter from a self-declared Falun Gong practitioner. The practitioner claimed himself "a Falun gong practitioner for 15 years", "has seen countless silver lights flying and dancing all over the sky that appear to be Falun", and "Master's hint helped me to avoid a severe train accident." The practitioner asked professor Udo Schuklenk to "practice together" "for human."

On November 24, 2010, professor Udo Schuklenk posted another article attaching with this letter, in which he said, "I think the bits about flying Faluns are pretty funny. My personal favourite though, changing gays, mixed-race and computer engineers who were sent by extraterrestrial aliens to destroy earth. That's pretty cool as far as crazy stuff goes."

[MADem]

1. Well, it is a cult, but so what? He gets a letter from a whack job and he

extrapolates from that?

The whole idea with western support for FG is the whole freedom of religon/association schtick. The whole idea with Commie Chinese opposition is that they are more prevalent than Commie Party members!

I'm not sure where he gets the racist/homophobic stuff, but I am not a FG expert, either.

Edit: Egregious misspelling.

[D-Fens]

2. Refer to the link below:

http://www.rickross.com/reference/fa_lun_gong/falun306.html

Both the city's gay supervisors, Bevan Dufty and Tom Ammiano, joined in the 9-2 vote to pass the resolution, despite calls for them not to give any support to Falun Gong, whose founder has called gays "demonic" and has said that "the priority of the gods will be to eliminate homosexual people."
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I am sure that if it had been a Catholic or Muslim group, they would be condemned far and wide.

Also see: http://www.ridingthetiger.org/2011/08/30/decision-cults/

[MADem]

3. Well, like I said, it's a cult. So's Scientology, and don't they feel the same precise way?

They've got all these closeted/in-denial actors in that cult, that's for sure!

I don't aver that these people are particularly savory, but they are no more "crazy" than the Scientologists, Mormons or Republicans.

Let's not even talk about the Catholics or the Muslims--we know how they feel about 'teh gay'--the Catholics want to send them to hell (except for the priests, who sin and ask for forgiveness on a regular basis), and the Muslims want to chop off their heads, among other things. Those religions are hardly 'tolerant' towards homosexuals, and they're in no place, as a consequence of their own bigotry, to be condemning anyone!

One of the people quoted 'gets' where I am coming from. From your first link:

"I don't know if it was an endorsement of Falun Gong. It is more about freedom of speech and freedom of expression, which I am all for. That doesn't mean this group is not homophobic nor a quasi-religious cult, which they are," said Bernardo.