Lords of the Rings star embraces Buddhism (Orlando Bloom)

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[GOP_1900AD]

You are dead wrong. Look at all the fierce battles between Thais and Burmese.

[Prime Choice]

I'll take someone who looks like the Marlboro Man, thanks.

Glad to hear that. Speaking of which...what the heck is the allure with Paris Hilton anyway? The girl looks like a bleached-out Ethiopian kewpie doll. Yecch!

[bikepacker67]

That's a fantastic ME site.

Isn't it though?!

Encyclopedia of Arda kicks arse.

[anniegetyourgun]

This one gets a little closer to my preference:

[Cogadh na Sith]

When was the last time Buddhists went to war?

Um, WWII?

[anniegetyourgun]

ROFL! You crack me up.....

[Conservative Canuck]

Good one. Except for two things: It was Japanese Imperialism which sent them to war, not their religion (although they relied heavily on it while at war, as anyone does), and,

The Japanese practice a particularly primitive, animist form of Buddhism called Shinto, and is quite different from the many other sects of Buddhism.

[tiamat]

Most of those wre Shinto.

[Squawk 8888]

Pearl Harbor?

IIRC Buddhists are in the minority in Japan- the no. 1 religion there is Shintoism (sp?).

[Lizavetta]

Speaking of which...what the heck is the allure with Paris Hilton anyway?

Trust fund babies are always fascinating. The concept of being born into millions and never having to apply yourself to employment of any kind and float through life in luxury is unfathomable to most people and she's a walking example of that.

And being stupid enough to videotape yourself doing your boyfriends and then letting those videotapes get stolen - wherein they appear at the speed of light on the Internet for the world to see - well, her parents must be proud.

But you're right. She looks odd - she has a doper biker chick look to her and she's only 20 or so.

[myvoice]

I had buddhist neighbors, they would hold meeting and people would chant and chant and they were loud! One time one of the people there were blocking our driveway so I had to go in their house. I rang the bell but over the chanting they could not hear it. I walked in and was tapping people on the should one by one. I didn't get any response, they were in some sort of trance and my tapping did get harder from person to person. I was also yelling in their ears to no avail. They had a little temple inside with a scroll, bowls of fruit and according to the neighbor kids they had voodoo dolls. One of the neighbor kids went to spend the night because he was friends with the buddhist child, he came home screaming in the middle of the night over something he had seen. Never did find out what it was.

[F16Fighter]

"He is just finger-lickin' gooood!"

There's a sock-puppet joke in there somewhere...

[bill1952]

Most Japanese are not Buddhist.

The prevailing religion is "Shinto."

[BlessedBeGod]

It's not Legolas, but...

[myvoice]

Didn't Melanie go on Oprah and announce Antonio was a communist and received applause from the audience?

[lonevoice]

I liked him better when he was just gay.

Well, somebody had to say it. Anyone know if there's any Buddhist doctrine regarding homosexuality?

[what's up]

He sure looks a lot better in these photos than he looked as Paris in "Troy".

I could not see anything attractive in him in that movie at all.

He was not much better in "Pirates of the Caribbean" IMO.

[Nataku X]

Drawing from my world religions class... Protestantism is by far the most simple of the major religions of the world. No rituals, and their collective holy writings are far less in number than Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.

Tibetan villages revolve around Buddhism and their rituals, even more so than Islam and their daily prayers. You can't say that of any Protestants except for pastors & missionaries. Protestants have no rituals except for baptism which isn't required in a lot of denominations. Protestants also have very, very few ceremonial laws...

Point being... Hollywood kooks and hippies generally turn to Buddhism because they want "religion lite"... they couldn't be more wrong. What they're practicing isn't Buddhism. Christianity is also quite liberal as religions go.

[anniegetyourgun]

Since I'm only allowed to look, it doesn't really matter what he is. In fact, I've already given him a different name!

[Hildy]

Who cares, that's his right. At least he doesn't make everyone around convert as well, as Madonna seems to do.