Comments on: Can anyone give me a rational, non-emotional opinion on Falun Gong and their persecution in China?

By: mark skywalker

mark skywalker — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:22:54 +0000

Not sure how helping people improve their health by stretching and doing meditation, and following traditional Buddhist principles is dangerous to people.

People who practice can make their own decisions about whether they want to take medications and go to the doctor. I think the practice just encourages them to get really healthy with the methods of improving mind, body, and spirit so that a person doesn’t always have to depend on prescription drugs.

By: Maya

Maya — Mon, 23 May 2011 07:07:31 +0000

I know alot of Falun Gong practitioners and I do not know even one that was harmed by it- in the contrary.
The only Falun Dafa practitioners I met who were harmed for practicing Falun Dafa are those refugies from those re-habilitation centers and tortures in China.

The beliefs of Falun Gong are just as “Fantastic” to an un- believer then other beliefs. This is why it is called a belief. unlike other groups, Falun gong don’t take money, and don’t set any obligations- if one wish to practice, he practice. Falun Dafa is legel in all countries except China and until now only chinese gouverment found that it somehow harm people- I think this is something to take in consideration

In any case we can all agree that this severe persecution is not justified.

By: Pat G

Pat G — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:21:27 +0000

Falun Gong/Dafa is a spiritual group with some pretty strange beliefs and some cultlike aspects to it. Their behaviour towards their behaviour and his beliefs are particularly strange – there is a belief that meditation can bring out supernatural abilities, that modern medicine is unnecessary, that leaving the group warrants a lot of hostility, etc. Falun Gong is known to be very sensitive (and react very badly) to any criticism or skepticism about their practice.

This does not mean that China’s actions regarding them are entirely justified. In my opinion, a complete ban of their practice is acceptable, just as a complete ban on the Church of Scientology and Christian Science would be, and for similar reasons – their practice threatens public health and safety. However, I don’t think that life in prison or forced labour is appropriate, and if forced organ harvesting of FG members happens (I don’t know if it does), it is an atrocity.

Any faith/cult that causes gross harm to its members is not something that a government should permit – governments exist to promote the public good of their people and humanity at large. However, governments should not use unnecessarily cruel means to promote the public good – that’s counterproductive.

By: RJ ✡ supports GEERT WILDERS

RJ ✡ supports GEERT WILDERS — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:11:55 +0000

“the government will only take action when public stability/peace is threatened, when personal health is in danger, or when it fails to follow the policies and laws.”

It is counterintuitive to believe that the government only takes action against the Falun Gong when they are endangering public safety or the safety of others. The truth, as relayed to me by a former Communist Party member (and former prison guard) in Israel, is that the rapid growth of the Falun Gong in China presented a threat to the Communist Party simply because of their size.

The Chinese government says that the Falun Gong are a highly organized political group (which they aren’t, they don’t keep membership records or tithe, as there is no Falun Gong religious establishment) that aspires to gain political power (which they don’t), and therefore threatens the stability of the Communist government.