[Avodah] [Areivim] Chinese repression in Tibet - al pi Torah?

SBA sba at sba2.com
Sun Apr 13 00:09:29 PDT 2008


From: "SBA" <sba at sba2.com>
I was wondering, if the Dalai Lama 'style' Buddhism is considered Avodah
Zara may we say, that halachically, the Chinese government's decades-long
efforts in repressing and obliterating that religion in Tibet should be
considered a Mitzva of akiras AZ and ensuring that the population (or at
least their future generations) will not continue to transgress against one
of the 7 mitzvos bnei Noach? 
>>

There have been comments made that communism = atheism thus ver zogt that it
is any better than the Tibetan AZ?

OTOH, atheism is lechoreh, 'shev-v'al-taaseh', while AZ is a 'kum-asei'-
which is far more serious.

In the Aseres Hadibros there is a mitzvas asei of "Onoychi Hashem Elokecho'
and a mitzvas lo saseh of "Lo yihyeh lecho elohim acherim".
Presumably one would get s'char for at least keeping the 2nd.

Wouldn't it be the same regarding the 7 mitvos BN? 
Do they have a chiyuv to believe in Hashem - or rather only not to worship
AZ?

And if it is so, then the Chinese ARE doing the right thing...

Yelamdenu Raboseinu...

SBA






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