http://statenews.com Costco Wholesale Corp. and the Dalai Lama aren’t often mentioned in the same sentence. But his holiness and several business leaders, including Costco’s co-founder Jeffrey Brotman, were together Monday in Seattle for a business-inspired talk. Preaching the same peace and karma that he’s known for, the Dalai Lama offered business advice to eager ears. en-us Foundry4 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:56:23 -0400 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:26:24 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15859/view Isn’t this just news? Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:58:29 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15859/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15876/view Who cares about the Pope? He serves no purpose other than to ensure that a large portion of the drone population maintains its morals from the medieval era. At least he embraces the internet…. that’s a start for bringing him up to the 21st century. Now we just need to get them to drop the exorcism, devil, holy spirit and other non-sense he preaches about. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:38:24 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15876/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15881/view I have an even better idea yet. Maybe they can use the internet for all of their priests to download some porn instead of molesting more little boys and having church officials cover up for them. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:27:32 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15881/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15885/view 1. How does the State News measure the holiness of someone? (i.e. “But why is one of the holiest men in the world giving his advice…”) What is my holiness, then, on a scale of 1 to 10? I am curious… 2. “...are entering new and different realms of society.” What is a realm of society? How can it be new? Who are the leaders of this mysterious realm? Is it ruled by purple people? As for Steve, it’s so sad that the Church lowered their standards and allowed homosexual pedophiles into their clergy, isn’t it? I find it humorous when the left blame the sexual abuse on Christianity, and not on homosexual pedophilia. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:12:43 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15885/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15886/view “the pope and the Dalai Lama” Why is only one capitalized? Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:38:20 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15886/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15911/view Dan, Everyone knows that you need to upload your photo to www.holyornot.com and the crowd will rate you on a 1-10 holy scale. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:43:10 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15911/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15914/view “I find it humorous when the left blame the sexual abuse on Christianity, and not on homosexual pedophilia.” First, I have never heard anyone blame sexual abuse by priests on Christianity. If they have, they don’t understand Christianity. Second, do not attempt to conflate homosexuality and pedophilia. The problem is pedophilia, period. Here’s an interesting article: http://www.slate.com/id/2189285/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:09:35 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15914/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15916/view Dan: So when did the church take the “are you a homosexual pedophile?” question off of their priest application? Do you realize that priests have been sexually abusing children for centuries? Don’t you think there is some attraction for pedophiles to find a job where they have their own perusal of little children to molest, and can keep them quiet by terrorizing them with the thought of going to hell for speaking out? The whole priest business is bullshit, and the Catholic Church is willing to sacrifice thousands of kids emotional stability just to keep up the notion that priesthood is holy and needed. Where is Sinead O’Connor when you need her? Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:35:32 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15916/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15930/view I am really sick of ignorant people that connect the Catholic priesthood (yes a HOLY position) with pedophilia. A lot of us attend MSU which is a school recently known for rioting. Are we all crazy college kids flashing our boobs and throwing rocks at the police? Just because someone is a priest does not make them a pedophile, yet a few horrible men tarnished the reputation of many great men. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:12:24 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15930/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15938/view Ugh – A few? Is that a joke? Estimates have put the number of molested children by Catholic priests in the US over 10,000… I don’t see how that’s a few. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:53:51 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15938/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15946/view Steve beat me to it. Also, I am not saying that every priest is a pedophile, but considering hundreds, maybe thousands, of priests have molested children (in the US alone), it seems to suggest that there is a bigger, deeper problem than just chalking it up to a “few horrible men.” The fact that the pope (the current one and former ones) and his minions have a history of covering up this epidemic, and protecting the priests, leaves many to the conclusion that maybe, just maybe, these guys are not holy. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:24:39 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15946/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15956/view Catholic priests = evil Dalai Lama = good Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:59:23 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15956/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15982/view “More than 4,000 US Catholic clergy have been accused of sexually abusing minors since 1950. The Church has paid out more than $2bn (£1bn) in compensation and legal fees, most of it since the scandal erupted in 2002.” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7356970.stm Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:14:25 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15982/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15993/view Ben: the reason the students of the SN news did not capitalize Pope but did capitalize Dalhi Lama is because they are college students. And as such, it is VERY VERY VERY trendy/popular/fashionable for college kids to disrespect Protestants and Catholics; whereas, it is VERY VERY VERY unpopular to disrespect other religions like Buddhism and Islam (emphasis on Islam). It comes with the turf here. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:57:47 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15993/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15994/view Actually Rider, I prefer to disrespect all of them. Every religion has one common thread: irrational thought. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:18:41 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/15994/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16012/view steve: disrespect and prejudice like that are other hallmarks of the aforementioned trend. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:26:24 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/16012/view