Gisteren schreef JdeW over de oproep van Fox News journalist Brit Hume aan Tiger Woods om zich te bekeren tot het Christendom want dan zal alles vergeven worden. [Joh 20: 23: “Als jullie iemands zonden vergeven, dan zijn ze vergeven; vergeven jullie ze niet, dan zijn ze niet vergeven.”] [JdeW 14: 12: “Kom mensen, duidelijker kan ik het echt niet uitleggen.”]
Nu wordt er zelfs elders op Fox News (fair and balanced, objectief en afgewogen) aandacht aan besteed. Er blijkt namelijk ook in het Boeddhisme een weg naar vergeving te zijn. ‘By achieving the state of being freed from greed, hate and delusion’.
Ter informatie. Tiger heeft een Thaise moeder en wordt gedacht Boeddhist te zijn. Helemaal duidelijk is dat overigens niet want Boeddhisten lopen over het algemeen niet zo te koop met hun geloof. Ook is het een godsdienst die niet, zoals het Christendom en (nog vele graadjes erger) de Islam, in het teken staat van de onderdrukking van de sexualiteit.”

On Fox News Sunday yesterday, Brit Hume offered some candid ecumenical advice to Tiger Woods as he deals with his marriage infidelities:

HUME: He’s said to be a Buddhist. I don’t think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. So my message to Tiger would be, “Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world.”

This morning, Hume’s colleagues on the Fox Business network decided to do a little digging into his claims. The Don Imus show crew reported that Hume doesn’t quite have his facts straight on Buddhism:

IMUS: Well, we checked this morning and unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately if you are a Buddhist, there is a path to recovery and redemption. Right? Well yes there is. The idea of redemption — nirvana under Buddhism — is achieving the state of being freed from greed, hate, and delusion.
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Imus’ co-host Charles McCord tried to defend Hume by arguing that he was merely stating that Buddhism didn’t offer “the kind of path to redemption”; rather, it’s a different path. Imus responded, “But wouldn’t one infer from what he said…is that there was no path to redemption?” “You could,” agreed McCord.

Appearing later in the show, Fox Business anchor Dagen McDowell began mocking Hume. “He might as well have just let out like an Ernest Angley-style ‘be healed!’ and ‘to the Lord, for he is good! Put your hand on the TV!”

Imus noted that Hume’s colleagues on the panel — including “the nut from wherever he’s from — [Bill] Kristol” (who is not Christian) — appeared to be stunned into silence and “looking at their shoes” while Hume proselytized.

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