How can we believe Falun Gong?

[marasinghe]

3. agree with your assessment.

their mash-up of spiritual & physical training practices is about as appetizing as KFC to a vegan. having had a bit of exposure to traditional chi kung exercises, the practices of the Fa Lun Gong school seem, to me, about as useful for spiritual development, as modern wu shu for mortal combat.

OTOH, knowing of the paranoid & irrational persecution of Fa Lun Gong followers by Chinese authorities, i am rather doubtful of the original poster's motives & bona fides in posting this thread. granted, i may be mistaken in this assessment.

i really can't understand the logic behind that persecution. if the cultists were left to their own devices, they would collapse under the weight of their own unreasoned beliefs & devolve to the same position as scientologists in US society, gradually disappearing. however, the persecution adds more energy & momentum to the movement. but then again, why expect authoritarians & fascists to display reason in their thought processes.