Pope Francis vs. Dalai Lama

[TDAS04]

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[Miles]

Pope Francis (Catholic)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The Dalai Lama said he'd be fine with his successor being a woman so him.

But I'd vote for someone like Rachel Held Evans over both.

[Bigby]

Dalai Lama.

[sparkey]

The Dalai Lama said he'd be fine with his predecessor being a woman so him.

Thubten Gyatso might have been a woman?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Heh. Grammatical error corrected.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Dalai Lama.

[Zioneer]

Thomas S. Monson.

Seriously though, while I am a big fan of the Pope, I'm fairly sure the Dalai Lama is slightly better on a few social issues. Plus, the poor guy can't even live in his own nation/region anymore. The Pope has his own nation.

[Clark Kent]

I'm sure they're both very nice people, but as religious leaders, neither. I refuse to accept any higher Earthly authority, and I am not Catholic or Buddhist.

[Mr. Smith]

Of these two?

While I respect much about the Dalai Lama and sympathize with his plight, I have to give it to Pope Francis considering what he's had to fix, and considering what he could use his estate to do as many Popes have in the past.

[SWE]

Pope Francis (normal)

[Antonio the Sixth]

Both are FFs, but I guess Pope Francis, mostly because he has used his global fame to advocate a wider array of issues (not that I can blame the Dalai Lama for focusing on the issue that obviously matters to him most), and because (as much as it pains me to admit) I probably have more in common with a Catholic ethos than with a Buddist one.

[DC Al Fine]

Thomas S. Monson.

Seriously though, while I am a big fan of the Pope, I'm fairly sure the Dalai Lama is slightly better on a few social issues. Plus, the poor guy can't even live in his own nation/region anymore. The Pope has his own nation.

Eh, the difference between the Pope and the Dalai Lama's situation is a rounding error IMO

[Antonio the Sixth]

Thomas S. Monson.

Seriously though, while I am a big fan of the Pope, I'm fairly sure the Dalai Lama is slightly better on a few social issues. Plus, the poor guy can't even live in his own nation/region anymore. The Pope has his own nation.

Eh, the difference between the Pope and the Dalai Lama's situation is a rounding error IMO

Yeah, I guess Mussolini was just bad with numbers.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

There's actually some really unsavory stuff about the Dalai Lama that doesn't get talked about much, although I'd say I still have a more or less favorable opinion of him overall. What's unsavory about Pope Francis gets much more open discussion. Voted Francis.

[Antonio the Sixth]

There's actually some really unsavory stuff about the Dalai Lama that doesn't get talked about much

What in particular?

[Blue3]

They are both awesomely amazing and inspirational.

I'll give the edge to Pope Francis at this moment, though this could be bias due to recent events.

[Zioneer]

There's actually some really unsavory stuff about the Dalai Lama that doesn't get talked about much, although I'd say I still have a more or less favorable opinion of him overall. What's unsavory about Pope Francis gets much more open discussion. Voted Francis.

If it's about the Lama rule of Tibet, I give the current Dalai Lama a pass on this since he was what, a teenager when the PRC invaded?

If its after that, then please, go on.

[Middle-aged Europe]

I like the Dalai Lama more.

But I suppose the positive effect Pope Francis is going to have on the world (since the Catholic Church has more than one billion members and Francis is trying to pull it slowly but steadily into the 21st century) will be larger than the Dalai Lama's.

[Crumpets]

I totally thought this thread's title was "Pope Francis vs. Dalek" from the main page.

Dalai Lama, although I think Francis would be much more effective at day-to-day governing.

[Intell]

Dalai Lama, as a hindu, I also have a connection with buddha and buddhism, while not following the religion.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

The Lama

[TNF]

They're both awful. Pope Francis can say all the nice things about the poor that he wants, but that doesn't change the fact that he heads up an organization that has done nothing but steal from the poor and murder those who would try and stop that thievery since it came into existence.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Well the worst I can think about this Lama is the unfortunate CIA funding, but he basically seems to view that as a massive personal mistake.

Pope Francis however has a ... pretty disturbing past in Argentina.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

There's actually some really unsavory stuff about the Dalai Lama that doesn't get talked about much

What in particular?

The Dalai Lama is these days mostly fine in his capacity as a political leader, but in his capacity as a religious leader he is significantly more authoritarian than is sometimes realized, and has actively suppressed theological and devotional movements within Tibetan Buddhism that differ too markedly from his own.