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Originally Posted by Makarov
I don't have to admit that at all. The Dalai Lama's claim to be the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has the exact same plausibility as the guy on the bus' claim to be the son of bigfoot. As you say, there is no principled way to distinguish between these two claims.
Now, that is not to say that the things that the Dalai Lama has to say have no value. Indeed, they may well have value, but if they do, it will be because they are reasaonable and insightful, not because they are coming from the xteenth incarnation of the Dalai Lama.
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I said there is no "time honoured test", not "no principled way to distinguish". There is a clear way to distinguish, it just isn't something that I am able to put across in a single sentence. I don't agree with those people who require the truth to be put forward in single sentences or it's not valid.