Revered: The abbot (in orange) has many followers who believe his advanced age makes him particularly wise (dailymail.co.uk).
Is 115-year-old Buddhist monk world's oldest man?
Buddhist monk Luang Phu Supha celebrates his 115th birthday today, although his claim has not yet been verified. He was born when Queen Victoria was on the British throne. But whether Luang Phu Supha is really the world's oldest man remains open to debate. The Buddhist monk claims to be celebrating his 115th birthday today at a temple in Phuket [poo-kit], Thailand.
Buddhist monk Luang Phu Supha celebrates his 115th birthday today, although his claim has not yet been verified. He was born when Queen Victoria was on the British throne. But whether Luang Phu Supha is really the world's oldest man remains open to debate. The Buddhist monk claims to be celebrating his 115th birthday today at a temple in Phuket [poo-kit], Thailand. He is certainly likely to provide some hot competition for American Walter Bruening, 113, who has also laid claim to the coveted title. Luang Phu Supha's birth was only registered two years after he was born and the certificate reads September 17, 1896. More>>
(ABC Radio Australia) Human Rights Watch says the US government is moving too slowly in announcing its new policy on Burma, with the delay giving the regime in Rangoon too much space. Presenter Sen Lam discusses the issue with speaker David Mathieson, a Human Rights Watch Burma researcher. Listen (Windows Media).
The national Freedom from Religion Foundation, a "freethinking" association of atheists and agnostics, founded in 1978 in Madison, Wisconsin is mounting a campaign this month in San Francisco, posting signs on buses with pithy sayings from the likes of Mark Twain: "Faith is believing what you know ain't so!" and from a song by John Lennon: "Imagine no religion"...
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Grand tour of saint’s relics is preposterous nonsense
If I believed in a God, I would be thanking Him now for sending me a sign. In yesterday’s newspaper arrived a story to rekindle my atheism. Just when my disbelief was flagging — not for want of certainty but out of weariness with banging on — comes a report that energizes me with anger. The relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, a 19th-century Catholic nun, have arrived in Britain for a month-long tour of England and Wales.
