On the eve of Chinese New Year, Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of the spiritual practice Falun Gong, published an article titled “How Humankind Came To Be.” Mr. Li said he disclosed heavenly secrets in this article, which are meant to “provide a true picture of affairs, and to give people another chance at salvation.”
After reading the article, William Baumgarth, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University in New York City, said he feels that the “only viable path” for a good person to get through a difficult time is to enhance virtue and become a better person.
“The sections dealing with the beginnings and cycles of creation reminded me of themes prevalent in classical Greek (and Roman) philosophy: Plato, particularly in his Timaeus, but also the Stoics, in their cosmologies of universal development and, finally, conflagration and rebirth. I find these theories creative, thoughtful, but not intellectually compelling,” Baumgarth told The Epoch Times on Jan. 27….