You're allowed to drink coffee in FF now? The horror!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <dhamiltony...@...> wrote: > > Nablusoss, someone was telling me this morning in a line in FF while waiting for coffee that Tony Nadar recently gave an excellent lecture explaining the science of the devata nature. Said it was a very good talk. Demystifying. Is that linked on the global family chats? > Or somewhere? Just wondering. > > JGD, > Doug in FF > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > > > These sound like scientific procedures to me! Are they from > > > > a book on Quantum Physics? > > > > > > Chuckle. It's a source of endless amusement to me that the > > > TMO insist that its use of Hindu deities in rituals is > > > something to do with them being "aspects of natural law". > > > > I'm not sure I'm amused by it after four decades. > > For me it brings up feelings of sadness at the > > sheer SPINELESSNESS of long-term TMers. > > > > They are still defending the "TM is not a religion" > > meme WHILE attending TMO-sponsored yagyas that make > > offerings to *specific* Hindu deities. > > > > IMO it's *just fine* to believe in a bunch of gods > > and goddesses and to believe that they are so petty > > and vain that they would be swayed into bestowing > > favors on humans stupid enough to offer them rice > > and ghee. It's superstition, but hey! *lots* of > > people on this rock are superstitious. > > > > Jews believe in a God who is an old man with a hoary > > white beard dispensing punishment to people who do > > horrible things like using the same kitchen to prepare > > meat and milk dishes. Catholics believe not only in > > a big male God with a hoary beard, but that he has > > by his side his son, whom God killed savagely for > > their sins, and whose blood and flesh they symbol- > > ically consume every Sunday in church. > > > > But these people are at least HONEST about their > > religious beliefs and practices. TMers attend these > > yagyas, pray to Hindu gods and goddesses and try to > > bribe them into bestowing favors on them, and then > > go out and give an intro lecture or talk to a school > > system and tell them with a straight face that the > > TMO is promoting no religious practices. > > > > Not only is this hypocritical to the max, it is > > cowardly and spineless. It's *OK* to believe in > > supernatural beings; what's less OK is to believe > > in them and lie about it. > > >
