--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 9, 2008, at 8:11 AM, sparaig wrote: > > >> Seriously, I think you are confusing intellectual confidence with > >> closed mindedness. > > > > Intellectual confidence about things that we can't possibly be > > certain of? > > Sounds like closed-mindedness to me... > > > > Oh, and I despise Jerry Falwell and his ilk, but I have no idea of I'm > > right or not, only that I despise him. > > > I find it curious that you despise right-wing Christian > fundamentalists but you don't have the same aversion for right-wing > Hindu gurus who promote right-wing Hindu values, only under the > veneer of science. Would you have a better appreciation for > fundamentalist Christians if they had a Quantum Jesus who spoke of > the Unified Field instead of heaven (which is precisely what MMY > did)? What if they had scientific research that said Christian prayer > was proven to be really, really good for you and Christian schools > which were some of the best around? And of course Christian colleges > where they prayed together as one as part of their curriculum? What > if they believed in Quantum Jesus-based world peace? > > Why the disconnect? >
No disconnect. MMY did/said some distasteful things as well, but he never had the influence in American politics that Falwell has had and his overall activities towards promoting TM, I happen to agree with. Lawson
