Hi, Curtis, I've been accused of having a Christian agenda as long as I've been posting. It's as if TMers think that only conservative Christians have a problem with TM in the schools. I think this is a historical prejudice: Christians were the first people, way back in the 70s, to question the Maharishi's teaching and movement.
As I've stated definitively many times, I am not a Christian. I have respect for Christian values and beliefs, but they are not my own. I was raised Catholic, but left the Christian Church, never to return, when I was 13 or 14 -- years before I'd even heard of TM. Personally, I'm most comfortable with the Buddhist and Hindu traditions. My house is festooned with statuettes of Ganesh, Shiva, Buddha. In the interest of full disclosure, I have one Mexican folk art representation of Mary because I feel a connection to the highly idiosyncratic expressions of spirituality in Mexican art. In my house, Buddha gets candles, Shiva gets incense, and Mary has to get by with a occasional appreciative glance. TM has always prided itself on being compatible with any religion and supporting any spiritual belief. It seems it should read, "We support all spiritual traditions, but if you're a Christian, you must have a hidden, evil agenda." Anyway, thanks for the question, Curtis. It seems I have to renew my declaration of non-Christian-ness about every 6 months or so. The issue we are raising with the web event is that TM -- or any other religious organization -- has no business teaching in public schools. The only difference I can see between Christians trying to get religion in to public schools and TM is that the Christians are generally pretty upfront about their values, beliefs, and teachings. While TM keeps its agenda hidden. This is an issue that stirs devout Christians, Muslims, Jews, atheists, civil libertarians..... J. I am not --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Kirk" <kirk_bernhardt@> wrote: > > > > Knapp, Knapp, Knapp > > Christian, Christian, Christian > > Hey John, > > Overlooking Nabbie's "spiritual" perspective on burying you alive for posting > an alternative POV to the TM party line for a moment... > is your opposition to TM based on Christian faith? I never got this angle > from you before so I hoped you would address it. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "nablusoss1008" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:02 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit > > Concert > > to Push TM in Public Schools > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "John M. Knapp, LMSW" > > > > > > You may be interested in attending. > > > > > > What should interest you would be finding a deep hole to jump into. If > > > you > > > won't find anyone who would like to fill the hole afterwards I'd be happy > > > to help. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Or go to: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > >
