--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > It's YOU who are stuck in defensive mode, dude. It's > > > > > like the moment your life got complicated, you felt > > > > > the need to cling to TM and its dogma, and to smite > > > > > anyone who challenges it. > > > > > > > > I'm not clingingto TM dogma. I'm merelypointing out that the > > > > dogma isn't that contradictory. > > > > > > Which is, in my observation, all you've > > > *ever* done. Nor have I noticed any change > > > in the last few days since your mother's > > > cancer was diagnosed. That suggestion is > > > really a rather cheap shot. > > > > > > There's a difference between insisting that > > > the "dogma" is the Truth, and pointing out > > > that arguments which misrepresent the dogma > > > have not succeeded in refuting it. > > > > > > A person of intellectual integrity who > > > actively *disbelieves* in the "dogma" might > > > even point out such misrepresentations in > > > an effort to elicit more valid arguments > > > *against* it. > > > > > > I'm not suggesting Sparaig actively > > > disbelieves in the "dogma," merely noting > > > that citing flaws in the arguments against > > > it is *not* necessarily an indication that > > > a person *does* believe in the "dogma." > > > > I don't disbelieve. However, if I were a genuine believer, I would > > have moved to Fairfield years ago. > > > > Unc is correct that my natural skepticism can interfere with my > > life. > > Where did he say that?? Seems to me he's been > saying your "problem" is that you're a True > Believer, not a skeptic (and blaming it on > your reaction to your mother's illness, to boot, > which, even if that were true, which I don't > think it is, would be about as scummy as it gets).
He said something like that in the thread where we discussed whether or not I trusted my own observations about things like Yogic Flying. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
