Seriously, Peter, where do you take issue with Topliffe's arguments? You dismiss his facts? All of them? Some?
Thanks. - Patrick Gillam Peter wrote: > > Thanks, Laurence, you fundie nut bag! > > > Letter to the editor of the Fairfield Ledger by > > Laurence Topliffe, August > > 18. ... > > > > For anyone to think that the U.S. Peace Government > > and the knowledge it is > > based on is a sham is frankly quite absurd, for a > > number of reasons. First, > > it would mean that all those who benefited from the > > technique really didn¹t. > > (They must be deluded.) Second, it would mean that > > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, > > who brought the TM technique to the world, is a liar > > or is also deluded or > > something. Third, it would mean that all the > > research (or perhaps only some > > I\of it), research that has been published in some > > of the most prestigious > > scientific journals in the world and which shows, > > among other things, that > > the crime rate falls when the number of TM > > meditators (or yogic flyers) in > > an area is high enough, that the practice reduces > > illness by as much as 90 > > percent, that it increases mental potential, etc., > > is all fake and that the > > scientists who did the research and also the ones > > who accepted the research > > for publication, were somehow in collusion to > > perpetrate a hoax on the > > entire human race. It would mean that the yogic > > flyers are not really > > levitating but are only pretending to and that the > > research that shows that > > the brain wave coherence within and between the > > hemispheres increases > > dramatically when they are levitating is nothing but > > a bunch of lies. It > > would mean that the seven judges in St. Louis, Mo., > > who are sentencing > > offenders to practice the TM technique are basing > > their decisions on > > nothing. It would mean that the students who said > > they found schoolwork > > easier, more enjoyable and got better grades and > > enjoyed school more, have > > been lying or are also deluded.... > > Laurence Topliffe, Fairfield ------------------------ 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/
