--- In [email protected], "seventhray27" wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Ann" wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb wrote: *SNIP* > > > IMHO, puja is all about moodmaking and the > > > placebo effect, both for the people performing > > > them, and for the people watching them and being > > > instructed in some puja-accompanied technique. > > > > Said like the true cynic that you are. I am not saying you > > are wrong, it is just that this is exactly what I would expect > > you to say. Whether you truly believe it or not I don't know. > > But it certainly is a sweeping dismissal of the power or > > effect of the puja on its participants. > > Right, I think we all knew this post was coming. There may be > some legitimate things here, but it is kind of funny that it > was probably anticipated by many.
Well, he made almost the same post back in November 2011 when the topic of the puja came up, so this one didn't exactly come as a surprise, no. Barry is nothing if not predictable. (Except that back then he explicitly declined to use the term "placebo effect" with regard to the experiences generated by the puja.)
