This is also a good answer to the answer, Judy. :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
>
> This is a good answer, Mike.
>
> I wouldn't want to have to define "holy man" or "saint," so
> I wouldn't want to say what would disqualify him (or qualify
> him, for that matter) for being either. He wasn't a perfect
> human being, that's for sure. It's up to the individual to
> decide how much they want to hold his sins against him.
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, he's still a holy man, just not as holy as most of us thought. The
> > Bible tells us that all men fall short of the Glory of God. That means
> > that all men have and will sin. Maharishi was a man, not God. The Bible
> > also speaks of angels coming to earth and having sex with women. Veda Vyasa
> > had sex with an unmarried woman in a boat while crossing a river, thus we
> > have Shukadeva. Maharishi belongs on a pedestal, just not as high as we
> > might have thought. My thoughts are that M was a very high soul on a
> > mission and upon taking birth as a man, he did things men do.
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Michael Jackson
> > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"
> > Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 12:58 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Serious Question
> >
> > Â
> >
> > OK, serious question here to all those who have defended Maharishi as a
> > saint and true holy man.
> >
> >
> > How do you account for the stories that several of his former skin boys
> > have told about his sexual escapades? Mark Landau, Billy Clayton, Nedd Wynn
> > and others have told stories that are very similar as to what who and when.
> >
> > Do you think they are all lying and if so why? Or do you honestly think it
> > is alright for a true holy man who always said he was a lifelong celibate
> > to have sex repeatedly and lie about having done so?
> >
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