--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "matrixmonitor" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ---Yeah but the Fundie's have won the battle (not the long term > war). > > Since Carter's Presidency, the Fundies have more or less Shangheid > the > > executive branch of government, with plenty of right-wing big brass > > Fundies (even going back to the Reagan era - e.g. Oliver North) , > > secreted in high places within the pentagon, CIA, NSA, etc. > > As to numbers, the TM Movement has almost become extinct but the > > fundie Evangelical movement has burgeoned into a humongous > powerhouse > > of influence. You could probably count the numbers of active > TM'ers in > > the US in the thousands (a few thousand); but the largest > Megachurch > > in the US (in Houston- televangelist Joel Osteen) , draws in 20,000 > > every Sunday. Even small towns all across the Midwest practically > > have a Church for the fundies in every square mile. They're coming > out > > of the woodwork. Something stronger than TM-ocide spray will be > needed > > to deal with the pestilence. > > Somebody - some remarkable Guru - must appear on the scene with a > > visible demonstration of Siddhis. > > > > > > Why should the performance of some parlor tricks be evidence of > enlightenment or something good? >
It wouldn't necessarily be evidence of anything positive, but it WOULD impress many fundamentalists, though not necessarily ina positive way. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
