Your powers of analysis would be better spent focussed on your throbbing hard-on for Judy and the projections you make on her in your knee-jerk reactions to her posts.
--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > From my perspective, a lot of the rancor appears to be > > > > a function of the True Non-Believers' difficulty > > > > dealing with anybody who is neither a TB nor a TNB but > > > > somewhere in between. TBs can just be dismissed, but > > > > a mixture of views on MMY and the TMO, some positive > > > > and some negative, in the same individual is perplexing. > > > > > > Yeah, that's what all TBs say when they're trying > > > to convince themselves that they're not one. > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > Sorry. Couldn't resist stating the obvious. > > > Letting it drop now... > > > > So the person who claims to be moderate is automatically > > extremist? Where does that leave YOU, I wonder... > > Look, it was just a funny line, man. But I *do* > believe in its accuracy, because of how I define > "True Believer." You see, I don't pay any attention > whatsoever to what people *claim* to believe. In > my opinion, that's just the jive they tell them > selves to keep them selves unenlightened, so it's > not as if I'm going to believe any of it. > > I fall back on a maxim from a teacher I spent some > time with: "Listen to what people say, but watch > what they DO!" > > In other words, if they *claim* to be moderates or > skeptics or whatever the flavor of "I'm not really > a TB" is that week, one ignores completely what > they *say* about what they are and just watch how > they act. If in *most* cases these people 1) react > in a seemingly knee-jerk fashion almost every time > the dogma of the TMO is challenged, 2) act in a > fashion *supportive* to the TM dogma every time > they react in a knee-jerk fashion, and 3) almost > *never* admit the possibility that they might be > wrong about the TM movement's "true" intentions > or the inherent value of its teachings, then Yes! > I'm gonna tend to class such a person as a TB. > > Just to reiterate before dropping it, I don't care > what a person says about what they claim to believe. > I care only about how they ACT, on a regular basis. > If those actions tend to make it seem as if the > claim of objectivity of moderation or skepticism > is self-delusion, then there you jolly well are, > aren't you. > ------------------------ 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/
