wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote:
> > On May 22, 2006, at 2:47 PM, authfriend wrote:
> >
> > > The point is that she doesn't seem to have the
> > > requisite credentials to trash Vedic science.
> >
> > She's a scientist and someone raised in that culture--I'd
> > certainly say she does. esp. given her masterful overview
> > of the development of this trend. Really the only thing
> > necessary is the minimum insight necessary to expose the
> > fraud...otherwise you're merely appealing to authority and
> > using faulty logic.
>
> Not to mention "killing the messenger." There is a
> great deal of resistance on the part of members of
> Indian-based spiritual groups to equating the
> "Vedic Science" movement with Christian Fundament-
> alism, but I think that not only is it a valid
> parallel, it's something that seekers should be
> more aware of. Far too many of them just accept
> what they've been told about the Vedas and Indian
> history (much of it myth) as gospel truth, when
> it just might not be.
>
> But isn't it fascinating that when this issue
> comes up, the first post reacting to it on FFL
> is an attempt to demonize and discredit the
> author? Typical.
>
That's Billie's M.O.
I once posted a commentary that author and scientist (he's a
Harvard grad) Michael Creighton had made on global warming. Putting
aside what you or I may feel about the issue, the facts or the
arguments of the piece weren't important to Billie. Instead, Billie
came out with fists swinging and attempted to...demonize and
discredit the author!
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