>
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
> 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!
>
Chricton isn't a scientist, but trained as an MD (apparently never had a practice after
medical school) and science fiction writer:
http://www.crichton-official.com/aboutmc/biography.html
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