--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer > > > > <fairfieldlife@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on 6/9/06 7:41 AM, authfriend at jstein@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Another" disciple besides whom, Vaj? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Besides MMY. The swami interviewed in the article was one > > of > > > > MMY¹s > > > > > > > fellow disciples. > > > > > > > > > > > > But as you know, MMY doesn't "embrace radical Hindu > > > > > > Creationism." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > More precisely, MMY's version of "radical Hindu Creationism" is > > > > > likely different than the one touted in the article. > > > > > > > > As Vaj knows, MMY isn't even remotely a creationist > > > > in the sense described in the article, contrary to > > > > what his deliberately misleading subject heading > > > > implies. > > > > > > > > > Certainly, MMY can be described as a radical Hindu > > Fundamentalist... > > > > > > > > You could also describe him as Jewish if you wanted. > > > > > > Well, no. MMY isn't Jewish. However, he believes that the Vedic > > > literature is often (always?) literally true. > > > > I'm not convinced that's the case in many areas. > > Has he ever said evolutionary theory is wrong, for > > example? > > Why would he say this? A literalist interpretation of the Vedic > literature may or may not contradict modern views of the world, > depending on the interpretation. Plenty of Fundamentalist > Christians embrace evolutionary theory via the "Day-Age" > interpretation of Genesis, for instance.
Yeah, but that's not "literalist," strictly speaking. Not all fundies are literalists in the strict sense of the term, by any means. But if they *are* literalists, they have to deny evolutionary theory. My impression of MMY is that he sees the scriptural myths as metaphors but takes the much more abstract *referents* of the metaphors literally. Did God say "Let there be light," etc., or did God say, "Let there be a Big Bang and we'll see what happens," "Let there be evolution and we'll see what it comes up with"? (The above sentence more germane to my response to Vaj in another post, but I've got to get out the door in two minutes and I don't have time to move it over!) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/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/
