--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 9, 2006, at 9:22 PM, new.morning wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: <snip> > >> It's a term I use fairly infrequently, and usually for brevity's > >> sake. I realize some people have the time or interest to write > >> long responses or relentless and endless posting on topics, I > >> generally do not have such an interest. It seems a waste of > >> time. I prefer conciseness. > > > > Hardly an excuse for falseness. Better to be concise and true than > > concise and false. > > Thus my choice of concise and true.
No, that would be concise and egregiously false. <snip> > >> You are mistaking a literalist for a fundamentalist. > > > > First seach site, first paragraph: > > > > In comparative religion, fundamentalism has come to refer to > > several different understandings of religious thought and > > practice, through literal interpretation of religious texts such > > as the Bible or the Qur'an and sometimes also anti-modernist > > movements in various religions. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalism > > > > OK. I am open to you substantiating non-literalist fundmentalists > > as a a movement of substance, and not just something in your > > mind. Make your case. > > I already gave my definition, I have nothing else to add. Translation: Vaj screwed up but is too much of a coward to admit it. <snip> > >> See the above. These are very parallel phenomenon but they are > >> not identical phenomenon. This similarity becomes even more > >> apparent when you actually see the political parties and streams > >> of thought Mahesh Varma is associated with in his native > >> country. It is also helpful to understand the parallels (and > >> differences) between Vedic Science and Creation Science. These > >> *are* parallel movements. > > > > While not accepting your premise outright, lets assume it is > > true. How does that possibly make Spraig or Judy TM > > fundamentalists. Its a non-sequitur supreme. > > I'm not one for living in the past, but often--indeed many times-- > these patterns have repeated themselves here and elsewhere. But not with Judy or Lawson, as Vaj well knows. Again: This is an anti-TMer's thoroughly dishonest smear of TMers. > I could make it a point to point these patterns out as they arise No, you couldn't. > (which they likely will again) They never have arisen. You're perpetrating a deliberate falsehood. > if you are unable to do so yourself. > > Perhaps we should also draw a line between "radical TM > fundamentalists" and just plain ole "TM fundamentalists" so as to > not miss the occaisional critical comments mentioned by the former > and occasionally the latter? No, that wouldn't do the trick, as you well know, Vaj. Neither Lawson nor I begin to fit your definition of even plain-vanilla TM fundamentalists. Let's just remind ourselves of that definition: > >> TM Fundamentalism is strict maintenance of fundamental > >> doctrines of the ideology of TM, in this case TM, SCI, > >> Maharishi's Vedic Science and other TM doctrine, including > >> the extensive use of a scientific mythos and reliance on > >> scientific jargon. This may often take the form of > >> pseudoscientific literature and diagrams used as marketing > >> PR and marketing spin ("TM tracts"). Vaj, here's a nice little "concise and true" label for you: You are a liar. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/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/
