--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 15, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Dec 15, 2006, at 4:05 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Suffice it to say that the > > > > >> author felt it was considerably hipper to have studied > > > > >> with Rajneesh or Maharaj-Ji than Maharishi. MMY was in > > > > >> the same grouping as Pat Robertson. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you look behind the veneer and the staging and the silk > > getup, > > > > > it's rather similar: a Hindu fundie and a X-tian fundie, each > > using > > > > > marketing and media to amass great wealth and each promising > > > > > salvation (each also with a political agenda), one instantly > > > > > (accept jesus, etc., etc.) and the other in 5-7 years. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ooops. Forgot proselytizing. M. is unique in that he uses > > > > "scientific" proselytizing and the circus tent revival thing > > has > > > > been replaced with a dome. "Peace on earth, good will to men" is > > > > replaced with "coherence" or "super-radiance" which will > > (according > > > > to their scientific "tracts") eventually lead to world peace. > > Pat > > > > uses the Bible, esp. the NT (featuring Jesus), Mahesh uses the > > > > Bhagavad-gita in a commercial translation filled with references > > to > > > > the product and Krishna. > > > > > > > > > > Well, y'know, when all is said and done, MMY can at least claim > > that you can ATTEMPT to > > > verify some of his claims objectively. > > > > > > YOU, on the other hand, have backed off and now say "who cares?" > > > > > > That's the standard response from religious people when their > > beliefs about reality are > > > threatened by scientific investigation. > > > > > > Nothing wrong with being a religious person, but why should someone > > pay more attention > > > towhat YOU have to say than to what some fundamentalist Christian > > has to say, regarding > > > religious and spiritual beliefs and practices? > > > > Not to mention that entirely unlike with Pat Robertson, > > you can obtain the benefits of TM without paying the > > slightest attention to anything *any* religious person > > has to say (other than the instructions for practice, > > of course). > > Dare I suggest that Pat Robertson is more credible > than Vaj or Barry?
Almost anybody is more credible than Vaj or Barry.
