--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If one of Curtis's street people were successful > in these respects, it would be awfully difficult > not to view them as "special." > > (Or let's say "remarkable," since "special" has > acquired such negative baggage on this forum.) > > I think we are missing each other on this point. He was a fascinating > guy. I probably would connect with him on his love of nature. I don't > see any evidence for him being more amazing then a lot of other > religious leaders upholding the status quo even if it includes the > cruelty of the caste system. I think you are over focusing on my > bringing up the fact of his homelessness. That doesn't make him less > interesting, it makes him more. Especially when coupled with your > point about how he pulled of the Shankaracharya gig. > > So I'll give him special and remarkable (although not necessarily for > the reasons he is revered in TMO), but he doesn't' get divine. Is > that fair?
fyi, one key reason I see him as His Divinity was an experience I had, one of quite a few, touched upon in post #81863. If it had been George Bush instead, I'd be voting Republican ;-)
