--- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I raised the point, partly, from the memory of speaking absolutely > confidently, definitively, authoritatively about things like Chrst, > drawing from my memorized (TMO) catechism, "Christ never suffered", > Christ's main message was that the kingdom of heaven is within". > etc. It was SO logical, it HAD to be true. So I / we spoke it as > if it was an established fact.
That's really the issue, the thing that is so shocking about someone repeating the catechism of "Maharishi is responsible for every good thing I see in the world" or "Maharishi is perfect and can do no wrong" or even "TM is the best technique of meditation in the world (even though I've never tried another one)." There is no thought behind the statements, mere repetition of what one has been taught to say, and think. Catechism. And even more shocking, there is zero awareness in the person who is speaking that they "get" that they are saying things that 99% of the people on the planet would consider insane. Imagine saying the things you mention above, New, in front of a strong Christian. You'd have said them, as you say, confidently, definitely and authoritatively, with no hesitation, exactly *as* catechism. And the Christian would have been looking at you as if you had just uttered heresy. The reason I think it's good that such examples of cate- chism are occasionally challenged and discussed here is that a few otherwise sane people really need to understand that if they said in public the things they say here, most people would react to them the way that they themselves react when Nablus and Lou speak just as confidently, definitely and authoritatively about UFOs and the Space Brothers.
