--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> 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.
Actually, I've never heard any of these statements in the TM context (except from critics who invent them to make TM sound bad, as here). <snip> > 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. So what?? Are you suggesting that people should say only what others are willing to accept?
