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--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > wrote: > <snip> > > And for what it's worth, you strike me as one of the most > > intellectually honest and open to discussion individuals that post > > here and I share your chagrin whenever anyone claims differently. > > So, Marek, you think it was intellectually honest > of Curtis to equate Jim's comment that MMY and Guru > Dev revitalized the spiritual momentum of the world > with the belief of some Christians that only they > will go to heaven and everybody else will go to hell? > > If so, that tells me all I need to know about > *your* intellectual honesty. > **end** Judy, although Curtis' comparison of Jim's beliefs re Maharishi and Guru Dev with extreme dualism of Christian fundamentalism may not be 100% congruent, it does represent (IMO) an honest response to how beliefs themselves, no matter how strongly and sincerely held, are almost always based on incomplete information and ignorance. Beliefs represent an emotional attachment to a certain order in the world (and beyond), oftentimes based on the individual's own experiences, but in the case of religions, frequently based on someone else's stated experiences. Jim's experiences seem genuine enough as he relates them, but the extrapolation of his experiences to the belief that Guru Dev and Maharishi represent a unique juncture in the world and human affairs is, however sincere, unveriafiable and tantamount to similar sectarian beliefs of Christianity or any other religion. The fact that Curtis came to you in an open, straightforward manner even after you had been insulting, and your subsequent dismissive responses betray your own emotional dishonesty. Marek
