--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote:
> >
> > On Jul 2, 2007, at 12:32 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:
> >
> > > > Unless of course he was talking of fences as symbols....
> > >
> > > Exactly. As symbols for separating oneself from
> > > the outside world.
> >
> > I thought so. That was my instinctive take on it.
> >
> > It's interesting to me that someone who rails on others for
> > dishonesty of all sorts is actually the one who is consistently
> > dishonest!
> >
> > There's a principle in Islam where one is allowed to lie if it
> > is to protect Islam. I think we see the same phenomenon in
> > various systems of belief, where anything is fine if it is to
> > protect the 'purity of the teaching', even if that means being
> > dishonest in argumentation, intention and methods.
>
> I can agree with this. I've seen it in dozens
> of spiritual groups.
>
I see it right here.:-)
