--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > But I think that you know (and, like me, have probably > > seen it happen) that even if the legal system found some- > > thing dreadfully illegal about the TMO's activities, or > > about Marharishi's activies, there are people who would > > *refuse* to believe a word of it. Their trust in their > > existing beliefs is stronger than their trust in the > > legal system. > > > > So, again, why even *bother* to try to sway those beliefs? > > We can talk about the things we believe here, and they > > can talk about the things they believe in the groups they > > hang with. No harm, no foul, no need for either "side" > > to try to convince the other that it's "right." To do > > so just seems like an awful waste of time and energy > > to me.
Yeah, that Bonhoeffer guy for instance, he could have saved himself a lot of trouble and probably have saved his neck if he just would have, kept his mouth shut. http://www.dbonhoeffer.org/ A real negativist. What was with him anyway, moralist fool. Huh? You enjoying France now? What i am reading here in what you write now is the urging that, we should not be divided on moral cause about how we do things? An advitan newage-ie thing, be one, are all one and... Yet people do have a sense of what is fair. With MMY, TM and the TMorg, there are just a few hundreds left and many who have walked away. -Doug in Iowa Yes, that is fine Turq on one level, except that practically, you > live in France and we live here, with a 300lbs gorrilla on the loose > in the neighborhood. > > People here judge the situation personally, all the time. That is > also in a reality of practical things of the living of the thing. Is > part of the fun and also is what makes the whole story the > interesting human material that it is. > > Have a nice day, > > -Doug in FF >
