Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00759)

At 06:20 PM 4/18/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>3. Making everyone feel very comfortable no matter what their views and
>>opinions are.
>
>	I would like everyone to feel comfortable too.  But sometimes
>we see ideas being posting that we strongly feel are wrong, and it is
>our duty to present an alternative view.  Else, all the newbies and lurkers
>will get the wrong information, and have to spend several extra lifetimes
>to get back on the right track.  The problem then, is, how do we go about
>this without hurting feelings or making someone "uncomfortable?"
>
>	Jerry S.
>	Member, TI
>
>Jerry: That is a very good question indeed. But is that actually the
character of this list? After all, ever since I subscribed it has seemed a
place where advanced theosophists of strongly different views and beliefs
about theosophy compared and argued those views. Is it really the kind of
place that could make "everybody comfortable no matter what their views and
opinions are"? We certainly can, and usually do, if those positions and
beliefs are strong enough and secure enough. Now, new comers (newbies) can
certainly "lurk" and ask questions and learn a lot from this diverse group.
But it's good to remeber in Krotona, new people were required to be silent
and listen for seven years before asking their first question. I'm sure
there are places where "everybody is comfortable" and I am also sure this
isn't one of them. BUT it is, I think, very usefuyl to a great number of us.

alexis dolgorukii
member TI, FTSA