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Re: The Gang of Four and "Religion"

Apr 25, 1996 09:42 AM
by Dr. A.M.Bain


In message <2.2.32.19960425100104.00682588@mail.deltanet.com>, "Eldon B.
Tucker" <eldon@theosophy.com> writes
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that the four
>of you are *anti-religious*, just anarchist in temperament.
>That is, you don't want someone else to even have the
>appearance of telling you what to do or think. And
>fundamentalist religions exemplify the extreme of telling
>people what to do and think. Therefore, we have the
>aversion to religious groups. But it is not religion per
>se, nor religions still backed by an inner light, that
>you object to, but dead religions that spiritually entomb
>and suffocate their followers.
>
>-- Eldon

That speaks for me, at least, Eldon.

Alan
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