Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00176)

To Coherence:

Excellent post on doctrine, I think it is important to get that up there.
 Theosophy DOES teach a doctrine.  How people interepret that doctrine, what
they feel like doing with it, is up to them.

To Alexis, who wrote:

> > >>2. Do you realize that you, and I, Chuck, Alan, and Jerry Schueler, and
some
> > >>others I'm not ready to name, are actually the only "traditional"
> > >>theosophists who regularly express themselves on this list? The others
can
> > >>only be described as Pharisees.

This, sir, is another ripple in a long stream of the nastiest invective I
have ever read in my short experience on the Internet.  You suggest that one
may use the "delete" key but in fact your personal remarks, which seem aimed
to hurt the PERSON and not just discuss the ideas, draw the whole group into
the malestrom.  How do I delete all of that?  I certainly feel you are
entitled to your opinion, but why the nasty, personally-aimed barbs?  I
certainly don't feel welcome here to a nucleus of Brotherhood, and I too
would like to sign off if this is typical of this discussion.  I suppose my
views will also make me one of the "repugnant" ones?

JPR