Theos-Talk Archives (January 1998 Message tt00371)

> that is not the issue.
>
> the issue is that the ES is inherently a discriminatory
> organization based upon a person's religious beliefs.
>
> I could never join it *and* also belong to the TS since the
> ES in is direct opposition to the TS's first object (the one
> object everyone seems to ignore these days).

    A) The ES is not part of the TS, although it is necessary to be a member of
the TS to join the ES.

    B) The ES >IS<, for all practical purposes, a religion.

    C) When Blavatsky ran the ES, the ONLY other spiritual organization that
members could belong to was the Masons (preferably a masonic group that
admitted women).

    D) Given all that, I personally think that it should be either all or
nothing; either people from all other religious pursuits may join the ES or
bring it back to if you are a member of the ES, that's it (except for the
Masons).

    Bart Lidofsky