Theos-Talk Archives (September 2002 Message tt00182)

brianmuehlbach wrote:
> A new "sixt sub-race" (not a "real race" as Theosophical apologetics in
> 2002 will argue), today still claimed by Theosophists to emerge in
> southern California/USA was also to have a new Messiah.

Brian, I think we get it. There has been a bunch of behavior among
theosophists in the past and present that ranges from idiocy to evil.
That is also true for just about any philosophical movement you can
name. 

It is plain that your goal is to convince people that Theosophy is
wrong. And you are putting in a tremendous amount of energy into your
quest. 

So, I must ask you: WHY? Most people who think Theosophy is nonsense
are more than happy to leave its followers to their nonsense. And there
are plenty of groups that believe in nonsense. Why is it so important to
you to try to convince followers of Theosophy, in particular, to quit? 

I certainly appreciate the fact that you are willing to discuss the
matter intelligently (as opposed to another user with a similar name who
used to own your websites). And, frankly, the information that you have
given has proven to be useful, at least to me, because your examples
certainly go against my own idea of Theosophy, and they forced me to do
the research required to show that they are aberrations, and not
mainstream. And for that, I thank you. 

Still, there is an APPEARANCE (as opposed to reality, at least I HOPE
that it's opposed to reality) of fanaticism on your part. If you
explained your motivation better, then we would be better able to
understand you, and you would almost certainly receive less hostility,
and might actually convince a few people. 

Bart Lidofsky