Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00610)

Hi all of you,

Here is some more:

a.. 1. Attraction of Celebrities
A man who is being delivered frim the danger of a fierce lion deos not
object, wheather this service is performed by an unknown or by an
illustrious individual. Why, therefore, do people seek knowledge from
celebrities ?

a.. 2. I think it was the sufi El-Ghazali (d.1111) who said something like the
following:
The disticntion between opinion and knowledge is something, which can easily
be lost. When this happens,
it is incumbent upon those who know the difference to make it plain as far
as they are able.
This habit of confusing opinion with knowledge is almost a epidemic disease
these days.
Well, that was years ago, but this issue seems to be a disease even today.

a.. 3.
It is allright that some people have authorities. But they have to be
constructive. If the authority is
destructive, then I won't be good and have to be stopped.
I could ask if any has an opinion on wheather any authorities today are good
or bad, and I would probably get a lot of hands.
But if I ask about if any have the needed spiritual knowledge to judged
wheather it is true, - I bet near all the hands will fall down - if the
truth was to be presented.

from 
Sufilight with peace and love...



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