Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00415)

In a message dated 7/28/04 12:49:16 PM Central Daylight Time, 
thalprin@y... writes:

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"Oh, oh, an undocumented opinion that's working for you." :)
>>

To be serious, which is somewhat out of character and I try not to be too 
often, I have little patience with folks who have to justify every idea by 
someone else's authority. Years ago I used to dive into those debates with fists 
and feet flying but I no longer have the patience for what I can only see as 
pettifogging drivel.

If an idea has resonance, if it works, it does not matter if HPB or even 
(gods forbid!) Jesus said it. It still works. And if it does not work, it does 
not matter again if HPB, Masters, or Great Cthulhu said it. It is still 
nonsense.

If Theosophy is about Truth at some level, then Theosophists must also be 
willing to understand that the old books could be just plain untrue on occasion, 
in fact on most occasions in some of them. So it really is not important if 
an idea is in agreement or disagreement with a canon or a canonical work. What 
matters is the idea.

Chuck the Heretic