Theos-Talk Archives (May 2006 Message tt00592)

Perhaps it would be better to refer to a crystalized creed.

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "danielhcaldwell"
<danielhcaldwell@...> wrote:
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> Bruce, you wrote:
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> It seems to be difficult to be a seeker of Truth if you are wedded
> to a particular creed, such as Roman Catholicism.  The RC or Jesuit
> must always understand his World with respect to the principles of
> his order. He tries to develop followers while the Theosophist tries
> to develop free and indepedent thinkers.  The cold and calculating
> mind of the Jesuit compared with the cool, undisturbed mind of the
> adept must appear very similar to the uninitiated.  The question
> consequently becomes: How do you recognize he who is insincere?
> How do you react to such people?  These are the practical questions
> of Universal Brotherhood.  Certainly, all is never as it appears.
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> I have a number of questions about what you write above but I will
> limit myself to just one question.
> 
> You say:
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> It seems to be difficult to be a seeker of Truth if you are wedded
> to a particular creed, such as Roman Catholicism.
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> Well, what other "particular creeds" are there besides Roman 
> Catholicism???
> 
> I mean would you say the same thing about being wedded to some form 
> of Protestantism, or Judaism, or Hinduism, or Buddhism, etc. etc.? 
> 
> I would think that in all those "particular creeds" including 
> Catholicism there are sincere people who view themselves as seekers 
> of truth.  Who are we to say they are not sincere or that they are 
> not seekers of truth? 
> 
> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
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