Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00449)

Mr. Aveline writes:

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Different versions of history is a healthy thing to live with. The 
movement is one, and it has different views. This is what HPB meant 
for it: a free debate, with respect and truthfulness.
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Let me try to understand what Mr. Aveline is writing about....What 
does he really mean by these statements???

Mr. Aveline seems to be saying that it is okay and just "fine and 
dandy" to have different views about Theosophical personalities and 
events.

So if the ULT history considers Mrs. Tingley "at best a self-deluded 
woman, at worst a charlatan" while the Point Loma TS history 
considers her a genuine messenger of the Masters and worthy successor 
to Judge, then is Mr. Aveline saying that is ok because "different 
versions of history is a healthy thing to live with"?

Ok...now let's consider Judge.   According to one history Judge 
forged letters from the Mahatmas while another version says he didn't.
So is Mr. Aveline ok with BOTH of these versions since "different 
versions of history is a healthy thing to live with"???

Or if Katinka H. believes it is possible HPB might have performed 
some fake phenomena as well as genuine phenomena, is Mr. Aveline 
tolerant of this view??  Remember "different versions of history is a 
healthy thing to live with. The movement is one, and it has different 
views."

Just trying to understand what Mr. Aveline's actual thinking is about 
in this regards....

Daniel