Theos-Talk Archives (February 2007 Message tt00144)

Hello Konstantin,
I never said that HBP was right and "science was wrong" that is a 
complete misreading of and misrepresentation of what I said, what I 
did say was :

 "While the theory put forward may not be correct in view of modern 
science, in my understanding it would not constitute as being fraud. 
I am sure that there are other examples in HPB's writings of ideas 
that may be untenable according to modern scientific theories and
fact."

Quite the opposite of what you suggest !

As said in the article by J. Michael McBride "Unknowingly the Occult 
Chemists left quantitative evidence suggesting that, from the 
beginning, at least Leadbeater or Jinarajadasa, and perhaps Besant or 
all three, cynically intended to deceive."

As stated before deliberate deception and dishonesty are quite 
different to simply being wrong.

Perry


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Konstantin Zaitzev" 
<kay_ziatz@...> wrote:
>
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "plcoles1" <plcoles1@> wrote:
> 
> > While the theory put forward may not be correct in view of modern
> > science, in my understanding it would not constitute as being 
fraud.
> 
> Yes. That's the double standard which I'm always poiting at. When 
> HPB's views don't conform modern science, it's OK, probably the 
> science is wrong, but when CWL does the same thing - it's fraud.
> Another point is that while mechanic movement in space is pretty 
well 
> studied and is proven by thousands of practical space flights, the 
> structure of atom isn't still completely clear to scientists.
> 
> So in my view it's nothing but a religion, a kind of cult created  
> around HPB in American branch of theosophical movement.
> While in TS Adyar excentricities of leading members and collapse of 
> Krishnamurti cult gave a good vaccination against cultism and 
> prevented T.S. from making a cult around HPB, there was not the 
case 
> in some American groups which had no such "advantage".
>