Theos-Talk Archives (August 2007 Message tt00089)

When you asked some basic questions about the ULT claims, did anyone
indicate to you that they are going to take the time and trouble to answer
them?

mkr


On 8/6/07, gregory@zeta.org.au <gregory@zeta.org.au> wrote:
>
>   I continue to be fascinated by the peculiar mindset within which
> supporters of the ULT appear to operate!
> I did not direct any questions to the ULT about Crosbie (nor do I have any
> desire to write a biography of him nor to compile a history of the ULT).
> The ULT makes a number of specific claims: I asked some basic questions
> about those claims. I read nothing sinister into the (apparent) refusal to
> reply; it simply confirms my view that the ULT in fact bears little
> relationship to the ULT as represented in its publications.
> Writing about me as "The Unfriendly Theosopher" (much as the title
> appeals!) would be misleading: I am neither a "Theosopher" nor a
> Theosophist.
> I am an historian.
> The disciples of Leadbeater may consider the publication of the facts of
> Leadbeater's history as an "unfriendly" act - but that is what historians
> (as contrasted with propagandists, ideologues, devotees, apologists and
> evangelists) do.
> The appropriate response to the work of an historian with whom you do not
> agree is to publish evidence that his or her history is flawed.
> If that is beyond your intellectual or moral capacity ? or you're simply
> too lazy to undertake the necessary research - then personal abuse is
> always a convenient alternative!
>
> Dr Gregory Tillett
>
> 
>


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