dharmabum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pam Ho, I do not know you personally, I have no > interest in your views and I despise your role as > a mouthpiece or an advocate for cults. Is this an > attack? Absolutely not. You are everywhere, with > the same repertoire: cults are just as the same as > any religion. That’s fine and is within y
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You know I wasn't going to respond here anymore because of the conspiracy claims about me, since if anyone had taken the effort to read what I have written then as Satyagraha has rightly pointed out - clearly I am critical of Butler and Bhaktivedanta. But the problem I have with some of you guys is your attack on people if they don't agree with your views 100%, then you act as if they m
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Well, I guess I right, some people here refuse to be rational, dredging up conspiracy theories and whatnot simply for disagreeing. I have better things to do then read what I just read. So long, and thanks for all the fish.
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I have written a book on Hare Krishna, and the first chapter mentions Tulsi, if you want to know where I coming from this is a good place to start: http://monsterhotelkrishnaconsciousness.blogspot.com/
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How can you have a normal discussion with someone if they refuse to respect your right to have a different opinion without flying off the handle and making inane accusations of conspiracy and whitewashing? Let us look at this: Person A speaking with person B. A. Look at this egomaniac making demands. B. That is what egomaniacs do, look at these other egomaniacs. A. ARE YOU THE DEVIL OR YO
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Since all non-Hindus by birth are outcastes, therefore all the non-Indian Hare Krishnas are outcastes. The caste system is rejected by the Hare Krishna and by many Hindu traditions, it was one of the salient points made by the creator of the Hare Krishna religion, Chaitanya, 500 years ago - he was very anti-caste and was attacked for it, and that is his very well known legacy. If you want to crit
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I really don't understand the hostility. You say you don't mind mistakes being corrected, but it seems that isn't true. And I get bashed for it, what gives you the impression I don't know what Butler teaches? I don't get it. Well, I do know what Butler teaches, I can recite it to you if you want. I have been around his group and his teachings since 1979 when I moved to
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Why do people here automatically think there is a conspiracy of some sort or another if people just disagree with you? I mean you speak in such declarative sentences, like: This is what this person is really doing; this is what this really is all about; this is etc. It is one thing to have a speculative opinion, it is another to insist that any other opinion is automatically wrong and your specul
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Dab, you speak as if it makes sense for Tulsi to get close to ISKCON in order to gain donors and power among Hindus, but you don't know the real story. First off lets talk about her popularity among Hindus and Hindu donors: when she was elected the first time it was immediately reported all over Indian media that the first Hindu was elected to the American government leadership. No connec
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Clearly it matters to the person who I commented to. I don't think it is correct to say that Tulsi and Butler are cozying up to ISKCON all of a sudden. That has been going on for closer to 20 years when Butler's people were integral to the creation of this semi-organization, http://www.wva-vvrs.org/ The World Vaishnava Association was an attempt by Butlers people and some others to c
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flashlight_on_roaches Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tulsi Gabbard’s Conehead strategy was not > working in spite of her > Bollywood > attempts to portray herself as a Hindu (We are > Hindus, We are from France) > > So what does her infallible master, Chris Butler, > do in order to address concerns that Tulsi is a > member of
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