09-20-2011, 12:03 AM
Since I've cut back on my insults and am doing my best to give everyone the right to believe whatever they like I guess I earned the right to at least a one extra post response a day.
You will notice how Jeremy is doing his best to ignore this post. Here, Jeremy, I'm willing to give your views the exact same respect I give my own, but first I want to make it clear to YOU and everyone else here just what your beliefs are in this matter. YOU, Jeremy, see yourself as wiser and more qualified than the anthropology experts at UCLA to determine who does and who does not deserve a Ph.D. You have NO QUALIFICATIONS WHATSOEVER in anthropology and yet you see yourself as "SPECIAL" enough to do your best to make everyone believe that YOU know better. You've got these suckers here tricked into believe that since YOU were 'SUPPOSEDLY' there we should all trust everything you say about Castaneda as 'Gospel Truth' because YOU have NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER lied about Carlos Castaneda in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. Sorry, Jeremy, but I see no reason to make an exception and take YOU at your word. You have not earned the right for me to trust you in this manner.
I say the wise will treat SUPPOSEDLY non-fiction books as BASED ON A TRUE STORY and containing LES FICTION than openly fiction books. The UNWISE will treat SUPPOSEDLY non-fiction books as 'Infallible Inerrant Gospel Truth' and be more than willing to blow themselves up in order to prove their faith in this "Infallible Inerrant" premise.
Are we in agreement here, Jeremy. Or are you still going to do your best to convince all the suckers that YOU know better than UCLA who actually deserves a Ph.D and who does not?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
BTW: Oh Jeremy. I almost forgot. What do you think of Guy Gardner's statement that don Juan 'stalking' is just a perversion of Taoism. I am really interested in your view on this. I've studied Taoism enough to see this as a lie. What do YOU have to say about this O Wiser Than UCLA?
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SSC WROTE:
"The obstacle to reach an agreement between all parties is that Castaneda’s writings are open to a number of subjective interpretations."
MY RESPONSE:
Well, you see, the thing with the SR Legacy Forum is that they want only their OFFICIAL INTERPRETATION of these matter to be accepted on blind faith. Every other interpretation has been ridiculed throughout the years. That's just the way it's always been around here. Accept Corey, Jeremy Donovan and Gregs views a THE ONLY TRUTH because THEY were there and KNOW more than the experts at UCLA what was actually going on. Never mind that they were convinced Castaneda was legitimate while he was alive. Never-mind that! NOW then are certain of the truth...with no official qualifications whatsoever. My oh my, how "SPECIAL" they are!
The way I see it is that whether or not Castaneda's don Juan actually existed is of paramount importance to those who care NOTHING about truly bettering their lives. The rest use whatever philosophy they may find to better their lives and are not picky where they may find this truth. If you are wise and something don Juan teaches rings true and useful for you then USE IT. If something don Juan teaches does not serve your particular needs then DON'T USE IT! To argue back and forth that the only thing that really matters is whether or not don Juan, or Krishna, or Jesus, or ANYBODY actually existed is for fools who care nothing about bettering their lives. This I CURRENTLY see as the truth.
I'm willing to change my CURRENT views. ARE YOU? If not then you are my official Spiritual Inferior, period! The truly Spiritual Advanced are ALWAYS ready to improve upon whatever they currently believe. That is one surefire way to spot them.
NOTE:
It's an amazing thing that I can take a post of mine, trim out the insults and replace the insults with a more wholesome way of expressing myself and I make the same points EXCEPT that those points carry more power. The blatant, lowlife insults tend to cancel out and ruin the quality of my posts. Fancy that. It took me a long time to realize this. I just realized it in the last week. Thick-headed I can sometimes be. How about you?
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AQUAMAN WROTE:
"The books sounded so factually, to my uncritical, nondescrimminating, simple mind, that I believed they were mostly factual, with just the miracles as exaggerations he added later."
MY RESPONSE:
I've read that American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson took the trouble to have a Bible made. He had ALL the miracles taken out and just kept the teachings. If Mr Jefferson had read just this sentence of what you wrote he would assume you were talking about the Bible and he would wholeheartedly agree!
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You will notice how Jeremy is doing his best to ignore this post. Here, Jeremy, I'm willing to give your views the exact same respect I give my own, but first I want to make it clear to YOU and everyone else here just what your beliefs are in this matter. YOU, Jeremy, see yourself as wiser and more qualified than the anthropology experts at UCLA to determine who does and who does not deserve a Ph.D. You have NO QUALIFICATIONS WHATSOEVER in anthropology and yet you see yourself as "SPECIAL" enough to do your best to make everyone believe that YOU know better. You've got these suckers here tricked into believe that since YOU were 'SUPPOSEDLY' there we should all trust everything you say about Castaneda as 'Gospel Truth' because YOU have NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER lied about Carlos Castaneda in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. Sorry, Jeremy, but I see no reason to make an exception and take YOU at your word. You have not earned the right for me to trust you in this manner.
I say the wise will treat SUPPOSEDLY non-fiction books as BASED ON A TRUE STORY and containing LES FICTION than openly fiction books. The UNWISE will treat SUPPOSEDLY non-fiction books as 'Infallible Inerrant Gospel Truth' and be more than willing to blow themselves up in order to prove their faith in this "Infallible Inerrant" premise.
Are we in agreement here, Jeremy. Or are you still going to do your best to convince all the suckers that YOU know better than UCLA who actually deserves a Ph.D and who does not?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
BTW: Oh Jeremy. I almost forgot. What do you think of Guy Gardner's statement that don Juan 'stalking' is just a perversion of Taoism. I am really interested in your view on this. I've studied Taoism enough to see this as a lie. What do YOU have to say about this O Wiser Than UCLA?
__________________________________
SSC WROTE:
"The obstacle to reach an agreement between all parties is that Castaneda’s writings are open to a number of subjective interpretations."
MY RESPONSE:
Well, you see, the thing with the SR Legacy Forum is that they want only their OFFICIAL INTERPRETATION of these matter to be accepted on blind faith. Every other interpretation has been ridiculed throughout the years. That's just the way it's always been around here. Accept Corey, Jeremy Donovan and Gregs views a THE ONLY TRUTH because THEY were there and KNOW more than the experts at UCLA what was actually going on. Never mind that they were convinced Castaneda was legitimate while he was alive. Never-mind that! NOW then are certain of the truth...with no official qualifications whatsoever. My oh my, how "SPECIAL" they are!
The way I see it is that whether or not Castaneda's don Juan actually existed is of paramount importance to those who care NOTHING about truly bettering their lives. The rest use whatever philosophy they may find to better their lives and are not picky where they may find this truth. If you are wise and something don Juan teaches rings true and useful for you then USE IT. If something don Juan teaches does not serve your particular needs then DON'T USE IT! To argue back and forth that the only thing that really matters is whether or not don Juan, or Krishna, or Jesus, or ANYBODY actually existed is for fools who care nothing about bettering their lives. This I CURRENTLY see as the truth.
I'm willing to change my CURRENT views. ARE YOU? If not then you are my official Spiritual Inferior, period! The truly Spiritual Advanced are ALWAYS ready to improve upon whatever they currently believe. That is one surefire way to spot them.
NOTE:
It's an amazing thing that I can take a post of mine, trim out the insults and replace the insults with a more wholesome way of expressing myself and I make the same points EXCEPT that those points carry more power. The blatant, lowlife insults tend to cancel out and ruin the quality of my posts. Fancy that. It took me a long time to realize this. I just realized it in the last week. Thick-headed I can sometimes be. How about you?
______________________________________
AQUAMAN WROTE:
"The books sounded so factually, to my uncritical, nondescrimminating, simple mind, that I believed they were mostly factual, with just the miracles as exaggerations he added later."
MY RESPONSE:
I've read that American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson took the trouble to have a Bible made. He had ALL the miracles taken out and just kept the teachings. If Mr Jefferson had read just this sentence of what you wrote he would assume you were talking about the Bible and he would wholeheartedly agree!
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