Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00225)

In a message dated 05/27/04 5:07:35 PM, bartl@sprynet.com writes:

>leonmaurer@aol.com wrote:
>>> In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. What was he
>>>thinking? Theosophy is the attempt to find out.
>> 
>> Oh yeah. What kind of nonsense is that? Since when did "theosophy in
>> general" accept the dogma of, or belief in a "thinking" or personal "God"
>> who created anything? And, what is this "Heaven and Earth" you are 
talking 
>> about -- as if there is anything that exists as such things in themselves? 

>
> Instead of reading second-hand out-of-context quotes, read what I 
>actually wrote.

> Bart 

Nice cop out twist. Why don't you quote the entire letter you answered 
"first hand" that I quoted (see below) -- instead of taking these lines out of 
context yourself? 

LM

--------Original Message--------

>In a message dated 05/27/04 8:14:00 AM, bartl@sprynet.com writes:
>
>>prmoliveira wrote:
>>>>what is theosophy?
>>
>>> It is a way of looking at life, the world and oneself that is 
>>> constantly growing and expanding, free from dogmatism and dead 
>>> beliefs, and which helps one to realise the essential oneness of all
>>> existence.
>
>> And isn't the "essential oneness of all existence" a belief, and 
>>possibly even a dogma? I suspect that you are describing A theosophy,
>>as opposed to theosophy in general. Here's a description of theosophy 
>>that works well with Westerners:
>>
>> In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. What was he 
>>thinking? Theosophy is the attempt to find out.
>
>Oh yeah. What kind of nonsense is that? Since when did "theosophy in
>general" accept the dogma of, or belief in a "thinking" or personal "God"
>who created anything? And, what is this "Heaven and Earth" you are talking
>about -- as if there is anything that exists as such things in themselves?
> 
>The "essential oneness of all existence," like the equivalence of matter
>and energy, might be eventually proven as a scientific fact based on 
>fundamental laws of nature inherent in space itself. 
>
>The idea of a God who created something is nothing more than a fantasy
>in the minds of ignorant "blind believers" who literally accept the "word
>of God," as written in the Bible by men with their own agendas, as absolute
>fact. 
>
>For the benefit of sincere inquirers... If you really do understand what
>theosophy is all about, I hope you intended the statement you made above
>to be taken as a joke. 
>
>LM