Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt01571)

"I dread the appearance in print of our philosophy 
as expounded by Mr. H[ume]. I read his three 
essays or chapters on God (?) cosmogony and 
glimpses of the origin of things in general, and 
had to cross out nearly all. He makes of us 
Agnostics!! We do not believe in God because so 
far, we have no proof, etc." 

"This is preposterously ridiculous: if he publishes 
what I read, I will have H.P.B. or Djual Khool deny 
the whole thing; as I cannot permit our sacred 
philosophy to be so disfigured. He says that people 
will not accept the whole truth; that unless we 
humour them with a hope that there may be a 'loving 
Father and creator of all in heaven' our philosophy 
will be rejected a priori. In such a case the less 
such idiots hear of our doctrines the better for 
both. If they do not want the whole truth and nothing 
but the truth, they are welcome. But never will 
they find us -- (at any rate) -- compromising with, 
and pandering to public prejudices." 

Master Koot Hoomi, The Mahatma Letters, 2nd ed., Letter 54