02-12-2015, 09:30 PM
(02-12-2015, 07:10 AM)Parsons Wrote:(02-11-2015, 10:11 PM)Monica Wrote: Gary, I still don't understand why you said this:
Quote:I think you walk on risky ground, Monica, in the implication (correct me if I'm wrong) that people who have an interpretation of the Law of One material at variance to your own are engaging in fundamentalist thinking.
Did you really think I meant that anyone who interprets the Material differently than I do is guilty of religious fundamentalism?
Regardless of you conscious intentions, that is the way you are coming across to me.
Parsons, I was incredulous that Gary could have thought that, and pretty sure that wasn't what he actually meant, so I was actually asking him for clarification. I wasn't inviting you or anyone else to start analyzing how I 'come across' and once again I'm incredulous that this discussion is going off on tangents.
Agreement/disagreement regarding interpretation and treating the Material as a religious dogma are 2 entirely different things. To think that someone is a fundamentalist because they disagree...doesn't even make sense.
I don't recall anyone even talking about this topic before and I think it's an important one. We, as caretakers of this Material, have a role to play as to whether or not it gets turned into a religion.