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From: crm@duke.UUCP (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: TM
Message-ID: <3906@duke.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Jan-84 14:04:32 EST
Article-I.D.: duke.3906
Posted: Sun Jan 15 14:04:32 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 16-Jan-84 01:13:09 EST
Organization: Duke University
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Open note:

Jon,

Thanks for your response.  As far as the Tm is useless question goes, I am glad
that you don't intend to make another big war of it.  I hope that you
realize that the informational content of the article I posted was an 
expansion of a point about meditation in general.

Perhaps I was slightly out-of-line with my remark about moving to net.flame
early, but I think it was justified.  In the Great Mormonism "Debate", I saw
a lot of non-logical and abusive argument which a) causes me emotional/ethical
distress (as a philosopher and protocryptologician) and b) doesn't pass any
new information on to me.  I subscribe to the net.religion because it passes on
new info, and excites new (to me) thoughts.  "Dammit, that was an appeal to
authority fallacy" isn't a new thought.

May I suggest a rule-of-thumb:  if the argument requires the appeal of the
arguer to some authority (the Bible, common sense, Buddha, or one's 
bellybutton), then it should be thought through again/passed to net.flame.

Finally, if I see an article about which I can say something interesting and
thereby feel that I have contributed (and receive the egoboo of seeing my 
golden prose in green) I will continue to post it rather than mail it.  I
don't require or request your permission to do so, even if you request replies
in print.

Charlie