In Reply to: Re: Further discussion with Porcelain Doll and Ray from below posted by George on July 06, 2003 at 10:57:22:
I can't speak for "mad", but I think it was Occam's over-persuasive, conquering evangelist approach. It was too arrogant for my taste too. It was on the verge of breaking the rules and spirit of what this discussion board is about, from what I understand anyway.
Occam was on the border of invalidating Porcelain Doll's values and belief system: "how can you endorse Buddhism?". A big mistake is to be arrogant enough to interpret another's lack of agreement with your own belief system as equaling an absence of any belief system whatsoever.
It's one thing to write about your own beliefs and share them. It's another to use garble. We've all heard speeches like that before, and we've probably all made and given speeches like that too. This person Occam writes like someone still in the Family. Arguments like that don't mean much , and they aren't convincing for people who are taking their journey on a whole higher level. One could just as easily write statements like that in support of Satanism or Atheism. A little more caution and respect is called for.
My two cents.