--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote:
>
> This post was a troll.
>
> I could just sit back and see who responds to
> it, and how. But instead, for a change, rather
> than allowing everyone to project into the post
> what they believe my *intent* was in posting it,
> I will spell it out for you. It was a troll.
>
> It was a "generalized rant" not just about the
> arcane subject of film criticism, but about what
> I perceive as the fundamental difference between
> two approaches to spirituality, and to posting
> about spirituality on Fairfield Life.
>
> The *intent* of this post hearkens back to an
> earlier post of mine, in which I compared FFL to
> both a playground and a battleground. Some who
> post here clearly perceive it as a playground.
> When they post, they *rarely* declare their
> opinions "better" than other people's, or "more
> correct," or "more authoritative."
>
> Others -- and I do not need to name them, because
> you knew exactly who I was referring to the mom-
> ent you saw the word "Others" -- clearly feel that
> this place is a battleground. Their whole ACT on
> this forum is to declare their opinions, or the
> opinions of their preferred spiritual teacher or
> spiritual tradition "better," "more correct,"
> and "more authoritative."
>
> So this post is a troll in that I am offering
> people an opportunity to WEIGH IN on this
> generalized subject. If you feel like it, WEIGH
> IN and tell us whether you feel that your opinion,
> or that of your preferred spiritual teacher or
> spiritual tradition, **IS** "better," "more
> correct," or "more authoritative" than anyone
> else's.
>
> IMO, it's OK to believe this. The whole *history*
> of spiritual belief and spiritual practice is based
> on the belief that one POV or opinion is "better,"
> "more correct," or "more authoritative" than any
> other. It's OK to believe that this is a forum
> NOT composed of equals, and that some posters
> here -- and their opinions -- **ARE** "better,"
> "more correct," and "more authoritative" than
> others.
>
> On the other hand, I don't personally believe that
> believing this makes it so. Me, I tend to believe
> that IT'S ALL JUST OPINION, and that
> none of those opinions are any "better," "more
> correct," or "more authoritative" than any other.
>
> But that's just my OPINION.
>
> What's yours?
>
> WEIGH IN. If you feel like it.
>
snip,
Wouldn't an opinion based on sufficient experience and observation be as good
as a fact?
