Hey Pete, how did you know I am a member of sloppy sleight-of-hand.com? Oh wait, sorry, that was sloppy seconds.com that I am a member of,nevermind.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@...> wrote: > > > > --- On Tue, 4/19/11, curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > > From: curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltablues@...> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sai Baba Dead? > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 10:44 AM > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > Is that so ? Where is that "abundant evidence" ? > > > Some films have been produced to try to disgrace Sai > > Baba, a campaign to try to blackmail Him for money. > > > A very common tactic in one of the most corrupt > > countries on earth. > > > > > > But on FFL noone cares about facts as long as Great > > Beings are portrayed in a bad ligh. > > > Just ask Rick. > > > > > > > I can't speak to the pedo stuff but I can state as a fact > > that I have seen videos of him doing stage magic and passing > > it off as miracles. If you are trained in stage magic you > > actually see him doing the moves. That doesn't make > > any case for him being a deviant but it sure makes him a > > disreputable, dishonest person. I don't know how anyone can > > counter argue that it really IS a miracle once this has been > > exposed. > > > > Since this information is commonly available I am amazed > > that people have the ability to keep up the pretense that he > > was a special guy. I do understand the mindset a > > bit. There is no amount of evidence that will change > > some people's mind. I was stuck there about > > Maharishi. > > > > I believe that people can function in different interesting > > ways and of course we don't have much information at all > > about variations of the human mind. But I have come to > > the conclusion that the least likely place to find an > > extraordinary mind will be among the self described > > spiritual people. Now I am working backwards from > > people doing extraordinary things as evidence of them being > > special. Not the fanciful miracles but exceptional > > abilities that I share the ordinary range of. > > > > And guys like Sai Baba understood this way of looking at > > the evidence of specialness first before listening to them > > telling you how special they are. The problem was that his > > evidence was fraudulent. Simple as that. But he > > was playing on a human tendency to want proof. Or more > > likely the human tendency to want to believe that proof had > > been given without doing the humbling heavy lifting to > > really test the idea. Crack a 10 year old kid's magic > > book. Watch the films. Realize that your search > > for a special person must go on and you have more work to do > > to find someone unique. > > You don't even have to be a trained magician to see the really sloppy > sleight-of-hand. Look at the Youtube videos. Really ridiculous stuff. Also > the pedo stuff is pretty well known and even acknowledged by his organization. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > "Joe" <geezerfreak@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Could he be both a pedophile fraud AND > > a "planetary Avatar" Nabby? > > > > > > > > > > Ofcourse not. > > > > > > > > A miracle. Joe and Nabby are finally agreed. > > > > > > > > Since there is abundant evidence that Sai Baba > > was > > > > a pedophile fraud,,,,, > > > snip > > > > > > > > > Is that so ? Where is that "abundant evidence" ? > > > Some films have been produced to try to disgrace Sai > > Baba, a campaign to try to blackmail Him for money. > > > A very common tactic in one of the most corrupt > > countries on earth. > > > > > > But on FFL noone cares about facts as long as Great > > Beings are portrayed in a bad ligh. > > > Just ask Rick. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > >
