As I'm pretty sure both Xeno and Barry know, apostasy is not limited to defection from a religion. One can become an apostate from any previous loyalty.
> 'Apostasy is the formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation > of a religion by a person. One who commits apostasy is known as an > apostate.' > > As I never was the member of any religion, I cannot ever be correctly accused > of apostasy. As the TM org claims it is not a religion, so no one can ever be > correctly accused for disafilliating or abandoning TM as apostasy (unless of > course the TM org is lying about that claim). It's an NPD Thang, Xeno. If you've convinced yourself that the POV held by your self is "true," and that any POV that contradicts it is is "untrue," then you get to make up the rules. There is absolutely *no problem* with declaring someone an apostate from an organization that you declare is not a religion. :-) It's a lot like having an argument in which there is only one participant -- the person trying to start the argument -- and then declaring one's self the "winner." :-) Narcissistic Personality Disorder really *does* explain almost all of the aberrant behavior we see on FFL. I would suggest that this mental disorder is the true legacy of Maharishi's teachings. :-)
