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I would like to ask again, as calmly and respectfully as possible that you try
not to be so antagonistic and insulting.[Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] ? Defending
Lies, was Herd Instinct]

In a message dated 5/22/01 12:01:20 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
lurine@... writes:


> Just curious, though, how can one be inspired or philosophical over a book
> of lies. How does one find inspiration or find its "philosophy" useful if
> one knows the whole book is based on a lie and that a good percentage of
> what he wrote as being "the Cherokee way" or words from the Cherokee
> language were things he made up?
>

Aren't all novels lies?

It's easy for people to credit statements to the Indians which aren't. I
think it was done here two days ago with "It takes a village."

Perhaps you should write a note to every person who's read the book and say
"If you were inspired by ANYTHING in this, you should go back and undo that
feeling of peace and goodness you had."

Inspiration is a biochemical thing which can't be undone.

There are people who believe all of Christianity to be fable, myth and lie.
And yet there are people who are HUGELY inspired by Christianity.

There are people whose lives were saved many times over by St. Christopher,
and they gave money to the church in thanks, and they wrote poetry and carved
statues. Then one day... OOPS! Not a saint.

And I repeat what I wrote in the post which was responded to with the new
title "defending lies":

.  In the long run, the
book
> was recategorized as fiction and is still found useful by lots of people
for
> its philosophy and inspiration, I suppose, which is what lots of novels
are
> good for.
>
> I'm not defending the book.  I haven't read it. 


Sandra


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