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> Hindu bishops
Peter Damian
post Tue 3rd January 2012, 3:14pm
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Someone kindly reminded me about a totally fake article about 'Hindu bishops', or something like that. I clearly remember it, but a WR search turns up nothing. Can anyone remember?

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post Tue 3rd January 2012, 4:30pm
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"Hinduism has a pope!".
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post Tue 3rd January 2012, 4:38pm
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QUOTE(carbuncle @ Tue 3rd January 2012, 4:30pm) *

"Hinduism has a pope!".



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post Tue 3rd January 2012, 11:10pm
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I need to address the "guru" problem on WP. Every article dealing with an Indian "holy man" or "guru" is a crazed battlefield, usually ignored by the wider community. The resulting articles end up being lengthy and full of badly-written hash.

It's more than just TM or Prem Rawat, it appears to be endemic.
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post Wed 4th January 2012, 4:53pm
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That was always crazy. OK, how would an outsider know if the Hindus had a Pope-like figure? But would they use the word Pope?
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post Wed 4th January 2012, 7:12pm
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QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Tue 3rd January 2012, 6:10pm) *

I need to address the "guru" problem on WP. Every article dealing with an Indian "holy man" or "guru" is a crazed battlefield, usually ignored by the wider community. The resulting articles end up being lengthy and full of badly-written hash.

It's more than just TM or Prem Rawat, it appears to be endemic.


Each little community of true believers jealously guard articles that they think will make-or-break potential converts. For example, take a gander at the articles relating to theosophy and anthroposophy and the sycophants EPadmirateur and Hgilbert.
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