Blavatsky H.P. - Theosophical Dogmatism and Intolerance: Difference between revisions

For the 27,599th time, Mr. Richard Harte, in his official capacity as editor of ''The Theosophist'' assures the world, that “the Theosophical Society does not advocate or promulgate any opinions, has no creed and belongs to no party,” and for the 27,599th time nobody believes what he says; because we have only to open at random any page of ''The Theosophist'', to find it filled with the most vituperative language and the vilest abuse of everything that does not bear the stamp of Adyar; i.e., the “imprimatur” of Richard Harte. Moreover, it is an old played-out jesuitical trick; to attempt to distinguish between a church and the members of which that church is composed, and to say that no matter how wicked the clergy or the representatives of a sect may be, their villany does not affect the sanctity of the church or sect. A sect can have no existence apart from the members of which it is composed, and if the representatives of such a sect advocate certain doctrines and denounce everybody as being a fool who will not accept them—then these doctrines must be regarded as belonging to that sect as a whole.