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In a live
TV programme on Zona de Investigacion (Azul TV, Argentina), Dr. Michael
Goldstein is reported on by the Argentian journalist and TV director,
Agnostelli as follows: Dr. Goldstein “gave some news that left the
sweating audience mute: On September 11, the devotees that worked at
the Twin Towers and the Pentagon didn’t go to work that day or were
late getting to their jobs. ‘Thanks to our beloved Bhagavan,’ pontificated
Goldstein, ‘all the New York and Washington devotees are safe.’
I shuddered to think that the public might applaud the news. But nobody
did. Baba’s divine powers only benefit those faithful to him, or was
this news passed on to avoid more desertions?”
In the
same programme, Leonard Gutter, Central Coordinator of the South American
Sathya Sai Organizations, said: “Baba’s love encompasses all: There were 50,000
people working at the Towers and only 3,000 died; then Baba saved 47,000, not
only devotees. Each person has his own karma: that was the destiny of those who
died there.”
The TV programme’s 1st part is
transcribed here.
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The sheer
callous indecency of these wild conjectures by Dr. Goldstein and Leonardo
Gutter towards all those whose dear ones dies in that catastrophe would
be hard to surpass. It shows a total lack of judgment and blind faith
beyond all reason, not in the least uncommon among Sathya Sai followers
and his defenders (as on the Internet).
See more about Dr. M. Goldstein
here.
The
grotesque hard sell of Sathya Sai as connected to 9/11 in the US
Dr. William
Harvey, a member of the top policy-making ‘Prashanthi Council’ of
the International Sathya Sai Organization spoke at the Sai Public Meeting
in St. Louis, September 11, 2005, prematurely - and for no valid calendar
reasons - celebrating Sathya Sai Baba’s 80th birthday (11/23) and
the announcement of the Mayor that 9/11 is officially Sathya Sai Baba
day in St. Louis! (see here) and see the report of Dr. Jack Feely, Regional
President, Mid-Central Region US here)
The report
stated: “The program was held at the 1904 World’s Fair Pavilion,
a magnificent open-air shelter in the center of Forest Park. The 1300-acre
park, considered the “Crown Jewel” of the city, was a picturesque
setting worthy of a public program about Sathya Sai Baba, the Divine
Crown Jewel of the universe.” The Sai Organization announced at great
length its many efforts to get publicity, as in the following short
example: “Personal letters of invitation went out to 49 professors
of philosophy and theological studies of the major universities and
colleges in the area, followed up with telephone message reminders.
Press releases went to the major TV and radio stations, along with the
major newspapers. Quarter-page ads promoting the meeting were put in
a widely distributed spiritually oriented newspaper. That same paper
accepted a 700-page article about Sathya Sai Baba and His teachings.”
(Comment:
Seven hundred pages seems a bit over the top! It would take 49 philosophy
professors to do that job on short notice? But how many attended or
supported this scandalous misuse of September 11 to propagandise for
an Indian fraud accused of sex abuses and murder cover-up? Ah now, there
you have it!). The result has hardly been earth-shaking. Naively and
without joking, Dr. Feely informed of the selfless service provided
to participants as follows: “ Cold bottled water, served to attendees
throughout the program, offered physical comfort that added to the spiritual
comfort the speakers’ words provided.”
Further
links about the Argentinian TV programme, see
here and
here
See also
this new article at
http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/memories-of-911-discredit-sai-baba-and-his-global-cult/
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