Rev. Father A. Maximiadis
Dear Swami,
I respond to some assertions you made, e.g., “Homosexuals … sex even with pigs and dogs … without any hang ups”, (sic.) and published in your booklet ‘Homosexuality: Identity Crisis’ (s.l.et a).
Prior to commencing, I should like to make it quite clear, that the opinions I’ll be expressing in this letter are not to be regarded as being representative of any views, teachings, dogmas, or beliefs of any particular Christian church. And not to be interpreted as a campaign for homosexualism, lesbianism, or identity politics. These opinions are to be regarded as my personal views; nothing more and nothing less.
Furthermore, my opinions are not to be construed as any criticism of the core beliefs (e.g. metempsychosis’) of the multifarious traditions and philosophies generally known as Hinduism, or to be precise Sanâtana Dharma (q.v.). They are mentioned here solely to facilitate my criticisms of your erroneous teachings that have the effect of vilifying homosexuals et al.
The principal assertions that you made, in your booklet, are, in part, as follows:
“Hormones, chromosomes and the entire physical make-up of people are determined … at the time of death … the type of body they will take on in their next live” (sic.) [I assume that you mean ‘lives’]. “In the case of homosexuals, such individuals in their previous lives were somehow or other attached to the male form. And at the time of death, they were thinking of the male form. Thus, they got male bodies in this life … That is why sometimes it seems like these people are freaks of nature”.
And you further assert that they’ll have:
“…sex even with pigs and dogs … without any hang-ups … [and] should appreciate the fact that they are not women trapped in men’s bodies … [and] such desires are apart from himself … he can try to rid his mind of them … or he can give in to them. The choice is his.”
And, to support your assertions, you quote the antiquated “urning theory”. You also assert that:
“The soul transmigrates from a baby body to a boyhood body, and then migrates into a young man’s body … a middle-aged body” [and then into] “the body of an old man”.
You insert a few generalized borrowings from human biology in an attempt to legitimize your vague assumptions:
“All the cells have changed, the bones have changed, the whole body is different. This is a scientific fact “.
And in conclusion, you assert that:
“Religious leaders are teaching religiosity rather than real religion [and] are simply misleading people [and] are not teaching the truth”. (sic.) op. cit.
Your assertions outlined above, are based solely upon your personal opinions, rather than verifiable facts, and laced with a soupçon of scientific terminology, viz., “hormones, chromosomes”, and put forth under the veneer of “scientific fact (s)”. One could very well consider it Machiavellian, if it were not for the ingenuousness of style.
This response is put forward for your perusal and reply, for which I’m quite accustomed to expect no acknowledgment, as has been the situation, on several occasions; for the past seven years. But more particularly for both your followers and readership, to evaluate, whether or not, the above assertions are indeed”scientific fact (s)”. However, first and foremost, for them to consider the spiritual and intellectual integrity of their leader, to whom they have entrusted their souls.