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> Any attempts to reason with them are hopeless, as they begin to see any

> authority who differs from their view as some kind of conspiratorial

> demon, probably on a 'guru trip'. Their worldview becomes tainted with a

> vision of friends and enemies. In order to support their tenuous position

> they are forced to level serious criticism at senior devotees. Clouding

> our philosophy with obscure arguments, they become intractable, rejecting

> even those devotees who worked hard to bring them to Krishna

> consciousness.

 

This is a good summary of the effects of ritvikism. The development

of negative and mostly offensive views of sincere vaisnavas that eventually

destroys their devotional creepers.

 

Your humble servant,

Hari-sauri dasa