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Originally Posted by Iamit
It is not surprising that tradition uses all sorts of invalidating techniques to undermine new teachings which threaten established beliefs and vested interests. Established beliefs that were not insecure would not have to indulge in this and would be able to accept any new teachings as additional offers/invitations to seekers who may not be resonating with the traditional. Unfortunately the new approaches may also get involved in these turf wars rather than taking the position that there is room for different approaches as seekers vary and what will suit one may not suit another.
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It is
also possible that
both the 'old' and the 'new'
groupie 
'teachings' are 'deficient' in
significant measure. Witness the histories of 'Capitalism'
and 'Communism' as well as Xianity
and Islam, for example - such that 'followers' of
both 'approaches' are 'smug-blindly' headed for
different-side-of-the-road 'ditches'. There is certainly a
LOT of 'room' for
that, aye what, '
it'man?
"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for
wide is the gate, and
broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and
many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and
few there be that find
it." (Matthew Ch.7)