ajamali wrote: ↑Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:00 am
Biradar, DCP, I leave you with my all time favorite MKG
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall – think of it – always.”
My friend, if you want to understand history and if you want to diagnose problems, you need to be honest. The easiest person to fool is oneself. If you, or someone else, thinks that counting youtube likes or views is a way to judge a "rising star", specially in religious matters, I am sorry to say, you are fooling yourself and are not too smart.
When Muffy goes to a place, specially for major sermons, lakhs of people show up. They adore him and worship the ground he walks on. They do not see him as a tyrant or a murderer, but someone who will take them to heaven. When they see or hear about STF or SKQ, the first instinct in their minds is to curse them. Not to think of them as viable alternatives, but as usurpers. Now, you and I may have a view different than these mindless sheep followers of Muffy, but it does not change the facts that he is considered by his followers to be as powerful as god himself.
As to Muffy's oratory. I do not think you have heard him speak recently. He has a tendency to go off the rails at times, but he has gotten a lot of practice and his "unforced errors" have gone down. He really has a way to emotionally manipulate his listeners in a way that is hypnotic. I do not like this emotional clap-trap myself, but the reality is that most ordinary mass of people love it.
For example, I did not know this till recently (as I was listening to STF's waaz) that he delivered a very powerful sahaadat bayaan this year. He has the whole place in an uproar and had them wailing, yelling and shouting after him, repeating many phrases he had cooked up. Again, it is not meant to appeal to me or you, or intellectual listeners, but to the masses, who love the emotions he induces in them. This type of emotional manipulation is very powerful and has a very deep impact on listeners. This was a strength that SMB also shared, but SMB was also a scholar and an intellectual. Muffy is not, and so he has perfected the art of emotional manipulation.
Dismissing this power (nefarious though it may be) is to your own peril. The mistake that FD has made is that they appeal to the intellect, giving reasons and careful arguments. In reality, not one hard-core follower of Muffy cares about intellectual argument. You may, and I may, but vast (99%) of people do not.
FD lost the day when Muffy and his brothers produced the tape recording from the events in the hospital. That, I believe, was the end of the matter. Till date, FD has not given an explanation of their side of things. They hide under the guise of "matter is in the courts". But many years have gone by and no explanation is forthcoming. I personally believe that this tape is not genuine and one can do much analysis on it, but it matters not to the fanatical believers.
As DCP said, this is not a numbers game. If it was FD lost on day 1. It is unlikely they will prevail. The machinery of the Muffy dawaat is too powerful and rich to be easily dismantled. Perhaps trying to do this is not a good idea in any case.
My suggestion to you is to focus on your own nafs not crow over a few youtube likes or views. Muffy dawaat is going on and will continue, FD is going on and will continue (one hopes). However, if you are out to destroy or defeat Muffy you are bound to fail. Again, to reiterate. I do not like the guy, in fact I despise him. But we must face the truth, however bitter, that he has the advantage, overwhelmingly so.