Werewolves?

Teachers can teach the wrong thing as well as the right thing, you have to know what to believe because not everything is real. Just because someone decides to say something is real, that only makes it a thought, if they put that thought in action, a thoughtform. From here you can create a servatore an eggregory and then a god-form. most of the time people will stop thinking at the thought and pretend to just jump right for the kill and call it a god-form.
look out for crazy people, they are everywhere...even here, even in your neighborhood, Crazy people exist, and are a dangerous reality.
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Well, if he teaches me something and I try it and it turns out to work then isn't it real?

OK, no one is targeted with this post. I would just like to say what effect has this thread has had on me.

I've noticed that a group of people here make the truth. So if someone gives a new definition they all come down on him with THEIR truth. Well you bash Christians daily but you're a lot like them if you ask me (maybe not you people here in this thread but it sure happens; and no, Christians aren't a confused crowd)

BUT some evidence can be very useful when making a point. I too like that "pic or it didn't happen" phrase, I even use it so often I get warnings for disruptive behavior.

As for the youngsters, I think it's hard to teach someone via the web. Maybe via personal IM you could gain trust and authority so a young person would listen and respect you as a teacher.

So to sum up. People don't fight over something like this. It makes no sense. Roleplayers turn into wolwes and dinosaurs and in the end practicioners kill eachother...
Not cool.

Diamo, your question was answered when Bledri said, "Teachers can teach the wrong thing as well as the right thing."

Minimum requirements for a teacher to be legit in my opinion:
4+ years of experience.
4+ years of study.
At the very least, basic leadership abilities.
Locatable sources for information(not "this is how I say it is").
And in most cases if they are legit, they will be known.

Those are what I would consider the minimum requirements, not recommended requirements. The more experience and years of study, the better. The greater the leadership abilities, the better. Sources must be locatable, if they just say "this is this and that is that and if you don't think so go find out for yourself" the person is most likely more like a roleplayer, at least in my opinion. As for being known, usually after practicing something for four years or so and if they're willing to start teaching somebody is going to know who he/she is. If not, I would say their years of experience and study may be questionable. Not that it definitely is, just that it may be.

Okay, mine, 7 years of experience and study and good leadership. Why does a teacher have to be known to be legit?

I said "And in most cases if they are legit, they are known" Not that they have to be known to be legit. Say you went to a school for seven years. Is it likely that nobody at that school will know you? Is it likely that not a single individual, after seven years of being there, would know your name? It seems to be to be very unlikely. Of course there is the possibility that the individual in question didn't go to one place or didn't teach in one spot, but in most cases there would still be someone who knows of him/her. It's also possible that the person practiced in secret/privately, but if they practice in secret/privately they probably don't teach in person.

Also keep in mine, this list of "requirements" is from my own personal point of view. They are not facts, they are opinions. In my opinion, if they are legit they should be known by someone. Personally, based on what you said, I would have to say I don't consider your teacher legit nor would I consider you worthy of learning because you are past the age of ten and not with a teacher I would consider legit. You have stated things I disagree with and might even compare to roleplaying at some points, by your own words that would make you unworthy.