Fw: Null hypothesis

[Sandra Chamberlain]

Dear Richard, Today reading your post I concluded that I have a very simple mind, indeed!  What you were suggesting from the following verse has never occurred to me in over 30 years... "Say O people, if ye deny these verses, by what proof have ye believed in God?  Produce it, O Assemblage of false ones" I've always read this verse as a challenge to the deniers to look within themselves and pose the question "Why do I believe in God?" In the early 70's I attended a 9 day Institute where we immersed ourselves in The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys. From that time, I've sensed a parallel between the above verse from the Tablet of Ahmad; and this one, quoting Rumi, in The Seven Valleys p.20: "Yea, to the beetle a sweet fragrance seemeth foul, and to the man sick of a rheum a pleasant perfume is as naught. Wherefore, it hath been said for the guidance of the ignorant: Cleanse thou the rheum from out thine head And breathe the breath of God instead." The *proof* Bahá'u'lláh is asking for, I think, in my limited capacity and humble opinion, is the question:  "Do you imagine yourself a true believer?... and if so, prove it!"  The "burden of proof" lies within the individual to accept or reject the *truth* of the Revelation... Lovingly,  Sandra __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]