On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:25:41 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 12/20/2004 7:33:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There is a Christian doctrine known as dispensationalism which breaks > human history into different periods (dispensations) where God deals > with human beings in a particular way > Dear Gilberto, > This was a little different. Dispensationalism is usually associated with > fundamentalism and is based on the premise that God's way of dealing with > humanity changed dramatically. Ideas of Progressive Revelation in the 19th > century were based more on the notion of God enfolding His nature to us > overtime.
To be honest, the above sounds to me like To-mah-to, To-mah-to. The difference between things changing radically as opposed to gradually unfolding is pretty relative and depends on perspective. There are even explanations of dispensationalism which use analogies similar to the Bahais where humanity is compared to a child who matures and passes through various stages. If you didn't have Dispensationalism in mind, which was the Christian concept you were thinking of which was similar to progressive revelation? Peace Gilberto "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
