Gilberto, At 07:06 AM 12/22/2004, you wrote: >>Fair enough. I'm not taking an issue with the policy as practiced but how it >>is described. If Bahais, in principle, have essentially the same policy as >>Muslims. What does it mean that Bahais say "We don't prosyletize" but Muslims >>don't make the same denial?<<
It is the fallacy of naming. Many people assume that if someone else is using the same word, she or he means the same thing by it. To my knowledge, Shoghi Effendi never said that proselytizing was taught in the Qur'an. With regards, Mark A. Foster * 15 Sites: http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger" -- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ 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
