On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:03:09 -0800 (PST), John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G: The Bahai writings say that Muhammad only fought defensively to stop > persecution. This would have saved lives. > J: So are you justifying War in some instances related to stopping religious > persecution? Doesn't this contradict what you said in the other email that > all wars were committed by bad Muslims?
I think I've been refering to more than once who Muhammad and Hussein participated in fighting. I didn't say or mean to imply that all fighting was wrong. What I think you had mentioned was about Muslims *starting* wars. I think in the above examples, the pre-existing situation of persecution and violence *started* the wars. The Muslims were just trying to address the situation. Baha'u'llah distanced war from > religion to the extend that it is not even allowed as a means to stop > persecution and save lives. Better to die than to smear Baha'i with another > man's blood. This to me is a mark of true sovereignty and true power. > But I would think that the value of a human life doesn't go up or down like hemlines either. I would think that in general if a certain act of killing was wrong after 1844 it would have been wrong before too, no? 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
