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?J: One way I would respond is to say that morality and sense of human value change from time to time: These changes emanate from God. Before 1863 (or whenever Bahaullah outlawed it - can someone help? - ), it was a-okay to kill to defend one's religion or ward off persecution. After the pronouncement, with the Command of His Pen, the rules were changed. This change may also occur within a particular Dispensation. Since I know Baha'u'llah's writings better than I know the Qur'an, I can point to an example - In the Surih of Hajj 1, Baha'u'llah commands the shaving of one's head. In the Surih of Hajj 2 and the Aqdas, Baha'u'llah reverses the command and forbids the shaving of one's head in any circumstance.
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