Hi, Gilberto, Sorry, I forgot to respond to your last paragraph.
I wrote: >>>>> I accept all of their claims equally. However, I am not asserting a >>>>> divine involvement with all of them. (How would I know?) I am simply >>>>> affirming the particularity of their paradigms. As I said before, whether >>>>> I regard them as seers or inspired, and to what degree, is a separate >>>>> issue.<<<< You replied: >>How is it a seperate issue? Is there ever a case when a person can claim to >>be a religious figure of a certain sort but thne you would say that they were >>ultimately false?<< Because I am speaking as a sociologist of religion, not as a Baha'i. If I were speaking as a Baha'i, I might meditate on whether a particular person was inspired. 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
