---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Brent Poirier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Baha'i Studies" <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:17:32 -0000 > > >>>Let's face it, we can discuss this stuff for centuries, but it all comes >>>down to this. To anyone who reads the Bible the way we Baha'is read our >>>Writings, then Islam is false. To anyone who reads the Quran the way we >>>Baha'is read our Writings, it is clear that Baha'u'llah is false. It can be >>>no other way. Believing in the literal inerrancy of religious writings >>>guarantees >this. It is a form of Idolatry.>> > >Ron, it's clear from your last word, where you have been reading. > >Just as critical thinking is an important part of examination of revealed >religious truth, so is evaluation of what others write about religion. Where >exactly are they leading you? To where they themselves are residing in >relation to the Cause. Is that where you want to be? That's the best they >can offer you. > >This is why Baha'u'llah repeatedly urges us to seek out those who have drunk >from the cup of the Holy Spirit, and to avoid those who create doubt. The >House has warned us about those former Baha'is who have a corrosive effect on >our faith. You seem determined to cast that advice aside. > >And as to how we should approach Baha'u'llah's word, the views of the Baha'is >are not the standard. The views of Baha'u'llah concerning His own Word are, >in my view, the standard, and "Bahá'u'lláh repeatedly affirms the absolute >integrity of His Writings as the Word of God." >(The Universal House of Justice, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 226) > >Best wishes, >Brent > > > >__________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >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 > __________________________________________________ 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
