On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:22:20 -0800 (PST), Tim Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Susan, > Firouz>Islamic governments and Islamic parties say that they are just > accountable to God not to people.< > Susan >Don't we say the same thing about own institutions? < > Yes, we do. But the Baha'i institutions exist, and operate > based on the explicit, written statements of Baha'u'llah > or His successors. Can Islam make the analogous claim?
But in some ways the larger issue is that if Susan hadn't made her comment and I hadn't read similar things elsewhere and I had heard your accusation towards Islam for the first time, then it would have been misleading. I'm "ok" with the idea that western liberals like the idea of a secular government and are going to have certain qualms about Islamic governments, but if you criticize Islam and give the impression that you would like to see secular governments, when in reality you are just in favor of a different kind of theocracy, that certain gives the impression of being evasive (at best). 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
