"According to Baha'u'llah, an arsonist can be either burned alive or sentenced to life in prison."
It seems that the harshness of this punishment is, at least in part, related to and intended to be a deterrent to acts such as the wholesale genocidal burning of homes & villages that we've been seeing at places around the world, such as Afghanistan, the Sudan, and in Kosovo (I'm not certain villages were burned here, but if I recall correctly at least some homes were burned, as well as the bodies of those killed in an attempt to cover up the atrocity) . Patti __________________________________________________ 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
