On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:46:59 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilberto, > At 08:30 PM 1/17/2005, you wrote: > >>Yes, I understand that. But that would only be an issue if the Bahai lamp > >>is the only one with light. If light shone through muiltiple lamps, you can > >>pick any lamp you want, even if for silly reasons like it was the lamp you > >>grew up with, or it was the lamp your in-laws wanted you to use, because > >>they all have light.<<
Mark: > That viewpoint would certainly agree with most approaches to the perennial > philosophy I have read. However, it would not, to my understanding, agree > with the Baha'i principle of progressive Revelation and the Covenant (the > Will of God). Gilberto: Yes, I agree with you. What I would say is that in effect the Bahai faith (or at least many Bahais in my experience) are still just looking at the lamp (container), not the light (the essential spiritual truth). Gilberto: > >>That reminds me of the parable of the grapes. They are all talking about > >>the same thing, but with different names. The moral is that the names don't > >>matter.<< Mark: > Again, that is one reason why I find such approaches to the philosophia > perennis to be so problematic. The names *do* matter if they are pointing to > God's Will. > Gilberto: In what way do they matter? Pecae 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
