Re: Bahai jihad? Re: Men and Women equal?

[Popeyesays]

In a message dated 1/21/2005 2:33:49 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So are you saying that Christ already taught non-resistance. But then under Muhammad's dispensation the community progressed past it? Then the Bahai dispensation went backwards to what Christ taught? "> Hitherto the usual practice of mankind has been that if one nation attacked > another, the rest of the nations of the world remained neutral, and accepted > no responsibility in the matter unless their own interests were directly > affected or threatened. The whole burden of defense was left to the nation > attacked, however weak and helpless it might be. The teaching of Bahá'u'lláh > reverses this position and throws the responsibility of defense not > specially on the nation attacked, but on all the others, individually and > collectively. As the whole of mankind is one community, an attack on any one > nation is an attack on the community, and ought to be dealt with by the > community. Were this doctrine generally recognized and acted on, any nation > contemplating an aggression on another would know in advance that it would > have to reckon with the opposition not of that other nation only, but of the > whole of the rest of the world. This knowledge alone would be sufficient to > deter even the boldest and most bellicose of nations. When a sufficiently > strong league of peace-loving nations is established war will, there, become > a thing of the past. " __________________________________________________ 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