On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:50:11 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilberto, > At 01:48 PM 1/21/2005, you wrote: > >>And so correct me if I'm wrong, but that would suggest that Bahais are not > >>attached to Bahaullah in a bad way, but Muslims are attached to Muhammad.<< > Whether the attachment is to the Soul and Spirit of the Prophet or to His > historical personality can probably be evaluated by whether people are > *willing* to accept subsequent Prophets.
Gilberto: Or previous ones. I mean, I'm sure that there are many Bahais, especially in the West, who for whatever reason accept Bahaullah because they like his "wrapper" so to speak, but are actually only reluctantly and superficially accepting Muhammad, just because he is part of the whole Bahai package. -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
