Gilberto, I wrote: >>>>All the perennialisms I have observed are deductive systems. They begin >>>>with certain first principles and read them into various religious and >>>>spiritual systems. That is what I meant by triumphalist.<<<<
You replied: >>That seems really odd to me. I would tend to think of triumphalism more as an >>attitude of superiority.<< Exactly. You don't see my point? If you begin with a set of first principles, and you then deductively read them into various religious and spiritual systems, isn't that an attitude of superiority? Regards, Mark A. Foster • http://markfoster.net • [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." ---- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ 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
