On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:16:48 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 12/28/2004 8:03:13 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I don't believe that the Nicean creed is necessarily authentic > Christianity. The real Christians were probably all eaten by lions or > never left the catecombs. There are some Jewish Christian (like > Ebionites) groups with docetic tendancies which from a Muslim > perspective seem a likelier candidate for representing the true > followers of Jesus. > Dear Gilberto, > > I think the above is a good example of perennialist triumphalism. The > perenialist decides what the original religion was or wasn't, despite what > that religion may say about itself. >
That's EXACTLY, and I mean EXACTLY, what the Bahais do to Muslims. Despite what Muslims may say, Bahais tell Muslims what "Seal of the Prophets" means, what the Apocalypse means, who the Mahdi is, how the second coming of Christ is supposed to happen. etc. -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
