On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:08:27 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilberto, > > At 12:10 PM 1/23/2005, you wrote: > >>My present-day conscience tells me that burning people alive is brutal. I > >>also think in the West there are many present-day consciences who would > >>have problems with the Bahai rules about women, homosexuality, > >>pre-publication review, and the separation of church-and-state.<< > > To my understanding, references to "conscience" in the Baha'i primary sources > are an affirmation of human responsibility and volition and a rejection of > religious compulsion (proselytizing). They are not essentializing conscience.
So does that mean that "conscience" isn't thought of as some sort of internalized sense of right and wrong? Peace GIlberto > > Regards, Mark A. Foster â http://markfoster.net â [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." ---- Abbie Hoffman > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > -- "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
