No, I never said God planned or preplanned our marriages. I'm saying He "knows" whom we will marry before we have married. Yes, we have free will. We will make choices. We will choose either X or Y but we will choose one of them, of our own free will. I'm saying God knows what we will choose before we have chosen it. I'm not saying He planns what we will choose. He jist knows.
Love, Iskandar On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Ahang Rabbani wrote: > > --- Iskandar Hai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you think that God too was as > > much in the dark about whom I would marry as I was? I'm saying that God > > knew who I would marry and God knew who her husband would be before > > either of us were born. > > There is a piece of pilgrim's note related to this by the late Hand of the > Cause Tarazu'llah Samandari. > > Mr. Samandari recalls that the Master said 3 things were preordained for man: > his birth, marriage and pilgrimage, since all 3 had to do with the world > above. > > Frankly, it is very possible that Abdu'l-Baha may have said something like > this, but the best we can tell, He never wrote down anything like it. > > You're suggesting a model in which God is very active in His creation, worries > about the details and has it all mapped out, down to the detail who we marry, > divorce, marry again, etc. > > I think He sends moral and ethical teachings, educates us, and then leaves us > alone to make our own decisions and map our own destiny. You and I do pretty > much the same with our kids -- we don't micro-manage their every step; we just > educate them in rights and wrongs, and then leave them alone. > > Regards, > Ahang. > > ps. If God planned our marriages, then what was He thinking when He planned > over 900 wives for Nasiri'd-Din Shah? Didn't God know that the good Shah > actually preferred little boys?! > > > > > > __________________________________ __________________________________________________ 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
