The Baha'i Studies Listserv Gary, Stephen has not really even had any interaction with a real Baha'i community in person. He declared online but rather than become involved in Baha'i community life he instead started interacting with a lot of disaffected ex-Baha'is. That has sort of twisted his view of the Faith.
warmest, Susan On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Gary Selchert <ebedeyn...@aol.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Stephen: Logical people will side with logic; religious people will side > with the religion of their choice. Emotional people often fly their passions > in the guise of religion or logic or both. Sometimes religions and logic and > emotion work together to express truth passionately. Baha'is try to be > logical, but always in the service of what we worship. Individual > sensitivities do indeed get trampled smetimes in our pursuit of what we > believe to be the Divine Plan, inadvertantly by some or even uncaringly by a > few. We must have hurt you terribly to arouse such passions as drive your > religious logic. > > GS > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Kent Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> > To: Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> > Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 12:52 pm > Subject: Re: Against nature... > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > If logic and religion conflict, people should side with logic and > rationality. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_religion > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 18, 2013, at 14:41, Gary Selchert <ebedeyn...@aol.com> wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Hmmm...Logic is also not on our list of world religions. Have you ever been > diagnosed with OCD? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_disorder > It's a treatable disorder. > > GS > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Kent Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> > To: Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> > Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 12:19 pm > Subject: Re: Against nature... > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Like just assuming since Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, > Bahai Faith, Zoroastrianism, and Bayaniism are the only world religions > mentioned in the Baha'i Writings, they're the only world religions that > exist. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 18, 2013, at 14:08, Stephen Kent Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > I generously bless people. It's what I do. Also, I'm trained in logic and > can notify people when they're using fallacies. Also, I'm an ex non dis > enrolled Baha'i who left because of the logical inconsistencies. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 18, 2013, at 14:00, Gary Selchert <ebedeyn...@aol.com> wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > ...And yet you so often bless us with your comments. Why are we so blessed? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Kent Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> > To: Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> > Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 11:12 am > Subject: Re: Against nature... > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Actually I only believe in Unitarian Universalism, Mahayana Nichiren > Buddhism, Religious Humanism, as my survey results if asked by a survey. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 18, 2013, at 13:04, Mike Moum <mike.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > You seem to study everything and commit to nothing. This can be a path to > insanity. I hope that is not your fate. > > On 04/18/2013 11:37 AM, Stephen Kent Gray wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > I really should study the implications of this. New religious movements, > religions founded in the eighteenth century or later, and their relationship > to post conventional morality. > > Baha'i Faith, Cao Dai, Cheondogyo, Tenrikyo, Wicca, Sekai Kyuseikyo, Seicho- > No-Ie, Rastafari Movement or Rastafarianism, Unitarian Universalism, > Scientology, Eckankar, Raëlian Movement or Raëlism, Neo-Druidry or > Neo-Druidism, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, Thelema, various Japanese > Shinshukyo, Discordianism, various UFO religions, Relgious Humanism, > Religious Existentialism, Ayyavazhi, Mormonism, New Thought, New Age > Movement, Contemporary Modern Neo Paganism, New Group of World Severs, > Arcane School, I AM Activity, The Bridge to Freedom, Church Universal and > Triumphant, The Summit Lighthouse, Share International, Agni Yoga, Liberal > Catholic Church, The Temple of the Presence, The Hearts Center, I AM > University, White Eagle Lodge, Adi Dam, Sahaja Yoga, Neo-Gnosticism, Unarius > Academy of Science, Konkokyo, Oomotokyo, Kafuku no Kagaku, various Nichiren > Buddhism lay movements, and many other New Religious Movements are good > examples to use. > > > < remainder deleted > > > -- > ------------ > Mike and Dede Moum > Des Moines, Iowa > Visit the Baha'i World at www.bahai.org > Visit the US Baha'i website at www.us.bahai.org __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-697961-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
