The Baha'i Studies Listserv Buddhist states aren't oppressive with religious rules. Theraveda Buddhism and Vajrayana Buddhism is the state religion in various countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and some parts of Russia.
Sent from my iPad On Apr 17, 2013, at 12:28, Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > >Would non-Bahais be bound by Baha'i laws or not? > > Dear Stephen, > > I don't think we can say for sure but if we use Islam as the precedence, > non-Muslims in a Muslim state were generally expected to abide by the laws of > their own religion. For instance, while Muslims were not allowed to drink > alcohol, Christians and Jews could both produce and imbibe it. >> >> Why should non-Bahais care about Baha'i laws? > > I guess you'll have to ask the non-Baha'is that question. ;-} In my view they > shouldn't unless they are considering becoming Baha'is or we start acting > like we are going to impose our laws on them against their will. >> >> How should public policy be decided in current societies whether Jewish, >> Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, etc? > > Baha'is are rather fond of consultation when it comes to setting policy. > > warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-698433-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
