The Baha'i Studies Listserv Sen, so actually none of the Baha'i laws may ever be enforced?
Sent from my iPad On Apr 17, 2013, at 2:19, Sen McGlinn <senmcgl...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > "not enforcing" can be the best thing: > > In the Taurat there are ten commandments concerning the murderer. Is it > possible to carry these out? Can these ten ordinances, concerning the > treatment of murderers, be enforced? > Modern times are such that even the question of capital punishment - - > the one form which some nations have decided to enforce in relation to a > murderer - - is a mooted question. Wise men are consulting as to its > feasibility or otherwise. > So everything that is valid is only valid for the time being. The > exigency of that time demanded that if a man committed theft to the extent of > a dollar they would chop off his hand, but now you cannot cut off a man's > hand for a thousand dollars. You cannot do it; it is impossible. This is > true, for it was useful for that time, but things are useful in accordance > with the exigencies of the time. Time changes, and when time changes the > laws have to change. But remember, these are not of importance; they are the > accidentals of religion. > > (Talk at the Temple Emanuel, in Star of the West Vol. 3, No. 13, p. 3, > corresponds to The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 365. There are notes > in Mahmud’s diary from p 299 of vol 1, which closely reflect the Star of the > West version) > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-698438-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
