The Baha'i Studies Listserv I don't commit to nothing, yet I study everything. Since I'm not omniscient I have to study everything. Isn't that what everyone is required to do?
Everyone is required to investigate the claims of all claimants. Baha'u'llah himself referred to this as the greater Covenant. Humanity is required to study all the claims of all claimants. Jews have to study all Jewish Messiah claimants. Christians have to study all Jesus Christ return claimants. Muslims have to study all Mahdi claimants. Zoroastrians have to study all Saoshyant claimants. Hindus have to study all Avatar claimants. Buddhists have to study all Buddha claimants. Bayaniis and Baha'is have to study all Manifestation claimants. The Greater Covenant required people to study all claimants extensively rather than off handedly reject even just one claimant. Baha'is implicitly do things which break the Greater Covenant by ignoring all claimants no specifically mentioned in their scriptures which leaves just a dozen or so Manifestations. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhummad, Bab, and Baha'u'llah for Abrahamic religions. Krishna and Buddha for Dharmic religions. Zoroaster, Bab, and Baha'u'llah for Iranian religions. Bab and Baha'u'llah for New Religious Movements. The Baha'i Faith by these lists are the most recent among Abrahamic, Iranian, and New Religious Movements. Buddhism is still the most recent Dharmic religion. Progressive revelation is illustrated by the above four religious lineages of revelation. Baha'is present their religion with: God wants everyone to study all claimants. Baha'u'llah is a claimant. Therefore, God wants everyone to study the Baha'i Faith. Hidden is that once they study the Baha'i Faith and accept it is that all studying is over. This doesn't really follow from first premise really. Why should non-Baha'is study the Baha'i Faith any more that Raëlism, Scientology, I- Kuan Tao, Adi Dam, Neo-Gnositicism, Ahmadiyya, Mormonism, Swedenborgianism, Sahaja Yoga, Kafaku no Kagaku, Happy Science, Meher Baba, Lingayatism, Hare Krishnas, Islam (due to Muhammad being the seal of prophets), etc. Just look up Wikipiedia. List of Messiah claimants List of Avatar claimants Kalki List of Buddha claimants Maitreya Look up past revisions as well the current pages for potential deleted claimants. 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-698468-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
