Re: Freedom of Religion

2004-06-18 Thread Patti Goebel
Where in the Quoran does it say "kill the infidel wherever you find him". It doesn't come up in Ocean. I think this is what you are looking for: That is because those who misbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does God set forth for men

Re: Freedom of Religion

2004-06-18 Thread Patti Goebel
"That is certainly not what they would say they were doing. What they do is take the verse "kill the infidel wherever you find him" which was revealed later, as abrogating "let there be no compulsion in religion." But let me stress, only some Muslims do this. " Susan, Here are some of my

Re: Freedom of Religion

2004-06-18 Thread Richard H. Gravelly
Good answer Susan. Concise. To the point. Covers the bases. That's a new one for me regarding Charlemagne. Didn't know he converted the Saxons. Interestinglyone of the contexts of "slay them" is: 190. And fight for the cause of God against those who fight against you: butcommit not the

re: Freedom of religion

2004-06-18 Thread Brent Poirier
I heard that Shoghi Effendi at one point removed a person from the Cause without declaring him an enemy of the Faith or a Covenant-breaker, based on the verse leave that soul to himself. That is, that there was precedent for the House of Justice removing a person from the rolls. Brent

Wed mornings

2004-06-18 Thread Ahang . Rabbani
Until we get the Baha'i Studies webpage up and running (through the kindness of Mark Foster), I plan to upload one or two books/manuscripts each Wednesday morning on Tarikh Files. These will be in pdf format and will consist mostly of Persian/Arabic sources, though occasionally will include

Re: Wed mornings

2004-06-18 Thread Mark A. Foster
Hi, Ahang, At 08:05 PM 6/18/2004, you wrote: Until we get the Baha'i Studies webpage up and running (through the kindness of Mark Foster), I plan to upload one or two books/manuscripts each Wednesday morning on Tarikh Files. All the files I have so far will be uploaded by Sunday evening.

re: Merchants of Babylon

2004-06-18 Thread Brent Poirier
This interpretation of corrupt religious leaders as merchants That's a very interesting interpretation. And to me, it does not in the slightest degrade the profession of merchant. Similarly, in the Book of Revelation the new Law is foreshadowed as a woman (12:1); and corrupt religion as a