In the Baha'i Writings we are told not to hate others. In the Faith the
only grounds for divorce is antipathy towards the other. If one should not
feel antipathy towards another, however, why should antipathy be valid
grounds for divorce? I'm getting the impression that there may be two
Dear David,
In my recent studies of the Writings, I have come to find a lot of paradoxessituations where two apparently conflicting statements are madesuch as "the most manifest of the manifest and the most hidden of the hidden", the two being opposites. I can cite numerous others too,
031.021
YUSUFALI: When they
are told to follow the (Revelation) that God has sent down, they say:
Nay, we shall follow the ways that we found our fathers (following).
What! Even if it is Satan beckoning them to the Penalty of the (Blazing)
Fire?
PICKTHAL: And if it
be said unto them:
In a message dated 9/22/04 4:18:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If one should not
feel antipathy towards another, however, why should antipathy be valid
grounds for divorce?
Dear David,
Clearly, you have never been married. ;-}
But the word here is 'aversion' as I
I congratulate warmly brother James Mock in writing about paradox.
Faith and our Writings abound in paradox
Immanence and Transcendence are paradoxes
Alpha and Omega are in a sense paradoxes!
http://www.xasa.com/wiki/en/wikipedia/g/go/god_1.html
MATTHEW 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose
I think the most common term used is irreconcilable
antipathy. That is the litmus test used in New Zealand. However aversion is
used in Bahai literature frequently as well.
Steve Cooney.
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Can anyone please tell me whether Tablets of Baha'u'llah (Revealed after
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Title: Re: Grounds for divorce
From: James Mock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:08:05 -0500
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Subject: Re: Grounds for divorce
Every Baha'i is at a differing part of the spiritual continuum. Baha'u'llah
