: Re: Bahai view on evolution

2007-01-23 Thread Tim Nolan
I am wondering if you can guide us to a source/s in the writings that support this (that humans have always been human because they have a human soul, but that this soul or spirit was latent, not manifest in extreme antiquity.) I don't know of any quotes that directly support this;

Re: The Greater Covenant

2007-01-23 Thread Loïc ROYER
Dear Dean, I do agree with you. Despite the enormous evolution of tolerance and open-mind during the last century, the evolution of mankind is clearly not finished! What always have put me in trouble, is why the Alliance (in french), being celebrated in jewish, christians, islamics... writings

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-23 Thread Loïc ROYER
What I understood (I read it in the Kitab-i-Hearsay!) is that we, bahai people, have been deeply invited to make our own searchs and discovers about God... Developping this knowledge takes a lot of time and energy, so we all first believe what we learn from others, but we shouldn't! Probably

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-23 Thread Albert
Loïc ROYER wrote: What I understood (I read it in the Kitab-i-Hearsay!) is that we, bahai people, have been deeply invited to make our own searchs and discovers about God... Developping this knowledge takes a lot of time and energy, so we all first believe what we learn from others, but we

House of Justice on James Mock's passing

2007-01-23 Thread smaneck
Dear friends, James Mock's daughter was kind enough to share with me the House of Justice letter of condolence. I also have a letter from the NSA which I'll be posting presently. warmest, Susan TO: The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States DATE: 7 January 2007