Re: Infallibility of the Guardian Divine Guidance

2004-04-06 Thread William Michael
It is written: it is not for individual believers to limit the sphere of the Guardian's authority, or to judge when they have to obey the Guardian and when they are free to reject his judgment. It is also written: The infallibility of the Guardian is confined to matters which are related

Re: Baha'is and Capitalism

2004-03-28 Thread William Michael
Dear Tim, I find your definition of capitalism way too under-specified to allow me any evaluative judgement of capitalism. You wrote: By this [the word 'capitalism'], I mean simply an economic/political system in which People who run businesses own the means of production, and employ workers

Re: Holy Quran 52:4

2004-03-22 Thread William Michael
Dear Don, Forgive me for intruding on this very learned conversation between you and Susan, but I was struck by your response and the distinction between interpretation and word play. You wrote, in order to reject one of Susan's arguments by finding a different status for the original words: