Gilberto: You had mentioned the Egyptian obsession with immortality. I'm
driving at the idea that many human beings have this desire in different
ages.
Well, yeah. But that's merely stating the obvious. I don't see your point.
Gilberto: I'm pretty sure that street churches where long-haired
Gilberto: I'm not sure if you got it. You mentioned these hippie churches
during the 60's as if they were a new thing. My point (which I certainly
am not the first person to point out) is in certain respects these new
hippies were superficially and in a deeper sense kind of like Jesus'
Susan wrote:
This is what the Universal House of Justice wrote me on the subject of
conscience:
...not only the right but also the responsibility of
each believer to explore truth for himself or herself are fundamental to
the Baha'i teachings...A Baha'i recognizes that one aspect of his
In a message dated 12/31/2004 2:12:25
A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wonder why no one
has mentioned this tragedy on this list and if there are Baha'i
Communities there?
I went to
Feast last night, and we read letters from the NSAs of Thailand and
Could anyone else tell me, what stands out in
your mind about why you
converted. What was the thing that grabbed
you adn convinced you.
I was raised
in a mainstream Protestant church, and never found it satisfying. I spent many
years exploring various religions. I was a Quaker for
Mark wrote:
When you were in it, did they still have similar quasi-Gnostic teachings
(re: Satan, etc.) to when they were the Process Church of the Final
Judgement?
As I recall, their teachings were pretty traditional. We didn't talk about
Satan much. The focus was on service.
Dave Lambert
Gilberto wrote:
could you help me find a different way to read these passages?
In the context of the larger picture, i.e., the Bible in its entirety
including the New Testament; the picture that historical studies give us of
the bronze-age world of the patriarchs; and the comparative realities
Gilberto wrote:
Because the ideals should be compared to ideals. Not the ideals of one
religion to the realities of the other.
My friend, I agree with you up to a point. But when a religion fails to
live up to its ideals, or when the reality of its practice is plainly
different from the values
Gilberto wrote:
...it gives the impression that somehow they are more peaceful,
or closer to pacifism, etc. than other religions in principle. when
there are significant exceptions which make that untrue.
The exceptions are so closely defined that I can't agree that this is
untrue. We are,
Gilberto wrote:
Ok then. So in your opinion what were the original God-given rules
governing warfare which were followed by Muhammad and Hussein?
[D.A.L.] I cannot claim to have a sufficiently deep understanding of Islam
to give you a good answer to this. I've based my understanding on the
Gilberto wrote:
...Bahais
making a point of saying holy war has been blotted out the book
especially combined with the idea of progressive revelation, would
give the impression that they are somehow specifically claiming to be
less violent than islam. Is that a fair statement?
I've reached
Susan Maneck wrote:
The first millennial movement was started
during the Crusades by Joachim de Fiora who probably laid the groundwork
for dispensationalism. He held that Age of the Holy Spirit would begin in the
year 1260 A.D. Of course 1260 in the Muslim calendar is 1844 in the
Khazeh wrote:
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:16:19 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thief In The Night contains the opinions and
understanding of the author, which reflects the Bahá'í position of the
time,
as far as I know. It still makes for fascinating reading, and remains a
great tool to spark
Gilberto wrote:
But there is also a question of what are the consequences, both
positive and negative
[D.A.L.] ...which is exactly my point. So, where does that leave us on the
question of the review process?
Dave Lambert
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You are
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bahai's insistence on being
non-partisan in political matters seems odd to me. I'm not sure how to
put it but it smells like complacency to me.
[D.A.L.] Stepping back totally from political matters has been one of my
greatest challenges as a Baha'i. The way I take
Susan wrote:
Unfortunately there is some truth to that cartoon. Maybe not in Canada, but
there are places in Australasia where the believers have been discouraged
from having deepening classes outside the institute process, less they
detract from it.
So, what happened to the independent search
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