Re: Too stupid to be saved?

2007-03-17 Thread David Friedman
Dear Susan, Baha'u'llah doesn't use the word 'saved' that passage you cited. Okay, but doesn't it seem obvious that we can infer that meaning? I don't think it is our place to make judgements as to why others believe or don't believe. We should concern ourselves with our own spiritual

Re: Too stupid to be saved?

2007-03-17 Thread smaneck
Baha'u'llah doesn't use the word 'saved' that passage you cited. Okay, but doesn't it seem obvious that we can infer that meaning? Dear David, It is a misleading appropriation of Christian vocabulary. Baha'is are not obsessed with individual salvation the way Christians are and we shouldn't

Re: Too stupid to be saved?

2007-03-17 Thread Scott Saylors
If we are told there is no physical hell, from what shall we be 'saved'? Speaking in particular of Abdu'l Baha, but by extension to all of us, Baha`u'llah says: Here, in a Tablet to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, He says also: O God! This is a Branch which has sprung forth from the Tree of Oneness, the

Too stupid to be saved?

2007-03-16 Thread David Friedman
they still be see the truth? Couldn't a person who took a while to think of answers to their problems simply not be all that intelligent or have not thought of something initially? Can a person be too stupid to be saved? Regards, David The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments

Re: Too stupid to be saved?

2007-03-16 Thread smaneck
The Baha'i Writings say one must believe in and follow the laws of the Manifestation to be saved: Dear David, Baha'u'llah doesn't use the word 'saved' that passage you cited. I don't think it is our place to make judgements as to why others believe or don't believe. We should concern

Re: Too stupid to be saved?

2007-03-16 Thread SKYGRAM
David, It seems to me that by using that same reasoning, some of us will be saved as a result of pure dumb luck! I would have thought that God might be pickier than that. Bill The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by the Johnson County

Re: Too stupid to be saved?

2007-03-16 Thread Hasan Elias
the only 100% bahá'í was 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Nobody is perfect. [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: The Baha'i Writings say one must believe in and follow the laws of the Manifestation to be saved: Dear David, Baha'u'llah doesn't use the word 'saved' that passage you cited. I don't think it is our