In terms of these three soteriologies, I put together this page of links about
a year ago:
http://links.religionsnet.com/soteriologies.html
Here is a page where I offer my own thoughts on the subject:
http://salvation.bahaifaith.info/
This is a posting I made on this subject some time ago:
Mistake:
I wrote:
A Baha'i can, IMO, be heteropraxic but not heterodox.
That should have been:
A Baha'i can, IMO, be heterodox but not heteropraxic.
Via moderna, Mark A. Foster Portal: http://markfoster.net
... since [a] word is said to be common, it can be called a
universal - William of
I do not consider `Abdu'l-Baha's seasonal analogy to be evidence He believed
that the force of a Revelation could be exhausted. When a person goes from
third to fourth grade, the energy of third grade is not depleted. However,
just as the child would normally move on (while still benefiting
Richard,
At 03:52 PM 5/6/2005, you wrote:
Excellent explanation with perfectly matching supportive quotation in this
section.
I had forgotten that I revised (slightly) this message and placed it on the web:
http://bahaistudies.net/soteriology.html
Via moderna, Mark A. Foster Portal:
On 5/6/05, Mark A. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just as there are various Christianities, Islams, Judaisms, Hinduisms, etc.,
there are, and should be, a multitude of Baha'i faiths (polydoxy). What
unites us as Baha'is, and gives us our shared identity, is not our orthodoxy,
our
Hi, Gilberto,
At 05:25 PM 5/6/2005, you wrote:
Is that really how the Bahai faith fits into the above framework? It seems
more like a particular understanding of Bahai orthodoxy? The analogy which
comes to mind is that what you said sounds like a Christian saying Of
course, there are many
Ok. fair enough.
-Gilberto
On 5/6/05, Mark A. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, Gilberto,
At 05:25 PM 5/6/2005, you wrote:
Is that really how the Bahai faith fits into the above framework? It
seems more like a particular understanding of Bahai orthodoxy? The analogy
which comes to
Gilberto: Just in general, it seems very hard to get around
the issue. Anytime you take a religious group and you want to
define it, by definition that means setting limits as to who
is in, and who is out. And unless you simply accept everyone
who self-identifies, it seems like you would
Hi Sandra. You ask where I see the Institution of the Hands referred to, or
perhaps foreshadowed, in this passage from Baha'u'llah.
There are two things. The first is to look at the entire section in context:
O Living Temple! Stretch forth Thy hand over all who are in heaven and on
earth, and
