I agree with the feeling that education for all should mean
free education.
Dear Loic,
The thing is that the Aqdas doesn't talk about free education for all,
it talks about free education for those who can't afford it. But
ordinarily, according to the Aqdas the father is responsible for
This means that
free and obligatory education would cause people freedom to choose
their academic plan,
Dear Hasan,
I don't get the impression from the Writings that education will
necessarily be free. In fact the Aqdas requires a father educate his
children and only if he cannot afford
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:This means that
free and obligatory education would cause people freedom to choose
their academic plan,
Dear Hasan,
I don't get the impression from the Writings that education will
necessarily be free. In fact the Aqdas requires a father educate his
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: This means that
free and obligatory education would cause people freedom to choose
their academic plan,
Dear Hasan,
I don't get the impression from the Writings that education will
necessarily be free. In fact the Aqdas requires a father educate his
Well, how obligatory education is obligatory if it is not free?
Dear Hasan,
It is obligatory because the Aqdas requires a father to educate his
son. If the father fails to do so the House of Justice has the right
to take the money from the father. If he cannot afford it, then the
House of
Hello Susan,
essentialist racial appropriations endure, even though as Native writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie says, "The endgame of essentialism was flying airplanes into buildings."
Could you please explain what essentialism means?
Thanks,
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Patti,
You are quite right here to note that the statement need not be taken genetically.
Let me cite the original quotation, your comment, and then I'll add a couple final
thoughts on this topic.
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From: Patti Goebel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
. . . they have
Dear Hasan,
Somehow, I missed some of Susan M. comments. No doubt she has
insights into the historical aspects that are beyond my
expertise, ... what an understatement !
As we study the Writings all of us are striving to glean
whatever spiritual implications we might apply to our own
spiritual
It should not be imagined that the people of Persia are inherently
deficient in intelligence, or that for essential perceptiveness and
understanding, inborn sagacity, intuition and wisdom, or innate capacity,
they are inferior to others. God forbid! On the contrary, they have
always excelled all
Hi, folks,
'Abdu'l-Baha frequently used the literary device of mubalaghah (hyperbole). I know one
person, an African American, who left the Baha'i Faith due to a lack of knowledge of
this convention:
... man, if he is left without education, becomes bestial, and, moreover, if left
under the
to a supreme degree. What she urgently requires, however, is deep reflection, resolute action, training, inspiration and encouragement. Her people must make a massive effort, and their pride must be aroused.
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We can say that it has nothing to do with superiority of race of course, or it has to do
In a message dated 8/17/2004 5:42:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On the contrary, they have always excelled all other peoples in endowments conferred by birth.
Dear Hasan,
I'd call it hyperbole.
warmest, Susan
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"On the contrary, they have always excelled all other peoples in endowments conferred by birth".
Dear Hasan,
I'd call it hyperbole.
warmest, Susan
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Dear Susan,
Why is it a "hyperbole"? you mean my words?
thanks, HasanSi un bahá'í se abstiene de participar completa,
Why is it a "hyperbole"? you mean my words?
Dear Hasan,
No, no. Abdu'l-Baha's words here are hyperbole. It is a
common literary device used a in Persian literature where one tends to
extravagantly overstate one's point. I don't think Abdu'l-Baha believed the
Persians were
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