Re: Reflections re:hyperbole

2004-08-22 Thread Sandra Chamberlain
we must accept that they are realities that cannot be defined in a rigourous manner, as one would attempt to define the terms of mathematics or even of philosophy. This is a realm of knowledge in which poetry, analogy, hyperbole and paradox are to be expected; a realm in which the Manifestations

Re: Reflections re:hyperbole

2004-08-20 Thread Smaneck
In a message dated 8/20/2004 9:00:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can you give me a source for the Universal House of Justice comment on "hyperbole" ? "we must accept that they are realities that cannot be defined in a rigourous manner, as one would attempt to define the

Re: Reflections re:hyperbole

2004-08-20 Thread Mark A. Foster
There is a good discussion of hyperbole, including the excerpt from the letter Susan posted, in this article by Seena Fazel: http://bahai-library.com/articles/exclusivist.html Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net Sacred cows make the best hamburger -- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman