On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 01:21:47 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In a message dated 12/13/2004 12:14:59 AM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I forget if I've talked to you about this before. I would have thought > that the elephant is God. Scott: > I don't think we get to see "GOD" other than what the Prophets show us of > Him. Hmm... but then that's kind of why we are the blind men who don't see the elephant directly. Moreover, in both Islam and Christianity the beatific vision of God is promised. I'm not sure what you mean below. Rumi's fable of the elephant and the blind men already comes with a particular context and meaning. I'm not sure why you are changing the meaning. And especially if in the Bahai faith there is one God, one religion, one humanity, why would there be more than one elephant? Is there something wrong with there being one elephant? Peace Gilberto So the continuity of the messages is that it is always an elephant, > though the particular elephant this time may vary in color or shape of ears, > or length of tail or length of tusks, each arguably is a perfect elephant > when it is in view but the perfection lies within the elephant, and we > should appreciate the perfection rather than just any elephant that might > not possess that perfection at a particular time. > > Regards, > > Scott__________________________________________________ > > > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st > News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu -- "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
