On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:58:42 -0800, Rich Ater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
Gilberto: In any case, if the Bible has not been substantially changed in any way, > then the genocidal commandments in the Bible are actually from God, and then > you have to find some sort of way to justify or explain such behavior > through progressive revelation. But if you do apply certain minimal moral > standards to the children of Israel then their behavior was unacceptable and > couldn't have originated with God, and so those commandments in the Old > TEstament must have had some other source. Rich: There are a lot of issues in these > last paragraphs, all worth discussing, but for brevities sake I'll leave at > an agreement about corruption in the sense that you mean it. I do, however, > believe that the coruuption in this case does not prevent the believer from > gleaning the true word of God. So I guess that what I'm saying is that I > believe that the entirety of the Torah and Gospel are imbedded in the Bible, > but that everything in the Bible is not necessarily the true Torah and > Gospel. Fair enough. I'm not sure I would definitely say "entirety" but yes, I basically agree with what you describe. The core message is there and followable for the Jews and Christians. Peace Gilberto "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:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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
