> 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.
I'm not sure who wrote the above, but to me it involves an awful lot of assumptions that don't ultimately stand up. We seem to get tied up in a lot of minutiae instead of simply opening up our minds and hearts to the Divine. Dave Lambert www.vintagerr.com __________________________________________________ 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
