Re: Arson

[louise mchenry]

Hi Susan,

 

do you mean to say that Baha'u'llah revealed laws which are meant to last about 1000 years because of certain conditions which were surely temporary conditions in the countries He resided in?

 

I mean it is possible.... God doeth what He willeth. yet that does not really make sense to me. And fuels the side of me which thinks that organised religion is a stupid idea anyway. ;o)

 

much love,

 

janine van rooij

dublin, ireland.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

In a message dated 1/15/2005 12:54:24 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

It seems that the harshness of this punishment is, at least in part, related
to and intended to be a deterrent to acts such as the wholesale genocidal
burning of homes & villages

Dear Patti,

 

That's possible, but in cities like Constantinople at the time of Baha'u'llah a simple act of arson could have catastrophic consequences. As I recall much of the city burnt one year.

 

warmest, Susan

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