On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:27:02 -0800 (PST), JS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilberto: Maybe I'm misreading you but it seems like you are saying one can > judge the truth by worldly success and that seems really problematic. > Gilberto, I think Mark summed it up pretty well: > > "He [Mirza Abu'l-Fadl] did not claim that all the religions of God are > enduring (which might > itself need to be parsed). He said that any religion which claims to be from > God, and endures, is authentic."
How do you determine whether a particular religion has "endured"? For example, among the contemporary neo-pagan movement there are groups of people who claim to still worship the ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Mesoptamian and Norse Gods. Does that mean those religions have "endured"? Peace Gilberto > "pharaoh is just a leaf on a burning bush" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/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
