Firestorm, At 02:12 AM 9/8/2005, you wrote: >>my above mentioned freind with the issues cannnot figure out why "normed" >>Baha'is do not think of him as being one, and argues for a definition that >>says all "liberal" people should vote as to what the Baha'i Faith is and then >>have It become that.<<
Of course, it is unlikely that members of the Baha'i International Community will, by and large, consider this person to be a Baha'i. For myself, as I said before, I would simply state that the person is not a member of the Baha'i International Community (as defined by the House of Justice), that, as a sociologist, I accept her or his self-definition on face value, and that, as an individual believer, I leave the question in the hands of God. >>recenty an individal dis-enrolled himself over issues that can be summed in 1 >>word: mckinney/marshall/cole, and made quite an effort to involve otehrs in >>his decision. my point of view was specifically that the matter was between >>him and Baha'u'llah..period.. and that the "issue" was the insistence that it >>involved anyone else.<< I know several people who have left the Baha'i International Community over that issue. Via moderna, Mark A. Foster . http://markfoster.net ... since [a] word is said to be common, it can be called a universal. - Wm. of Ockham, Summa Logicae, part I Structurization Tech: http://tech.structurization.com The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ 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
