On 10/9/05, Tim Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Gilberto,
> I am no scholar, so I can't comment on the Qur'an or the sharia,
> but I hope you will not mind if I contribute a layman's view.
I wouldn't claim to be a scholar either. I think this is all just
about contributing and exchanging thoughts as we can.
> Gilberto:
> >As a Bahai you almost
> NEED to believe that Islam is useless and old because otherwise there
> wouldn't have been a NEED for the Bab or Bahaullah.<
>
> Tim:
> Do you need to believe that Christianity is useless and old because
> otherwise there wouldn't have been any need for Muhammad?
Personally, no. I wouldn't say there was a *need* for Muhammad in that
sense. But God in his mercy chose to send him. But recently, some
Bahais *have* spoken in terms of a *need* for the Bab or Bahaullah.
Tim:
> In fact, a belief that Islam is useless would make it impossible for me
> to believe in Baha'u'llah. How can a revelation from God ever
> be useless? The fact that Islam is good and true does not
> mean that God has nothing more to teach us. The revelation
> of God is an endless, fathomless ocean, and no Manifestation
> -including Baha'u'llah - has ever brought us everything God has to teach us.
> God's lessons are revealed gradually, step by step, because that
> is how humanity can grasp them.
Thanks, Peace
Gilberto
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