Over and over again, there have been several Bahais who have pointed to the sunni-shia split as a decisive problem which can't be resolved in any way. Maybe not all, but certainly many.
Peace Gilberto On 10/11/05, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilberto, > > At 01:28 PM 10/11/2005, you wrote: > >.I've said this before, but especially given the ways in which Bahais try to > >reconcile the theological differences between Christians, Muslims and > >Buddhists and treat them as if they were no big deal, it is INCREDIBLY > >bizzare that Bahais would see the differences between sunnis and shias as > >insurmountable.<< > > I think you are over-generalizing about Baha'is. I have almost never known > any Baha'is who have regarded the differences between Sunni and Shi'ih as > insurmountable. > > As far as I am concerned, I always assume difference - whether between > individuals, cultures, subcultures, formal organizations, religious > categories (Judaism, the Baha'i Faith, Islam, Buddhism, etc.) or religious > subcategories. I also do not assume that similar terminology is equivalent to > similar meanings or that different terminology corresponds with different > meanings. > > Via moderna, Mark A. Foster . http://markfoster.net > ... [a] word is ... a universal. - William of Ockham > 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > -- "There are no poets" __________________________________________________ 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
