On 10/24/05, Michael Alcorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I believe the following is pertinent to this thread:
> "If, in the Day when all the peoples of the earth will be gathered together,
> any man should, whilst standing in the presence of God, be asked: "Wherefore
> hast thou disbelieved in My Beauty and turned away from My Self," and if
> such a man should reply and say: "Inasmuch as all men have erred, and none
> hath been found willing to turn his face to the Truth, I, too, following
> their example, have grievously failed to recognize the Beauty of the
> Eternal," such a plea will, assuredly, be rejected. For the faith of no man
> can be conditioned by any one except himself."
> (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 143)
I think that makes sense. But I would probably read it in a different
way. In the Bible there is also a (in my opinion) similar passage
about individual accountability.
Romans 1
[19] For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has
shown it to them.
[20] Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature,
namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the
things that have been made. So they are without excuse;
But what I would say is that we have little/no excuse when it comes to
the eternal qualities. But when it comes to the details which change
from "day" to "day" those actually *do* depend on all sorts of
extraneous factors. And it is hard to imagine people being held
accountable for those.
Peace
Gilberto
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