Dear Firestorm,
You asked me to
"show me the cite."
Firestorm, I can "prove" many contradictory things by citing a few
words or a few paragraphs from our Writings; just as Christian
believers in Biblical literalism can prove many contradictory things
by citing a few words or a few paragraphs from the Bible.
I refuse to play that game, and I feel that using our beloved Baha'i
Writings in that manner is beneath the dignity that those Writings
deserve.
Instead, I cite the entire Iqan as the source of my beliefs about
infallibility as it relates to science and reason. I certainly cannot
state the case any better nor any shorter than did Baha'u'llah.
If anyone can read the whole Iqan, and still come away believing in
the literal infallibility (as opposed to symbolic infallibility) of
scripture, in passages where that scripture contradicts human reason
and science, then there is not one word I can say to change their
mind.
Susan, with all due respect, you can call my views by funny names all
you want, but if you can read the Iqan and not coem to understand the
truly disastrous results of insisting on the literal truth of
scripture when such a reading of scripture conflicts with science and
human reason, then I can not say anything to change your mind.
Dr. Maneck wrote:
My point is that if you approach the topic as belligerently as your
last post, that is bound to be the case.""
Huh? What do you find "belligerent" about my post? I sincerely was not
being belligerent in any way. I pointed out an area of disagreement
about "infallibility" that I personally fear will cause (indeed
already is causing) great harm to our community. And frankly, to me it
is just not humouous, but rather tragic.
Ron
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