> I think this gets to the heart of the matter. Since
> I believe things like you express above, Sen, am I a bad Bah'ai (at
> least in the eyes of influential and powerful people in the Baha'i
> community?) Are my beliefs acceptable? Or must I believe more like I
> think most Baha'is these days do (triumphalist, Baha'i superseding and
> replacing all other religions, etc.)
If you, like me, were to fall in this snare,
you would surely be totally inebriated by this wine and cup.
We are lovers, drunkards and debauchers, setting the world on fire
Do not sit with us, lest you get a bad name.
-- Hafez
But then, wherever you sit, there will always be some who look down
their mighty noses.
Be thou of the people of hell-fire,
but be not a hypocrite.
Be thou an unbeliever,
but be not a plotter.
Make thy home in taverns,
but tread not the path of the mischief-maker.
Fear thou God,
but not the priest.
Give to the executioner thy head,
but not thy heart.
Let thine abode be under the stone,
but seek not the shelter of the cleric.
-- Baha'u'llah
Never mind what the influential people say: what would the Master
say, how would he judge? I cannot say that anyone is good or bad,
"the good deeds of the righteous are the sins of the Near Ones."
(Some Answered Questions, p. 126).
Sen
Sen McGlinn
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