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Yes I am seriously honest. I have read most of the Tanakh ("Old Testament"),
and yes there are obvious contradictions in it. That doesn't bother me.
Respect is not about what you believe about other ideologies, but how you
treat people who adhere to those ideologies. I disagree with some aspects of
Hinduism, but I would never insult the people who practice that tradition.
The same goes for everyone else. The words that you quoted me were actually
a response to someone who was portraying the majority of Muslims as if they
all hated Baha'is/non-Muslims and believed they were ritually impure, and
had nothing to do with theology so to speak.There is actually a copy of the Qur'an handwritten by Imam 'Ali, the cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, in a museum somewhere in the Middle-East, and 'Ali was killed some 12-15 years after the Prophet died. So it was not long before the Qur'an was put into writing. Baha'u'llah lived in a culture of writing, whereas Muhammad didn't. Herego, just because Baha'u'llah hand wrote his own revelations and stamped them with his approval does not necessitate that the early Muslims practice of memorization is any less accurate. Memorization was the "book keeping" of that civilization. Also, some of the Bab's and Baha'u'llah's revelations were lost, stolen, or thrown into the sea so we literally don't know all that they wrote. That is not to make a point as to who is superior/inferior or anything like that. On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 6:30 AM, hajmog <haj...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > > >> Yes, I respect most religions, even some of the nature-based quasi > Pagan ones << > > Are you seriously honest? You respect Christianity but think their book > has errors in it? Is that really respectful? What that means is that you > believe in "another Christianity" that doesn't even exist (nobody follows > the Christianity that you have in mind), one that had a book revealed to > Jesus similar to how a book was revealed to Muhammad? > > Now you should think about what Bahais mean by "respecting Christianity". > > And you should think about what Bahais means by "revelation" and it's > time-dependent qualities. Even "how" revelation place is dependent on the > capacity of mankind. > > For example, Moses and Jesus didn't directly dictate their teachings to > scribes but they were written down times afterward, and Muhammad didn't > actually write anything down himself, but people wrote them down after > memorizing them. > > But in this day, Bab and Bahaullah actually wrote their revelations > themselves or directly dictated them to secretaries and then stamped them > after review. > > The nature of "revelation" itself is time-dependent, let alone the contents > of "revelation" > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:matthewhaa...@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-510935-9533...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu > Or 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 (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511088-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or 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 (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
