The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Regarding your question about "a lying impostor", etc. I would say that if > someone claims to have a Revelation direct from God, then I should do an > unfettered and independent investigation of the issue and try to determine > with my own judgement if s/he is true or a lying impostor.
I should add that the original Arabic stays that anyone claiming to have an Amr from God prior to the passing of a thousand years is a lying impostor. My interpretation is not that it is someone who claims to have received a vision, a visit by an angel or anything else. Rather we are talking about someone who claims to have a new Cause, i.e. a new religion from God. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511788-274...@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
