The Baha'i Studies Listserv >The Baha'i Studies Listserv >The issue of democracy is that it's policies will reflect what the >people who make them and vote for them. >
Not necessarily. In a democratic form of gov't, the people who make the laws are chosen by the people; the people do not necessarily directly decide on laws. This is, of course, no longer a popular idea. The concept of radical individualism now dominates popular western political philosophy giving rise to the idea that all opinions are equal. One more of the ideas of western civilization that is rejected by the Baha'i Writings. Don C -- - - - Understood properly, all man's problems are essentially spiritual in nature. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-541517-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
