The Baha'i Studies Listserv Then again there is a wisdom in the sequence of books so actually im not sure. p: Maybe depends on the person and situation. Perhaps what we really need to work on is HOW WE PRESENT IT, so people will come and not think "Oh yeh religion more of that Guff, great not interested"
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Naison Jones <naistrada...@gmail.com>wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Starting on book 4 sounds like a good idea. > Now that im thinking it seems easier to invite people to learn about > Bahai history then to invite them to "Study religious writings" and in some > ways more logical. > > > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> What I am trying to conclude is taht one method cannot >> > certainly satisfy all folks equally. We, as thinking Baha'is, should >> > recognize better how to teach the Faith to others rather than inviting >> > everyone to study classes. What might be good for a certain individual >> might >> > be like a poison for another. >> >> Dear Firouz, >> >> That's why we need to be flexible with these books. Notice the House >> no longer talks about Anna's Presentation but rather Anna's >> Conversation. When we made it into a 'presentation' we were losing >> people. I don't start seekers on Book One, I start them on Book Four >> because first and foremost I want them to fall in love with >> Baha'u'lah. >> >> Personally even though I have seen some >> > success stories, I have become fed up to hear about core activities in >> > almost all Baha'i meetings, as if there is nothing else in the Faith >> besides >> > core activities. >> >> But what religion doesn't have devotional services, children's classes >> and study classes as their core activities? I'm glad we finally caught >> up with the rest of the world that way. >> >> warmest, Susan >> >> __________________________________________________ >> You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:naistrada...@gmail.com >> Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: >> leave-546704-2222932.41cdf54d4f0ecb51bfad2c42bd979...@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-st@list.jccc.net >> New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu >> > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:naistrada...@gmail.com > > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-546708-2222932.41cdf54d4f0ecb51bfad2c42bd979...@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-st@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-546709-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
