The Baha'i Studies Listserv My contribution to the Great Debate: "The foundation of the Kingdom of God is laid upon justice, fairness, mercy, sympathy and kindness to every soul. Then strive ye with heart and soul to practice love and kindness to the world of humanity at large, except to those souls who are selfish and insincere. It is not advisable to show kindness to a person who is a tyrant, a traitor or a thief because kindness encourages him to become worse and does not awaken him. The more kindness you show to a liar the more he is apt to lie, for he thinks that you know not, while you do know, but extreme kindness keeps you from revealing your knowledge." (Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 412)
When Susan BdR left the list several weeks ago, I was thinking perhaps I should do the same. I agree that there has been "no real or serious study of the Baha'i Faith on this list" in a v e r y long time. Although I'd been a Baha'i for many years prior to subscribing, I was inspired to truly *study* the Writings, knowing I would never attain the expansive understanding of those fellow list members who contributed to that spiritually uplifting and enlightening experience. It's as though the discussions have degenerated into a debate over who is Top Dog in the demonstration of knowledge pertaining to historical *facts* contextualized as a comparative religious debate. He said / She said (nothing). I'm more concerned with the *future* of humanity and how the Baha'is, individuals as well as institutions; might influence in a positive manner, a more universal approach to the interdependent circumstance of humankind. Sandra __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-549438-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
