Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-23 Thread Albert
Loïc ROYER wrote: What I understood (I read it in the "Kitab-i-Hearsay"!) is that we, bahai people, have been deeply invited to make our own searchs and discovers about God... Developping this knowledge takes a lot of time and energy, so we all first believe what we learn from others, but we s

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-23 Thread Loïc ROYER
What I understood (I read it in the "Kitab-i-Hearsay"!) is that we, bahai people, have been deeply invited to make our own searchs and discovers about God... Developping this knowledge takes a lot of time and energy, so we all first believe what we learn from others, but we shouldn't! Probably

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-16 Thread M Chase
Richard H. Gravelly wrote: Allow me to ask the question this way: Do scientists know how the Revelation is "scientific in its method?" Probably not. My guess is Revelation is rational and that there is evidence to support it. Is Shoghi Effendi telling us that there is "scientific" method

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-16 Thread smaneck
> All me to ask the question this way: Do scientists know how the > Revelationis "scientific in its method?" Dear Richard, If by that you mean do they know what Shoghi Effendi had in mind when he said that, I doubt it? Is Shoghi Effendi > telling us that there is > "scientific" method ab

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-16 Thread Richard H. Gravelly
e" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Baha'i Studies" Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 5:37 PM Subject: Re: The Baha'i Writings say... Dear Richard, The Guardian says nothing about requiring any demonstrations: The Revelation proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh, His followers

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-15 Thread Albert
"The Revelation proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh, His followers believe, is divine in origin, all-embracing in scope, broad in its outlook, scientific in its method, humanitarian in its principles and dynamic in the influence it exerts on the hearts and minds of men. The mission of the Founder of thei

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-15 Thread M Chase
Dear Richard, The Guardian says nothing about requiring any demonstrations: The Revelation proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh, His followers believe, is divine in origin, all-embracing in scope, broad in its outlook, scientific in its method, humanitarian in its principles and dynamic in the influence it

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-15 Thread Richard H. Gravelly
tudy phenomena which cannot be controlled, as in the study of the movements of heavenly bodies; and free people. Richard. - Original Message - From: Prema To: Baha'i Studies Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:34 AM Subject: Re: The Baha'i Writings say... This reminds me of a joke we say

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-15 Thread Prema
avid Friedman wrote: > > I'm interested to hear if others have often have my experience. Often > > someone will say the Baha'i Writings say something they do not. I > > then suggest that the Baha'i Writings in fact say no such thing. They > > insist the Baha

Re: The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-15 Thread M Chase
ave my experience. Often someone will say the Baha'i Writings say something they do not. I then suggest that the Baha'i Writings in fact say no such thing. They insist the Baha'i Writings does. I'm like okay, but where? They don't know where but insist and eventually I hav

The Baha'i Writings say...

2007-01-15 Thread David Friedman
I'm interested to hear if others have often have my experience. Often someone will say the Baha'i Writings say something they do not. I then suggest that the Baha'i Writings in fact say no such thing. They insist the Baha'i Writings does. I'm like okay, but where?