[meta-Reality] Dialectical metaRealism

2015-07-18 Thread Mark A. Foster
materialism was unintended. http://markfoster.org/marxisms.html __,_._,___ -- Namaste, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS Portal to 31 domains: http://markfoster.nethttp://markfoster.net/ Glossary Project: http://markfoster.websitehttp

Critical Realism

2015-07-18 Thread Mark A. Foster
copresence, the cosmic envelope, the ground state, or nonduality. http://markfoster.org/marxisms.html __,_._,___ -- Namaste, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS Portal to 31 domains: http://markfoster.nethttp://markfoster.net/ Glossary

Re: How are you?

2015-06-12 Thread Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
. -- Namaste, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS Portal to 28 domains: http://markfoster.net Current Project: http://glossary.bahaifaith.info Internet Radio: http://markalanfoster.com The information

Re: How are you?

2015-06-11 Thread Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv What is this link? On 6/10/2015 9:33 AM, rohani...@aol.commailto:rohani...@aol.com wrote: The Baha'i Studies Listserv rohaniarthttp://americanfood.com.br/type.php?8103 -- Namaste, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology Johnson County Community College

What Martyrdom Is and Is Not

2015-01-15 Thread Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv My latest Internet radio program. It is brief: http://youtu.be/BMY-tWXlaig -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology Portal to 29 domains: http://markfoster.net __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies

The Valley of True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness

2015-01-12 Thread Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Here is my latest Internet radio program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW9sx-y202gfeature=youtu.be -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology Portal to 29 domains: http://markfoster.net __ You are subscribed

Re: Steven Greer

2013-08-11 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Sorry for my delay in responding. I have completed 8 (I think) books over the summer (12 over the last year), and I have had almost no time to breathe. :) Greer is an interesting fellow. Without specifically addressing him, IMO, anyone involved in the so-called UFO

Re: Steven Greer

2013-08-11 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Sorry for my delay in responding. I have completed 8 (I think) books over the summer (12 over the last year), and I have had almost no time to breathe. :) Greer is an interesting fellow. Without specifically addressing him, IMO, anyone involved in the so-called

Re: Steven Greer

2013-08-11 Thread Mark A. Foster
. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.nethttp://www.markfoster.net * Critical realism: www.structurization.comhttp://www.structurization.com Two books: www.bahaifaith.infohttp://www.bahaifaith.info * Clinical: www.fosterservices.comhttp

Re: Steven Greer

2013-08-11 Thread Mark A. Foster
from the official view and practice, perhaps denying he is indeed a bahá'í (a rare kind of taqiyyah)? He is political, and, even worse, he is a libertarian. ;) --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.net * Critical realism

Re: Steven Greer

2013-08-11 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 6/21/2013 2:10 PM, Jeanine H. wrote: My own brief research on Greer indicates he is an osteopath professionally and has no experience or training in the fields he makes claims about, whether it is mind-control by aliens or secret military operations or vast

Re: Perennial Universalism

2012-05-21 Thread Mark A. Foster
a physical copy of THOTH? I thought the book was only online on the website. The book may be online now. I purchased the book from Muhammad Hussein (Maitreya) in the pre-Internet days. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.net

Re: Dualism and Non-dualism

2012-05-16 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 4/24/2012 1:59 PM, Stephen Gray wrote: Special note to Mark Foster, your website has a page that disccuesses four of the six types of Vedanta. You can find info on Shuddha Advaita (Pure Non Dualism) and Dvaita (Dualism) to update your info. Hi, Stephen: Yep

Re: Cloning, other soul in the same body

2012-05-15 Thread Mark A. Foster
being. Clones are just artificially produced twins. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.net * Critical realism: www.structurization.com Two books: www.bahaifaith.info * Clinical: www.fosterservices.com

Re: Perennial Universalism

2012-05-15 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 4/24/2012 2:35 PM, Stephen Gray wrote: So Mark Foster, how fammiliar are you with all of the above? Stephen: Sorry. I am getting caught up on mail (post-semester). I once chatted with Muhammad Hussein (Maitreya) over the phone. His THOTH (The Holiest

Unified Field

2012-04-24 Thread Mark A. Foster
altogether more radical be required? Learning Space: Richard Feynman http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/feynman.pdf. The Open University. Retrieved on April 24, 2012. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.net * Critical realism

Re: Jinn

2012-04-18 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 4/17/2012 1:14 PM, Stephen Gray wrote: I just realized something, they may be generalizing all jinn based on one bad apple ie Iblis (Satan). To my understanding, al-g(inn (the jinn) is a metaphor for the human will. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology

Re: Buddhist Views on Maitreya

2012-04-18 Thread Mark A. Foster
of the Lotus Sūtra http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/lotus_sutra.pdf.” http://heartfulness.bahaifaith.info/ --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.net * Critical realism: www.structurization.com Two books: www.bahaifaith.info * Clinical

intellectual left

2012-04-05 Thread Mark A. Foster
has failed to accept the Promised One of all ages. Without His Prophetic guidance, the path to liberation is, it seems to me, continuing global disintegration. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.net * Critical realism

Jews reclaim Jesus as one of their own

2012-04-05 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Interesting article (CNN):Jews reclaim Jesus as one of their own http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/05/jews-reclaim-jesus-as-one-of-their-own/?hpt=hp_c2 --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.net

web references to cosmic envelope (apparently unrelated to Roy Bhaskar)

2012-04-01 Thread Mark A. Foster
the Giant Planets Quickly http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc1984/pdf/1416.pdf (PDF file) --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.net * Critical realism: www.structurization.com Two books: www.bahaifaith.info * Clinical

Re: Baha'i dreams

2012-02-21 Thread Mark A. Foster
. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.net * Critical realism: www.structurization.com Two books: www.bahaifaith.info * Clinical: www.fosterservices.com __ You are subscribed to Baha'i

non-dualism and monism

2012-02-03 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv *The Unity Model http://unities.bahaifaith.info/ on confusing non-dualism with monism:* *Non-dualism and monism, by the way, should not be mistaken for one another. Unfortunately, some sources, such as the commonly (mis)used Wikipedia®, confuse these terms:* Monism

Jung, Sorokin, and Bohm

2012-02-02 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Mostly new from the Unity Model http://unities.bahaifaith.info/ book: Previous turns of Critical Realism were, to Bhaskar, representational realist philosophies of relativity and duality. Meta-Reality, however, is not a conceptual framework. It is a model, a manual,

emancipation

2012-01-29 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Here is a newly revised section of the bookhttp://unities.bahaifaith.info/ on emancipation and the cosmic envelope. Comments are welcome. I am relating these ideas to the emancipatory aspects of the Unity Model. --- ... Critical Realism is, to Bhaskar, a

Monism versus Non-dualism

2012-01-22 Thread Mark A. Foster
://hinessight.blogs.com/files/wilber-and-plotinus-article2.pdf. Retrieved on January 22, 2012. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.nethttp://www.markfoster.net * Critical realism: www.structurization.comhttp://www.structurization.com Two books

Neoplatonism versus the Unities Model

2012-01-22 Thread Mark A. Foster
Evert van der Zweerde, Soviet Historiography of Philosophy. Norwell, MA. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1997. Page 117. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.nethttp://www.markfoster.net * Critical realism

Reflections on the World

2012-01-19 Thread Mark A. Foster
than becoming captivated by this fear-mongering, we should regularly reflect on ourselves as servants. How can I help others in the event of a disaster? In what ways can I put others ahead of myself and their needs ahead of my own? --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory

trans-Marxism

2012-01-17 Thread Mark A. Foster
/ --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: www.markfoster.nethttp://www.markfoster.net * Critical realism: www.structurization.comhttp://www.structurization.com Two books: www.bahaifaith.infohttp://www.bahaifaith.info * Clinical

Re: Name of new office?

2012-01-08 Thread Mark A. Foster
the message on to the House if the query cannot be answered. I can't remember the name of it, though. Some Answered Questions? :) --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: http://markfoster.net * Critical realism: http://structurization.com Two books

Re: Prophecies

2012-01-08 Thread Mark A. Foster
. For instance, the Master sometimes uses events in Islamic history. --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: http://markfoster.net * Critical realism: http://structurization.com Two books: http://bahaifaith.info * Clinical: http://fosterservices.com

Theistic Panspermia

2012-01-07 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I just completed the following chapter to my Unities Modelhttp://unities.bahaifaith.info/ book. It is undoubtedly the strangest thing I have ever written. Theistic Panspermia(tm) I will begin this chapter with a caution. I am a sociologist and, therefore, a social

inner unravellings

2011-12-31 Thread Mark A. Foster
. There was, however, some resistance to these quiet revolutions. Long-term friendships evaporated. As throughout my childhood, I became the target of intense bullying. http://heartfulness.bahaifaith.info/ --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: http

Tyranny and Anarchy

2011-12-30 Thread Mark A. Foster
, or, perhaps, economic and political panic has simply dwarfed other worries. Therefore, anarchy, not tyranny, may, as I see it, be the major threat of the twenty-first century. http://heartfulness.bahaifaith.info/ --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal

Prophecies

2011-12-29 Thread Mark A. Foster
books. Bahá?u?lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqánhttp://www.bahaistudies.net/baha/ki.pdf. Page 49. http://heartfulness.bahaifaith.info/ --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical sociology Portal: http://markfoster.net * Critical realism: http://structurization.com Two books: http

The Unities Model and the Cosmic Envelope

2011-12-27 Thread Mark A. Foster
is encompassed by nonduality. Like the other Hindu movements discussed, with the exception of Chaitanya's Achintya-Bheda-Abheda, Dvaitavaita incorporates a concept of moksha. An individual is emancipated by surrendering to God. http://unities.bahaifaith.info/ --- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology

A Short Essay on Structurization Theory

2011-12-17 Thread Mark A. Foster
the perspective from Anthony Giddens' structuration theory (one of the rational practice theories) and from the usually anti-essentialist, or anti-realist in an ontological sense, social constructionism. From: http://essay.structurization.com/ --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains

An Islamic Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue

2011-12-13 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I just received the following link another (not Baha'i-related) list. It is an excellent example of a progressive, interfaith approach to Islam: http://www.asmasociety.org/religion/interfaith_questions.html --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http

Re: Behavior Problems

2011-12-13 Thread Mark A. Foster
a more productive or spiritually centered conversation. http://echoing.neurelitism.com/ Again, if you would like me to mention you by name, let me know. I usually won't do that without the person's permission. --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books

Re: Behavior Problems

2011-12-13 Thread Mark A. Foster
a bad habit, others could be hurt, in the long term, as well. Simply say, assertively, “I cannot tolerate your actions,” not, aggressively, “I cannot tolerate you.” http://echoing.neurelitism.com/ --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books: http

Final Product (for now) on Behavior Problems

2011-12-13 Thread Mark A. Foster
and heated. When all else fails, simply go away. Perhaps avoid the person altogether, at least on an informal level, if necessary. That said, stand up, in righteous indignation, to those who harm or oppress other people. http://echoing.neurelitism.com/ --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29

The Maiden of Zion

2011-12-13 Thread Mark A. Foster
round which have circled in adoration the favoured of God, the pure in heart, and the company of the most exalted angels. Bahá?u?lláh, The Proclamation of Bahá?u?lláh http://www.bahaistudies.net/baha/pb.pdf. Page 89 http://fivekingdoms.bahaifaith.info/ --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist

Re: Mastery of Self

2011-12-13 Thread Mark A. Foster
books (by the late Henry A. Weil), not compilations, but they each contain numerous quotations. --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books: http://bahaifaith.info Clinical: http://fosterservices.com __ You

Re: Slaughters

2011-12-12 Thread Mark A. Foster
revered and venerated piece of real estate. (cf. Numbers 31; Deuteronomy 20:16) God's eternal or ancient Covenant (the Cause or Command) is, to my understanding, the sign of the Primal Will in the succession of Prophets. --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two

Re: Slaughters

2011-12-12 Thread Mark A. Foster
justice. God reveals His Will, not His Mind. --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books: http://bahaifaith.info Clinical: http://fosterservices.com __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail

the Virgin Birth and Resurrection of Jesus Christ

2011-12-12 Thread Mark A. Foster
, Some Answered Questions. Page 49. http://heartfulness.bahaifaith.info/ --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books: http://bahaifaith.info Clinical: http://fosterservices.com __ You are subscribed to Baha'i

Behavior Problems

2011-12-12 Thread Mark A. Foster
and heated. When all else fails, simply go away. Do not be baited into a feud. That said, stand up to those who harm or oppress other people. http://heartfulness.bahaifaith.info/ --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books: http://bahaifaith.info Clinical: http

Hadrat Sultan Bahu

2011-12-11 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Here is a short paper I have written on Hadrat Sultan Bahu: http://bahu.bahaifaith.info/ --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books: http://bahaifaith.info Clinical: http://fosterservices.com

Re: Slaughters

2011-12-11 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 12/11/2011 6:21 PM, Susan Maneck wrote: I would translate the phrase as persecution is worse than killing. Susan: Yes. I just looked it up in one of my interlinears: wa haythu thaqiftumuhum and kill them wherever you ... --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist

Slaughters

2011-12-10 Thread Mark A. Foster
camel unto ass.' 1 Samuel 15:1-3 (Young's Literal Translation) The time for the destruction of the world and its people hath arrived. Baha'u'llah (Shoghi Effendi, Promised Day is Come, page 3) --- :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books: http

Re: Critical Realism

2011-11-26 Thread Mark A. Foster
of the first symbolic interactionists, Charles Horton Cooley (University of Michigan) was an objective idealist (not a realist). He felt that society was a process which existed entirely in the minds of its members. --- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books

Re: Critical Realism

2011-11-26 Thread Mark A. Foster
observe reality through actuality. That would be something like attributes or representations. From that standpoint, God is unknowable. We learn about Him through His individualized Attributes as Prophets. --- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. 29 domains: http://markfoster.net Two books: http

More on Critical Realism

2011-11-26 Thread Mark A. Foster
, social reality or structure is the source of potential. Agency is individual willful action. However, in some practice theories, social action is explained through rational structures, not through real structures. Agency is potential. --- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. 29 domains: http

Critical Realism

2011-11-25 Thread Mark A. Foster
/, such as Muhammad, Lebanon, and stamp collecting In other words, unifying essences are unknowable. Our knowledge of them is indirect - by their attributes. Once we name, or identify, a set of attributes, we can relate to it and even combine those attributes into different forms. --- Regards, Mark

Re: Overcoming homosexuality

2011-11-07 Thread Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
orientation . However, there is no reliable data supporting the effectiveness of any of them. All the evidence is anecdotal. It was the American Psychiatric Association (the DSM- IV). -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net http://fivekingdoms.bahaifaith.info + http

ʿAbduʾl-Bahá Baháʾís

2011-10-30 Thread Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I added the following paragraphs to my Five Kingdoms Model book today. Comments would be welcome: Ruth White was one of the so-called ʿAbduʾl-Bahá Baháʾís. For many of them, the leadership of Shoghi Effendi, a Westernized young man with an Oxford degree, was

List Status

2011-10-20 Thread Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Hi, folks: The list is back up. Since I will now be watching the list, I have taken it off moderation. I am also back after many, many inner changes. Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. www.markfoster.net ow...@markalanfoster.com

written two online books

2011-10-20 Thread Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
, gone back to the views I held a decade ago. However, through my mediocre knowledge of Arabic, they are a not quite the same as before (more critical realist than Neoplatonic). Any feedback would be welcomed. Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. www.markfoster.net

Re: written two online books

2011-10-20 Thread Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Matt: Yes, I originally developed the Five Kingdoms practice as a kind of neo-Sufism. However, I eventually discovered it was confusing to some people, so I changed it around a bit. Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. www.markfoster.net ow...@markalanfoster.com

Re: Unity of nations

2009-01-29 Thread Mark A. Foster
House of Justice. I tend to regard One Common Faith along the lines of a commissioned white paper. Unfortunately, it is not one I found to be particularly persuasive. Personally, I would like to see a book published (or a website) which invited response papers to One Common Faith. -- Mark

Re: Unity of nations

2009-01-26 Thread Mark A. Foster
for the Baha'i Faith to be proven wrong? To be honest, I do not agree myself, so I would have a hard time explaining it. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today

Re: give away the sister in the Bible

2009-01-19 Thread Mark A. Foster
of faith which, of course, has no legitimate function in historiography. It would appear that, in a Baha'i context, the notion of 'i.smat, which I understand as covenantal protection (or legitimacy), would apply to Abraham. Beyond that is, IMO, more literary than historical criticism. -- Mark

Re: OJBS - get em quick before they're gone

2009-01-19 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Iskandar Hai, M.D. wrote: Permanent place is here: http://bahaistudies.net/onlinejournal/OJBS_Volume_1.pdf almost 5.3 MegaBytes. As far as I know, I have archived the entire contents of the journal: http://oj.bahaistudies.net -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25

Re: give away the sister in the Bible

2009-01-19 Thread Mark A. Foster
many or most of the stories as mythopoeia. However, the evidence for His existence can be legitimately debated. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between

Re: OJBS - get em quick before they're gone

2009-01-19 Thread Mark A. Foster
. Hi, Susan: The title Online Journal of Baha'i Studies remains in the page on my site, but the masthead is now included only as a PDF file. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic

Re: give away the sister in the Bible

2009-01-19 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Gilberto Simpson wrote: So is there historical evidence for anyone from Abraham's time period or earlier? Yes. For instance, there is extensive evidence for the existence of Akhenaten. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED

Re: give away the sister in the Bible

2009-01-19 Thread Mark A. Foster
from Abraham's time period or earlier, I need to retract Akhenaton. Actually, I don't know. Perhaps Susan can respond here. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today

Position Statement on Research Ethics

2009-01-11 Thread Mark A. Foster
of the League's position statements is on this page: http://statements.neurelitism.com/ -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs

Re: Unity of nations

2009-01-02 Thread Mark A. Foster
inerrancy.) -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty

Re: Unity of nations

2009-01-02 Thread Mark A. Foster
with the legitimacy of the Covenant or revealed Will of God. That Covenant, IMO, is the infallibility. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people

Re: Unity of nations

2009-01-02 Thread Mark A. Foster
at the LA conference alluded to its inevitability, citing the infallible House as the reason. To me, this gave a cult like aura to the Conference that I can't shake. Entry by troops is nothing new. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern

Re: Unity of nations

2009-01-01 Thread Mark A. Foster
., perhaps as one of the stages of the Lesser Peace), not that the two terms are necessarily identical. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people

Re: Unity of nations

2009-01-01 Thread Mark A. Foster
and the Central Figures so for them its not an issue. But for me it is and I don't want to become inactive or be an outcast or leave the Faith because of this. Someone advised you to stay quiet? -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern

two proclamations

2008-12-21 Thread Mark A. Foster
autistics, whose civil and other human rights are violated regularly and systematically. -- In what ways can advocacy/activist positions, such as my own, be used to develop additional Baha'i-inspired social and economic development projects? -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net

Welcome

2008-12-16 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Hi, folks: I would like to welcome my old friend, Vincent Fiorenza, to the list. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between

Re: Prayer and mental illnesses/disorders

2008-12-16 Thread Mark A. Foster
and Related Health Problems, have significant neurological causation. As an autistic activist and self-advocate myself, I frequently find myself in the position of having to explain this data. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 25 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern

SED

2008-12-10 Thread Mark A. Foster
SED, and SED. -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * 24 domains: www.markfoster.net SED: www.neurelitism.com ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element

Re: Non-association with covenant-breakers

2008-10-31 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies Listserv lol. How about fictive kin, like that old Uncle Bob from down the block. ;-) -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different

Re: Covenant Question(s)

2008-10-08 Thread Mark A. Foster
together that list as a personal deepening project. They were all based on actual Baha'i texts. I don't think that I was even familiar with Townshend's list at the time. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty

Re: Masters/PhD

2008-10-07 Thread Mark A. Foster
the person is ABD (all but dissertation). In other words, the person has successfully completed prelims (the series of exams a student takes at the conclusion of her or his course work). -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live

Re: Covenant Question(s)

2008-10-06 Thread Mark A. Foster
. The Lesser Covenant establishing Successorship 7. The Specific Lesser Covenant regarding `Abdu'l-Baha 8. The Specific Lesser Covenant regarding the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live

Re: Heaven

2008-10-03 Thread Mark A. Foster
to an essentialistic view of life categories (species, genus, etc.). Once essentialism is abandoned and replaced with God's sovereign Will (His ability to name, or designate, as He chooses), the issue fades away. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge

Re: Heaven

2008-10-01 Thread Mark A. Foster
. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold

Testing new setting - please ignore

2008-08-06 Thread Mark A. Foster
test -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold

last test for now - promise

2008-08-06 Thread Mark A. Foster
The Baha'i Studies List This is the last test for now. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs

Re: Views of the Supernatural

2008-08-03 Thread Mark A. Foster
. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs

Re: Baha'i panentheism

2008-08-03 Thread Mark A. Foster
firestorm wrote: that seems self-evident to me... that is, nothing to sense.. it is. The Wikipedia entry can be decoded, but I think it would be undecipherable to the average reader not familiar with Baha'i semantics. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net

Baha'i panentheism

2008-08-03 Thread Mark A. Foster
Firestorm: i'm not sue there is such thing as Baha'i semantics. yet.. or even ever will be. I mean terms such as Manifestation of God, Feast, and mass teaching. They have significance to most Baha'is, but they would confuse the average reader or listener. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D

Views of the Supernatural

2008-08-02 Thread Mark A. Foster
mutually antagonistic deities, e.g., Marcionism. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs

Re: Views of the Supernatural

2008-08-02 Thread Mark A. Foster
theism is the position most compatible with certain explanations given in the Baha'i texts. Didn't you leave out montheism? Theism is basically a synonym for monotheism (unless monotheism is being contrasted with polytheism, ditheism, etc.). -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http

Buddha

2008-07-23 Thread Mark A. Foster
branches of Buddhism and the Baha'i Faith, I accept however Buddha is constructed by its members. In other words, I consider truth to be relative, not absolute. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault

Re: Astrotheology

2008-07-16 Thread Mark A. Foster
. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs

Re: Astrotheology

2008-07-15 Thread Mark A. Foster
. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs

Re: Astrotheology

2008-07-15 Thread Mark A. Foster
read it, too. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who

Re: Astrotheology

2008-07-14 Thread Mark A. Foster
. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold

Re: Astrotheology

2008-07-14 Thread Mark A. Foster
://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa2.htm Robert M. Price, Professor of Scriptural Studies at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, has also written a book which deals with this subject: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1573927589/ -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http

Re: Astrotheology

2008-07-14 Thread Mark A. Foster
is relative. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who

Astrotheology

2008-07-13 Thread Mark A. Foster
of a frequently retold narrative. Nonetheless, I have wondered whether this astrotheology might not be, in part, the context within which the sacred histories of the Gospel were presented. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live

Re: Neoscholasticism/Perennial Philosophy]

2008-07-06 Thread Mark A. Foster
does so less appraently the less good. tht which refuses--extinction. They can also be obstacles to some people becoming what they would like to be. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http://www.markfoster.net ... the modern challenge is how to live with uncertainty. The basic fault lines

Re: Neoscholasticism/Perennial Philosophy]

2008-07-05 Thread Mark A. Foster
observed regional variations in values. Shoghi Effendi, IMO, made a similar point when he said that we do yet not have distinctively Baha'i art forms. human concepts of good and evil are situational, existential Yes, they are socially constructed. -- Regards, Mark A. Foster, Ph.D. * http

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