On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:57:36 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilberto, > > At 09:44 PM 1/13/2005, you wrote: > >>What I would say is that "religious exclusivism" is one thing, and > >>"finality" is another. And finality in Islam is alot clearer, more > >>decisive, more emphasized than finality in Judaism or Christianity.<< > > You do not think that most conservative Christians believe that
The fact that you have to add any kind of caveat ("most conservative") underlines the fact that there is a difference. For the overwhelming majority of Muslims, not believing in the finality of Muhammad's prophethood excludes one from Islam. The analagous claim is not true for Christianity. Mark: Many pentecostals, whom I studied for my doctoral dissertation in the early 80s, go to great pains to stress that their acceptance of prophecy, tongues, interpretation of tongues, word of knowledge, and word of wisdom cannot replace, over-rule, or contradict the New Testament. Gilberto: At this point, I really don't care. The fact that they even have continuing prophecy and prophets is a significant difference from Islam. That's all I've been saying. Peace Gilberto "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu