"What I'm saying is that it is possible to come up with a third (perhaps even one of the first two) concept of "prophet. And when we apply it to both belief systems, you get the above result."
Dear Gilberto, Are we looking at what Christianity and Islam actually teach at that point or how we want to recreate them? "> While > there might well be 'prophets' within the church they could not add anything > to scripture. You are really being silly here. The New Testament church created the scripture after Jesus." Did I say anything about Jesus? "I think "added to scripture" is a kind of red herring. Whether there is new revelation or not the Bible is a relatively fixed book. Neither Bahais or Muslims change the Bible to add more stuff to it. The New revelations are seperate." On the contrary, calling the Bible and the Qur'an separate revelations is a red herring. The Bible is the collection of *all* those scriptures which Christians regard as valid for the community of faith as a whole. Any text which is not contained in the Bible is not recognized as scripture by definition. "Yes, having 4 or 5 different conversations with people on the same subject and nearly 3 in the morning sometimes put strains on my powers of concentration. Luckily you are smart enough to know what I had in mind." Actually I wasn't sure whether you misunderstood Mark or simply misspoke. "Mark claimed that the kind of "prophets" permitted in a Christian context had no book. According to Christianity, the New Testament was inspired scripture and it was written after Jesus." Yes, it is inspired scripture. It is not revelation in the same sense the Qur'an is. The New Testament bears witness to Jesus, much as the hadith does. It is not a separate revelation. Ultimately it is Jesus Himself, not the Bible that constitutes the Word of God for Christians. warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] 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:[email protected] 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/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
