On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:15:07 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilberto, > At 07:49 PM 1/17/2005, you wrote: > >>That's not what I"m hearing from Bahais. What I tend to hear is that the > >>lamp doesn't matter but then they insist that people should use their > >>lamp.<< > I think that point is that when one accepts the Light, the Will of God, one > accepts it in whatever Lamp it chooses to manifest itself. If, on the other > hand, one is attached to the Lamp, then one may reject its Light, the Will of > God, when it shines through a different Lamp.
Gilberto: Yes, I understand that. But that would only be an issue if the Bahai lamp is the only one with light. If light shone through muiltiple lamps, you can pick any lamp you want, even if for silly reasons.. like it was the lamp you grew up with, or it was the lamp your in-laws wanted you to use, because they all have light. That reminds me of the parable of the grapes. They are all talking about the same thing, but with different names. The moral is that the names don't matter. Peace Gilberto "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ 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]
