On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:43:55 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Gilberto, > > At 08:38 AM 1/24/2005, you wrote: > >>But if "good" is worth calling "good" then shouldn't it be independent of > >>the prophet?<< > > I am not sure how something could be "worth" calling good. I have not been a > neo-Platonist for about 5 or 6 years, so I don't see *goodness* as a quality > detached from the process of naming by a particular Prophet. Whatever Moses, > Jesus, Muhammad, the Bab, Baha'u'llah, etc. signified as being "good" was > "good" in the contexts of their Revelations.
I guess one of the things which makes me say what I said, especially with regard to prophets is the notion of sinlessness. There are a couple of different reasons for this idea, but I think that one of them is that since God expects us to follow the prophets, the prophets are supposed to act in ways worthy of emulating. Somehow their good character helps us to recognize them. Otherwise, what criteria would you use to pick Bahaullah over David Koresh or Jim Jones or the Heaven's Gate people? 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]
