Gilberto, At 08:01 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote: >>The original point was how do you evaluate prophets and think about >>sinlessness. I would say that there is a certain minimal core morality which >>is more fundamental and you could in principle use that the judge prophets. >>Mark seemed to say it was reversed and that within their dispensation >>prophets could do anything and almost by definition it would be correct.<<
To my understanding, the sinlessness of the Prophets is called the Most Great Infallibility (ismat-i-kubraa). Whatever virtues the Prophets reveal to humanity constitute the divine standard of sinlessness. There is no sinlessness (or virtue) apart from God's manifested Will. For Baha'is, in my view, that sinlessness has been embodied in a human being, `Abdu'l-Baha. Regards, Mark A. Foster � http://markfoster.net � [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." ---- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ 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]
