On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 05:47:03 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 2/3/2005 4:23:38 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Talking about those other religions as if > they aren't relevant today and saying that the Bahai faith is superior > is precisely what I would consider Triumphalistic. > Gilberto, I don't know if you have children but if you did and you told one > of them to do something and they said, "No. You told me to do something > > else yesterday and that is what I am going to do" what would you say to > that kid?
I understand the analogy you are making. And in general an analogy is useful in terms of communicating what you have in mind, but ultimately an analogy isn't persuasive. Secondly, the real question, the basic question is whether humanity has fundamentally grown up. Has our situation as human beings fundamentally changed in a way which warrants our parents giving us significantly new responsibilities. Can we stay home without a baby-sitter? Can we take the car out for a drive? And I would say, looking around the world, at the violence, and war, and genocide, and racism and intolerance, and lack of empathy in the world, that our situation hasn't really changed. Not fundamentally. There were saintly compassionate people in the past. There are saintly compassionate people now. There were corrupt selfish people in the past. There are corrupt selfish people now. Yes, we've advanced technologically. Yes, there have been some changes in social organization. And kids today have Xboxes and Sega and I grew up playing with an Atari 2600 and kids before me were running through the streets hitting a hoop with a stick. I'm not sure I would call that maturity though. Peace Gilberto -- "pharaoh is just a leaf on a burning bush" __________________________________________________ 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]
