it would be nice to take the sociologic perspective of self-identification,
except for the case given above about a senator.
not being a sociologist, i am led to ask, then how does one define Baha'i? a
us sentaotr meets certain qualifications..set not by the senator, but by the
u.s. senate. so who determines the qualifications of a Baha'i?
this is an issue that has been debated recently over at bnut.
coming from the opinion that a Baha'i is one who accepts the Calim of
Baha'u'llah, to my poor and fundie head, the Ahd, the W&T etc become
essentially part of Baha'u'llah's Claim. and we're back to mas'um or whatever
the word is.
behaviourly concrete: i have a freind on another list who concretely belives
Baha'u'llah is >not< the Return of Christ, but a lesser prophet, nabi, as are
the Other Ras'ul...All subsidiary to Christ, Who (he says) permits monogamous
homosexual relationships, involvement in local and national politics, and
disregard for the Guidance from the Guardian as being culturally contaminated.
he self identifies as Baha'i..."liberal" Baha'i. i will grant him this
determination on the grounds that "all are His servants and all abide by His
bidding"--but this deifnition leaves me with 6 billion or so Baha'is, most of
whom do not self-identify in any way with Baha'u'llah.
so, of what use is a sociologic rule that ends up miming the identity
principle of multiplying by one?
i will admit to having a native dislike of soc as contrasted to psych or
anthro. but i don;t think that invalidates my question.
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