Firestorm, At 12:53 AM 9/22/2005, you wrote: >>... all i am trying to establish is a simple testable method regardless of >>ther "rules" of some extant man-made discipline for answering that question.<<
Well, I am repeating myself, but I would make a definite distinction between Baha'i and sociological criteria for being a Baha'i: Baha'i: 1. `Abdu'l-Baha's general definition (which would include people who never heard of Baha'u'llah) 2. The institutional or covenantal definition (which would include those who conform to the criteria enforced by the Universal House of Justice) Sociological: 1. The definitions of various individuals, groups, and organizations (accepted on face validity) Via moderna, Mark A. Foster . http://markfoster.net ... [a] word is ... a universal. - William of Ockham Structurization Tech: http://tech.structurization.com The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/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]
