Susan, is this the same Pilgrim's note you were thinking of earlier? -Gilberto
On 8/29/05, Gilberto Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I was trying to understand what the relation was between the Bahai > faith and Zionism and found the following. I understand that pilgrim > notes aren't authoritative in the Bahai faith and so mainly I'm asking > if there is anything in the authoritative writings to confirm or deny > the content of the note. (Actually the entire note has all sorts of > interesting passages which raise questions about attitudes towards > race, ethnicity, women, etc. but let me just stick to trying to > understand zionism first: > > [begin quote] > The word "Israel" means "Hastening to God." "Isra" means "hastening" > and "el" means "God." The Jews suffered for 2,000 years for > persecuting Christ, "The Son of God," for 3 years; the Moslems and the > Arabs persecuted Bahá'u'lláh, "the Father," for 50 years, so they will > suffer more and endure greater sufferings. The time of banishment is > now over for the Jews. They will return to Palestine and Palestine > will be their home forever. The Moslems and Arabs will be scattered. > The Arabs suffered severe defeat because they did not respond to the > call of Bahá'u'lláh. One million Jews came into Israel and one million > Arabs went out of Israel in 1948 and 1949. The Jews will get all of > Palestine because the Arabs will make trouble with the Jews and the > Jews will drive them out. The standard of Israel must be raised - > there must be more cleanliness - become cleaner - but have no > luxuries. The Christian Spiritual Center was in Israel, then in > Greece, then in Rome, where it is now, and the Pope is still its head > (he is shaking in his boots). The administrative center of Islam is > Mecca. The Land of Canaan was under Babylon before the time of Saul, > who made it the first Civic Kingdom. After Babylon, India, Persia, > then the Greek, and later, the Roman Empire, then came the English > Mandate and the free state of Israel. This is the Spiritual Center of > the Bahá'í World. The Shrine of the Bab is the Spiritual Center of the > Bahá'í World. The Jews are coming into the Faith to support it, but > they do not know it yet. > [end quote] > > http://bahai-library.com/?file=brown_haifa_notes > > Peace > > Gilberto > > > -- > "There are no poets" > -- "There are no poets" 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]
