Hi Gilberto, No. Nor did Islam spring out of a vacuum, nor did Christianity.
Much love, janine -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gilberto Simpson Sent: 08 May 2006 02:25 To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Re: question about Islam On 5/5/06, Tim Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Janine, > > He feels that the Bahai faith is just a > > reiteration of Islam, nothing new. I don't like absolute claims and so I probably wouldn't say that there is *nothing* new. But the Bahai faith and the Babi faiths definitely had antecedents within Islam. (most immediately, there was the Shaykhi movement for instance) The Bahai faith didn't spring out of a vacuum. > The Baha'i Faith has an explicit, written > Covenant, which preserves the unity > of the Baha'is. Islam doesn't have this, which is > why there are rival Islamic factions. Even during the lifetime of the prophet there were differences of opinion and understanding, but Muhammad (saaws) was tolerant enough to allow for that. It is only human to see things from different perspectives. And Bahais definitely differ among themselves. > The Baha'i Covenant also provides a source of > continuing, unerring divine > guidance, after the Founder is no longer > physically present. Why does the guidance have to be "unerring"? > Baha'u'llah forbids religious warfare, Muhammad > did not forbid this. The Bahai writings allow for something called "righteous warfare" and I've never heard a convincing explanation for how it is significantly different from other just war theories in a moral sense. -G 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] __________________________________________________ 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]
