The basic issue is this: Drugs and alcohol alter perception. To baha`u'llah
man's perception is already perfect for communion with God, therefore altering
it is prohibited. Many cultures use alcohol and drugs to deliberately alter
perception because it supposedly brings one to a state where one can experience
'God". According to Baha`u'llah this is wrong, man's mental state is already
perfect for that purpose.
Regards,
Scott
Loïc ROYER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One thing I still don't clearly understand... So maybe some people on this
forum can help me to know more!
One of the first things I was told when I discovered Baha'i Faith, here in
France, is that alcohol has been prohibited.
This put a real problem for Christian and French people, because :
- Being Christian, wine is a very important symbol in spiritual life (Jesus has
changed water in wine in Canaa) and christians are supposed to drink wine
during the mass (spiritualy considered as the blood of the Christ);
- Being French, wine has a very important rôle in social and economic life (it
is impossible to imagine a drink with colleagues, neighboors, family, friends,
without alcohol!)
Speaking about this with some french bahais people, they just consider that "as
we accept the message of Baha'u'llah, we accept the prohibition of alcohol."
(most of them were muslims, so they don't have this alcoholic culture)
Anyway, I ask about this prohibition because I cannot find for the moment the
reasons and importance of this, in the writings of Baha'u'llah?
Then I also ask what is the level of the prohibition of use of alcohol,
compared on one hand with use of drugs, on the other hand with use of animal
products?
Thank you in advance!
Loïc
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