Richard H. Gravelly wrote:
*Perhaps logic is the essence. Unfortunately, logic can take one into
error.*
**
*"Therefore, it is evident that the method of reason is not perfect, for
the differences of the ancient philosophers, the want of stability and
the variations of their opinions, prove this. For if it were perfect,
all ought to be united in their ideas and agreed in their
opinions."** (Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 298)*
**
*My sense is that the proofs can be followed by a reasonable and fair
person' and can be followed in the same way that a scientist would
follow an argument, i.e. without preconceived notions of any kind;
especially notions regarding what is reasonable, understandable and fair.*
**
*Richard.*
**
"Ponder a while and observe that everything in Islam hath its ultimate
and eventual beginning in the Book of God. Consider likewise the Day of
the Revelation of Him Whom God shall make manifest, He in Whose grasp
lieth the source of proofs, and let not erroneous considerations shut
thee out from Him, for He is immeasurably exalted above them, inasmuch
as every proof proceedeth from the Book of God which is itself the
supreme testimony, as all men are powerless to produce its like. Should
myriads of men of learning, versed in logic, in the science of grammar,
in law, in jurisprudence and the like, turn away from the Book of God,
they would still be pronounced unbelievers. Thus the fruit is within the
supreme testimony itself, not in the things derived therefrom. And know
thou of a certainty that every letter revealed in the Bayan is solely
intended to evoke submission unto Him Whom God shall make manifest, for
it is He Who hath revealed the Bayan prior to His Own manifestation." V, 8.
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 104)
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