Hi Ian,
I would like to read that paper.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Ian Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If anyone is interested I will be pleased to send a copy of my paper
> "Relativism and the Baha'i Writings" presented at Irfan Colloquium at
> Bosch
> in May 2007.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ian Kluge
>
>
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Poirier
> Attorney
> Sent: March 25, 2008 11:47 AM
> To: Baha'i Studies
> Subject: Re: Relativity of Truth
>
> Matt Haase wrote:
>
> >>I had a conversation like this with a friend of mine, who introduced
> me to his idea that the 'relativity of religious truth' meant more than
> another word to say 'progressive revelation'. He presented an eloquent,
> but unconvincing (to my mind) argument that boils down to the concept
> that since God is the Unknowable, whatever is said about Him in all of
> the Religious Scriptures is true. If the Hebrew Scriptures and the
> Qur'an proclain Monotheism, it is true. If the Hindu Scriptures proclaim
> Polytheism, it is true. If God condemns the belief in the Trinity in one
> scripture, it is true. But if God affirms the Trinity later on, it is
> true. I don't accept that kind of logic, personally.>>
>
> I'm with you, Matt. Whatever wacky opinions I may express, if I don't
> back them up with the Baha'i Writings, my listener should not attribute
> these statements as having any bearing whatever on what the Baha'i Faith
> stands for. That's why, I feel, the Guardian wrote through his secretary:
>
> "Divine Truth is relative and that is why we are enjoined to constantly
> refer the seeker to the Word itself -- and why any explanations we make
> to ease the journey of the soul of any individual must be based on the
> Word -- and the Word alone."
> (From a letter dated 4 June 1957 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to
> the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada; from the Compilation, The
> Individual and Teaching - Raising the Divine Call, p. 39)
>
> Best regards
> Brent
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