The Baha'i Studies Listserv Firestorm, you've explained how a circle is a square elipse, and a covenant is a kind of contract. Fine if you want to do it, but it sheds no light for me Sen
On 12 Oct 2008 at 22:13, firestorm wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > sen, > this being a definitional issue...sure..let's dance, and check it > behaviourly > concrete wise as to wether or not until th 1980s in the usa, > regardless of te '68 act, a deed transfer could carry a covenant > preventing the deed from ever being transferred to a "black." and have > such covenant enforced by joiners, and joiners of joiners under the > same covenant. let us check agaisnt princeton, as a mutually available > source, my oxford compleat not being at hand, and not dispalyabl n th > net: > http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=define%3A+covena > nt&btnG=Google+Search :"they have no choice, since they want to > include it, but defined their field as "contract." > that's an error of taxonomy. > as noted in my post, a contract is a subset of covenants, in > precisely the same manner that circles are subset of ellipses..and > one does not force a definition of ellipse as an "oblong circle." > > what are the elements of a contract? > beginnig from a point of difference. duh. > 2. delimiting the area to be mutuallly viewed as subject to terms. > ok.. Law does that... u can't covet ur neighbor's ass, but admiring > it, petting it, and enquiring bout its ability to produce > offspring, are ok, if u want to. > 3. making an offer and receiving an Acceptance. ok, cain and abel both > made offers, one was Accepted. 4. having the offer be > "earnest"...this is, within the cain abel example, shown by having > "valid tender." and the lack of valid tender..blood, being shown as > not a true offer, and therefore not being Accepted. 5.proof of > specific performance? totalllllly. > Qu'ran, from that pov is alll about...ok, I Did My Part...don't lie > about what u did. > > thus, humans, as a result of faithfullness to a Covenant, slowly, > among "certain blessings"..a term agreed upon by the House or ITC or > Some Such, was the awareness of what in bizness we call "rinse and > repeat." the pattern could be recreated. notably, historically, such > contracts are sealed by appeals to the Covenant as the binder..."by > the gods" "upon my honour" "if i'm lyin i'm dyin," and my persoal > favorite, "bet my ability to reproduce"--testify. > to get the blade home, > :"A covenant is not > subject to the exchange of consideration." > no. there is a different definition of consideration. > an unaware recipient of a bequest has specifically performed, even > if by only coming from the right loins, the act. > among other functional Defintions of something being Considered, I > was a Hidden Mystery and I DEsried to be known. > in th ancient eterity of My Essence, I Knew My Love fr > thee,..>>>therefore<<< etc. > > __________________________________________________ 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] Or 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 (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
