The Baha'i Studies Listserv DEAR MR.FRIEDMAN, YOU R RIGHT TT THE 2 TARGETS WILL HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.PLS ALSO NOTE THAT THOSE PRINCIPALS WERE NOT MENTIONED BY BAHAULLAH FR THE FIRST TIME. IN THE IRANIAN RELIGIOUS CULTURE IT WAS VERY COMMON TO BELIEVE IN UNITY OF NATIONS AND WORLD PEACE UNDER THE STATE OF IMAM MAHDI,THE 12TH SHIA IMAM.I THINK THERE R TENS OF BOOKS SPECIFYING THIS EVENTS,WHICH HV BEEN WRITTEN FM THE EARLY YEARS OF ESTABLISHMENT OF ISLAM,AND CONTAINS HUNDREDS OF WORDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE PROPHET N IMAMS OF ISLAM.IT IS BORROWED AND APPEARED IN BAHAI TEACHINGS,LIKE MANY OTHER TEACHINGS. BEST REGARDS/ROHANI
--- On Thu, 1/1/09, David Friedman <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Friedman <[email protected]> > Subject: Unity of nations > To: "Baha'i Studies" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 9:18 PM > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > I was looking through the letter from the research > department on the Lesser Peace and found something > interesting. They say that the unity of nations should not > be regarded as being synonymous with the Lesser Peace, yet > from a House letter from the 80's it appears that they > used to be of the understanding that the two were > synonymous: > > However, attainment of the unity of nations should not be > regarded as being synonymous with the establishment of the > Lesser Peace. In answer to a question about the timing of > the Lesser Peace, Shoghi Effendi stated, in a letter written > on his behalf in 1946, that: "All we know is that the > Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace will come -- their > exact dates we do not know." > > Nevertheless, the unity of nations can quite properly > be regarded as one stage -- and indeed a highly significant > step -- in the lengthy process of the establishment of the > Lesser Peace. In response to a question from an individual, > the House of Justice stated, in a letter written on its > behalf on 31 January 1985, that: > > "Baha'u'llah's principal mission in > appearing at this time in human history is the realization > of the oneness of mankind and the establishment of peace > among the nations; therefore, all the forces which are > focused on accomplishing these ends are influenced by His > Revelation. We know, however, that peace will come in > stages. First, there will come the Lesser Peace, when the > unity of nations will be achieved..." > > The wording of the last sentence, unless I'm seriously > mistaken, surely indicates that they used to think the two > would happen at the same time? > > Regards,David > _________________________________________________________________ > Are you getting paid enough? Find out at the SEEK Salary > Centre > http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fmsn%2Eseek%2Eco%2Enz%2Fcareer%2Dresources%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Atl%3Anzsc%3Amsnnz%3A0%3Ahottag%3Apaidenough&_t=757263783&_r=SEEKNZ_tagline&_m=EXT > __________________________________________________ > 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] __________________________________________________ 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]
