The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Mar 29, 2009, at 2:55 AM, David Friedman wrote:
> I have read this booklet and didn't find myself that impressed. It > seemed lightweight and if I were a non-Baha'i it's difficult to > imagine that I'd suddenly feel reassured about the future. Can > someone tell me what's so good about it? > As the various cover letters that accompanied the original letter indicated, this was not intended to reassure people about the future, but to get them to thinking about it. It was written by the BIC PIO at the direction of the House of Justice. It was suggested that Baha'is who had been discussing previous more specific Baha'i statements use the ideas in this statement to engage non-Baha'is in a further discussion on the future of mankind and the new millenium. Would it be defined by the principles enunciated in the Writings or would it be defined by those who oppose such ideas. Don C ------------- Understood properly, all man's problems are essentially spiritual in nature. __________________________________________________ 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]
