The Baha'i Studies Listserv When asking of prophets and prophachy, Westerners tend to mean things like the ability to predict the future, perform miracles, give messages from God, gain knowledge from God, etc...
________________________________ From: Susan Maneck <[email protected]> To: Baha'i Studies <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, February 11, 2010 5:54:57 PM Subject: Re: Lesser Prophets The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Oh, language is one the most sublte barriers to understanding concepts. > English speaker think prophet is associated with prophecy, fortelling the > future. So, do Baha'i believe a Baha'i can acheive the station of a seer > like Joseph Smith II? I'm not sure that is even a station, Stephen. When Shoghi Effendi's secretary referred to Joseph Smith as a 'seer' I suspect what was meant was that he was tune with the spirit of the age. __________________________________________________ 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]
