The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 23 Jun 2010 at 21:47, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> ...I think another part of it is built into Bahai theology and if > there were nothing wrong with Islam and Muslims then there wouldn't be > anything special about being Bahai. I don't experience it that way at all. I find it quite special, to be a Bahai, and after becoming a Bahai, I went on to study Christian history and theology, and then Islamic studies - and found out more of what's special about Christianity and Islam. Religion is not a zero-sum game, where you have to put down the others to get ahead yourself ! Sen --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sen McGlinn http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com All is to be yielded up, save only the *remembrance* of God; all is to be dispraised, except His praise. Today, to this melody of the Company on high, the world will leap and dance: `Glory be to my Lord, the All-Glorious!' (Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Baha, p. 93) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- __________________________________________________ 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]
