The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Susan Maneck <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Just as from an outsider's perspective it is >> weird to call Mormons non-Christians or to call the Ahmadiyya >> non-Muslims.
> Are you willing to accept Ahmadis as Muslims, Gilberto? Your question makes me think don't really understand my point. But to answer your question, I'm basically of two opinions. Based on a fairly widespread definition it is my understanding that the Lahoris are but the Qadianis probably aren't. This is because for many Muslims an absolute condition for being Muslim is to believe that Muhammad (saaws) was the chronologically last prophet. But I wouldn't expect non-Muslims to follow that definition. > I don't think it is weird to consider Mormons non-Christians at all, > because their beliefs very clearly depart from any standard definition > of Christianity. They believe in the Bible The only reason I might call them Christians is > because that is what they call themselves, but I'm certainly not > critical of Christians who says they are not. However, if they want to > insist that Catholics aren't Christian (as often happens in my part of > the country) I will object. > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-526878-68452.e157d5dc5efabb63696f251595c88...@list.jccc.edu > 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:leave-526916-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu 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]
