The Baha'i Studies Listserv Yes, but I think those are two different groups of questions. On the one hand, you have the ethics/morals of what people are allowed to do to one another. On the other hand you have questions of theodicy and "why do bad things happen to good people".
Relative to the first question, I would argue that the Quran does not permit killing of "the innocent". Based on the verse: [*17.33*] And do not* kill* any one whom Allah has forbidden, except for a just cause, and whoever is slain unjustly, We have indeed given to his heir authority, so let him not exceed the just limits in slaying; surely he is aided. and others. But in terms of the second question, of course "The rain falls on the just and unjust alike". . On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Mark A. Foster <[email protected]>wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > On 12/11/2011 7:59 PM, Gilberto Simpson wrote: > > [*17.33*] And do not* kill* any one whom Allah has forbidden, except for > a just cause, and whoever is slain unjustly, We have indeed given to his > heir authority, so let him not exceed the just limits in slaying; surely he > is aided. > > > Hi, Gilberto: > > Yes, the Prophet is giving instructions to His followers. That same idea, > ending hostilities when the enemy gives up, is in the AyAt (verses/signs) I > quoted. > > However, I was talking about divine Judgment more generally. For example, > in the story of Noah's flood, whether allegorical or not, people were not, > it appears, automatically protected from death or suffering because of > their positive individual characteristics. > > That is why the pretribulational view of the "rapture" is so problematic. > The effects of disobedience to God's Will are felt by everyone, not just > the presumably "evil ones." The problem is really sociological, not > psychological. > > --- > :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist > 29 domains: http://markfoster.net > Two books: http://bahaifaith.info > Clinical: http://fosterservices.com > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-624135-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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]
