The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Aug 29, 2012, at 2:21 09PM, Stephen Gray wrote:
> Your response is littered with appeal to authority. "X is X because an > authority says that X is X" is your basica argument. Also, the abscence of > evidence is evidence of abscence is also used to say that "If X isn't named > as X by an authority, then it's not X". You lists no actual criteria other > than an authority's word as a litmus test for deciding if someone or > something claiming to be "X" is "X or non-X". You can substitute "X" for > "Manifestation, Revelation, Religion, Scripture, etc.". this may come as a shock to you, but the Baha'i Faith, that organization headed by the Universal House of Justice in Haifa, does not conform to the standards of a secular liberal democratic society. that is, it's beliefs are not determined by the whims of its membership. There are those on-line who believe religions should be regarded as cafeterias from which one can pick and choose one's beliefs as one chooses. I think perhaps you'd gain a more sympathetic hearing if you raised these issues with them. Don C ------------ He who believes himself spiritual proves he is not. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-662309-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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]
