Vaughan, I must admit to not having come across this concept. Is it just a question of relativity? Owen
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vaughn Sheline Sent: Sunday, 27 July 2003 3:35 AM To: Baha'i Studies Subject: RE: Fundamentalism and Liberalism -----Original Message----- From: Owen Allen Sometime in the future the Baha'i Faith will enter its winter and only a few will be able to see their way to the next springtime. Do we allow fate to carry us to that or do we exert every spiritual muscle to prevent it? What do we know or might we come to know to prevent it? And how shall we come to know? ---------- Dear Owen, To my mind, spiritual winter denotes spiritual oppression and the widespread disappearance of the love of God and human virtues. Although I suppose there must be occasional periods of time during which future Manifestations of God will be recognized initially by only a few and initially will be opposed, I think the authoritative interpretations of the Baha'i Writings indicate that one of the distinctions between the present Day of God and previous Days is that spiritual winters will not occur during the successive Dispensations which will occur within the 5,000 century Baha'i Cycle. I think the unavoidable periods of uncertainty which will occur during future Dawns will not necessarily be preceded by the spiritual winters which have befallen previous Dispensations. Why then will future Manifestation come? I suppose this will be because we will be ready for the next step, for more education and for fine tuning of the revealed Law of God. Best regards, --- Vaughn ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public) ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
