Dear Rich, The answer to your question is simple.
Four poisons have gripped the West. 1.) Sexual obsession: this may manifest as promiscuity or as avoidance of the subject entirely, sometimes by the same people at the same time. It also manifests in the frictions between men and women. Many men are angry with women - and many women are angry with men around sexual issues. This anger explodes into the family in many forms, not the least of which is domestic violence. This is an issue our LSA's are being asked to examine and watch for in our communities. The "don't talk about it" rule is both silly and destructive. It's not going to go away. 2.) Substance abuse. This manifests in so many ways I can't begin to list them all. The destruction being wreaked on our society by this pernicious influence is enormous. 3.) Vengeance. We want to get revenge on everybody. >From the common criminal to the international terrorist. We don't want to ask the hard questions and find solutions--we want even. 4.) Greed. We suffer from a bad case of what I once heard aptly described as "more-ism". Whatever it is ---we want more. As Baha'is we have an obligation to understand these issues and hopefully to find both appropriate and realistic solutions in the writings. Sheila --- Rich Ater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear ALL, > I cannot believe in a world where people are > being stoned to death for sexual > inuendos, children are sold into slavery, and people > are dying from disease, > starvation, and neglect; etc.. we are even having > this conversation. Please, as I > would tell my 5 year old, go find something better > to do. This is not a reply to > anything that Ellaina said, I agree with her. It is > a reply to thread in general. > O.K., everybody, on the count of three; grow up. > Rich > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ---------- 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)
