In a message dated 9/23/03 5:31:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Dear Sandra, > >>As for bathing, it appears to me that Baha'u'llah is actually >>endorsing what we now call a "shower". The (nearly) bottom >>line of this passage is: >> >>"If the bather, instead of entering the water, wash himself by >>*pouring it upon his body*, it shall be better for him and >>shall *absolve* him of the need for bodily *immersion*." > >Yes, but isn't that talking about the foul water from the Persian baths? > I >don't see clean water showers as having anything to do with what Baha'u'llah > >is talking about there. > >>Additionally, I feel that to bathe means to wash, or cleanse. >>Not necessarily to immerse ones self. > >Well, just after the injunction to bathe "bodily immersion" is referred >to. >The part you cite seems to be only in reference to the foul water in the > >Persian baths. So in this passage I don't see the meaning you do.
Seems to me you're overinterpreting yourself into a corner. My advice: if the minutiae of bathing are that important to you (why?), ask for an elucidation from the Universal House of Justice. And don't tell them I sent you... --Sekhmet ---------- 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)
