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Manifestations have a penchant for using the words I, me, my, mine, we, us,
our, ours, and other such pronouns.
Three possible interpretations are possible from the above.
1. The Manifestation means is referring to God.
2. The Manifestation is referring to the
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In the link at the bottom, the author singles there out as referring to
Baha'u'llah rather than God, or a abstract Manifestation.
I would simply disagree with the author. Those passages refer to God,
not Baha'u'llah.
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Hi,
It is better to recognize God (through Bahá'u'lláh), but we should not force
anybody. Where Bahá'u'lláh says that everybody must become bahá'í?
Hasan
I have seen Baha'i blogs where a sense 3 usage of Baha'ullah's writings
combined with promoting independent
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Technically, it depends on the use of pronoun tense (1, 2, or 3).
He makes lots of use of vague pronouns which leaves a window of interpretation.
Baha'i bloggers use sense 3 a lot like I've noted earlier.
In reference to Baha'u'llah, a blogger (I forget which
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Those were the only instances I could remember at the time, but this is about
all instances of pronouns being interpreted in any given sense.
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On Feb 10, 2013, at 14:46, Susan Maneck sman...@gmail.com wrote:
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In the link
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Hi Stephen,
I never read a bahá'í writing that suggests that everybody must became bahá'í.
As a bahá'í I believe that in the distant future the majority of the world
(perhaps near 95%) will be bahá'í. The writings suggest that people will
embrace the Faith by choice
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They are entitled to their interpretation. But of course no matter how
prominent an individual may be, their statements are never authoritative.
Personally, I believe that however important it is to accept the Messenger, it
is the Message that can not be rejected
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There's no precedent in the history of religious demographics for one religion
to dominate the whole world. People don't just convert to a religion because
it's good.
When people decide on what religion they want to be, they just do go and say
Do I want to be a
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What exactly is the believer versus non-believer divide? Technically, only
secularists are non-believers, but people use the term to describe people who
believe different than oneself rather than people who don't believe.
People don't live in an abstract world where
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Those were the only instances I could remember at the time, but this is about
all instances of pronouns being interpreted in any given sense.
You realize that only Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi have the right to
make authoritative interpretations?
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Yes, I know that. Have any authoritative interpretations on this been
translated into English?
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On Feb 10, 2013, at 17:53, Susan Maneck sman...@gmail.com wrote:
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Those were the only instances I could remember at the
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Not to my knowledge. Everything else should be regarded as personal
opinion therefore, and we can't make doctrinal judgements as to
whether everyone has to become a Baha'i on the basis of that.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Stephen Kent Gray skg_z...@yahoo.com
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We should be clear about what has actually been said:
‘Abdu’l-Bahá says in Promulgation of Universal Peace, pp. 429-430: “… my
purpose isto warn and strengthen you against accusations, criticisms,
revilings, andderision in newspaper articles or other publications.
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