Masonic Inquiry

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2013-04-17 Thread Sen McGlinn
The Baha'i Studies Listserv not enforcing can be the best thing: In the Taurat there are ten commandments concerning the murderer. Is it possible to carry these out? Can these ten ordinances, concerning the treatment of murderers, be enforced? Modern times are such that even the question of

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2013-04-17 Thread Stephen Kent Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_on_same-sex_marriage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT-affirming_religious_groups http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT-affirming_denominations_in_Judaism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT-affirming_Christian_denominations

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2013-04-17 Thread Stephen Kent Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_religion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism I forgot to add the above links. Sent from my iPad On Apr 17, 2013, at 12:15, Stephen Kent Gray skg_z...@yahoo.com wrote: The Baha'i Studies Listserv

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2013-04-17 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Would non-Bahais be bound by Baha'i laws or not? Dear Stephen, I don't think we can say for sure but if we use Islam as the precedence, non-Muslims in a Muslim state were generally expected to abide by the laws of their own religion. For instance, while Muslims were

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2013-04-17 Thread Stephen Kent Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Susan, have you read the earlier e-mail in this thread. Don C thinks society should have a zero tolerance policy towards non-heterosexuality. No marriage, no civil unions, no domestic partnership, no adoption, no parental rights, etc. He was complaining society gives

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2013-04-17 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Susan, have you read the earlier e-mail in this thread. Don C thinks society should have a zero tolerance policy towards non-heterosexuality. No marriage, no civil unions, no domestic partnership, no adoption, no parental rights, etc. He was complaining society

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2013-04-17 Thread Stephen Kent Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Many cultures attempt to codify their prescriptions concerning individual sexual behaviors. Such codifications are frequently enacted as laws, extending their application beyond the culture to other cultures under the purview of the laws, including dissenters. Most

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2013-04-17 Thread Gary Selchert
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Stephen, I guess if society wants to base its mores on the standards of a religion that makes up 0.1% of the world's population, that would be their choice. No one would more surprised than we if they based their mores on our standards without first embracing from

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2013-04-17 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Most of the Islamic world has strict rules enforced with sometimes violent punishments to enforce Islamic moral codeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia, including sexual morality on their citizens, and impose it on non-Muslims living within their societies.

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2013-04-17 Thread Don Calkins
The Baha'i Studies Listserv on the contrary . . . . Like most Euro-Americans, you believe in some kind of authoritarianism in which those in control pass laws to make people behave according to your standards and then punish people who do not comply. i reject that as an efficient and

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2013-04-17 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv We rarely involve the experts from wikipedia in our consultations. I presume you are being tongue and cheek here. __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank

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2013-04-17 Thread Stephen Kent Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv That reminds me that while I'm fiscally responsible, I'm socially tolerant. I'm currently religious Humanist, Nichiren Buddhist, and Unitarian Universalist. Also, yes. Don C, I have noticed the Left has been authoritarian and the Right libertarian. Sent from my

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2013-04-17 Thread Don Calkins
The Baha'i Studies Listserv While the libertarian right has gained prominence, the right is still dominated by the authoritarians. I consider Obama a defacto member, just not as authoritarian or right as the Republicans. Don C On Apr 17, 2013, at 3:15 50PM, Stephen Kent Gray wrote: Also,

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2013-04-17 Thread Skygram
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Gentlemen! What pray tell is an authoritarian in the sense that you are talking about? Are we to expect the formation of a Bahai militia with your own flag that flaps to both the left and the right? America, as close as it is to me and as wonderful as I feel it is.