Re: ESW quote

2013-06-22 Thread Sen McGlinn
sciences means that learning and scholar and science no longer have the religious connotation that they had in the lifetime of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha -- Sen McGlinn Academic Text Services 06 8200 8758 (00316-8200-8758) __ You are subscribed

Re: ESW quote

2013-06-21 Thread Sen McGlinn
attire themselves with the raiment of knowledge, but who inwardly are deprived therefrom. [ESW pp6-7] Am I correct that the word translated as divines is ulama? Yes, it is ulama-ye iran Sen -- Sen McGlinn Academic Text Services 06 8200 8758 (00316-8200-8758

Re: Against nature...

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

Re: Against nature...

2013-04-10 Thread Sen McGlinn
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 10 Apr 2013 at 16:25, Gilberto Simpson wrote: The Baha'i Studies Listserv it's my understanding that in a Bahai marriage, the consent of the parents is a very important requirement. My question is, for the purposes of marriage, is it the birth/natural parents

Re: Divine Springtime

2013-03-04 Thread Sen McGlinn
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Springtime is Bahar, Baharistan, or Robi`e Divine springtime in the Iqan p 112 is baharestan-e quds-e ma'navi = the springtime of the true paradise (or many other possible translations along these lines) in the Iqan p 129 it translates robi`e ilahi, literally divine

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-13 Thread Sen McGlinn
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Stephen Kent Gray skg_z...@yahoo.comwrote: What does it mean to be ... too courageous? too prudent? Courage without wisdom prudence would lead to bad outcomes, although courage is a virtue. too merciful? too

Re: Buddhism

2013-01-19 Thread Sen McGlinn
The Baha'i Studies Listserv The verb for established in this case is ta'sis nemudan, which can mean established or built if the object is a building, but more literally it means lay the foundation of. ~~Sen On Jan 12, 2013, at 6:33 PM, David Regal david.re...@yahoo.com wrote: The Baha'i

Re: since when there have been Manifestations/Prophets of God on this planet?

2012-12-17 Thread Sen McGlinn
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Hasan Elías hasanel...@yahoo.com wrote: The problem is that 'Abdu'l-Bahá said also: it cannot be imagined that the worlds of existence, whether the stars or this earth, were once inhabited by the donkey, cow, mouse and cat, and that