What you seem to be implying is that if fundamentalists would 'grow up',
they would become liberals. I think there is a fair amount of research
that bears on this issue. As people grow up, mature in their experience
and thinking, they tend to become more conservative and relativistic.
Dear
Dear Susan,
Since I don't think there is anything in the Writings on this topic, I'm
not
sure what any of us could say beyond expressing our personal opinion. It
sounds like it is more of a topic for Baha'i-Discuss than Baha'i Studies
which is focused on issues related to scholarship.
Point
Susan,
aren't Baha'i studies essentially about the dialogue between
contemporary society and the Baha'i teachings?.
Dear Owen,
That is not the purpose of this list.
As our guidelines state: The purpose of this list is to promote
scholarship, in particular academic scholarship, on the Baha'i
I was looking at the archives recently, and read about how Allan Ward was
elected to the National Assembly of America some time back, but was removed
from the NSA by the Universal House of Justice as soon as they found out
about his election. While I have no interest in finding out the reason,
