Re: Eclecticism

2004-01-06 Thread Richard H. Gravelly
Mark, Just out of curiosity: why did you use the term unity of religions in the post to which I responded? Richard. - Original Message - From: Mark A. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Baha'i Studies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 6:20 PM Subject: Re: Eclecticism

Re: Eclecticism

2004-01-06 Thread Mark A. Foster
Richard, At 11:26 AM 1/6/2004 -0800, you wrote: Just out of curiosity: why did you use the term unity of religions in the post to which I responded? That was the context of the discussion on the Study Circle list, where I originally posted the message. There is a Baha'i who was arguing that

Re: Eclecticism

2004-01-06 Thread Richard H. Gravelly
Mark, You have broached this subject in past posts. And I indicated in a later post that your point was well made out. My superficial search indicated then, as it does now, that oneness of religions and unity of religions do not show up on Ocean in any authenticated Scriptures. Another

Re: Eclecticism

2004-01-06 Thread Mark A. Foster
Richard, At 03:15 PM 1/6/2004 -0800, you quoted: Briefly, it is not so much a new religion as Religion renewed and unified, which is directed today by Abdul-Baha. (Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha v1, p. viii) It seems to me that `Abdu'l-Baha here used religion in much the same way as