Gordon, Yet if I refer to the entirety as the Baha'i Faith, which appears to be a legitimate designation, then it is a matter of substance. Otherwise a new set of rules would be required for "Baha'i Society". It may be a relatively minor matter however.
Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Dicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Baha'i Studies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: Re: Eclecticism > > Richard responded: > > > > it seems quite a stretch to seek to define and distinguish an aspect of > the Faith, separate > > it from another aspect and then define the separated part as an > "organisation" and as "eclectic", > > when Shoghi Effendi made no such distinctions. > > I agree, if we put things that way. What I had in mind was not "an aspect > of the Faith" but rather a different sense of the word altogether - what > might more precisely be called "Baha'i society" rather than "the Baha'i > Faith" per se. But this seems to be a question of definitions rather than > substance. > > > > > ---------- > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st > news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st > http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public) ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
