'Abdu'l-Baha said:
But it is important to give perception and eternal life - that is, the
spiritual and divine life. For this physical life is not immortal, and its
existence is equivalent to nonexistence. So it is that Christ said to one
of His disciples: Let the dead bury their dead; for
David,
At 04:34 AM 1/19/2004, you wrote:
Jesus appears to be saying Follow me, and leave the spiritually dead (those who
don't follow Jesus) to bury the physically dead.
It appears to me that Jesus might have been saying, in response to a fellow who wanted
to bury his father (literally),
Dear Mark,
It appears to me that Jesus might have been saying, in response to a fellow
who wanted to bury his father (literally), that the dead (those who are not
in Christ) should bury the dead (this man's father who was both physically
and spiritually dead). In other words, it may have been
David,
At 06:52 AM 1/19/2004, you wrote:
That's what I was saying. I don't see how we could know anything about his father's
spiritual condition, however. That isn't even relevant.
I would not necessarily assume that the event even happened. It might well have been a
fictional account or a
Often, `Abdul-Baha gives different or additional applications of familiar Bible
verses; for example, cutting off the right hand or plucking out the eye [Matthew 18:9]
to mean expulsion of Covenant-breakers [BWF 432] is a completely original
interpretation.
I think that He is not here speaking
Dear Tim,
Here's Rob's responses to your questions regarding Baha'i Review.
warmest, Susan
These are excellent questions. I'll respond below.
-- Robert Stockman
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From: Susan Maneck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 7:54 PM
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Why? It seems to me that the difficulties of interpretation are too
great, and the chances of destroying aesthetic value and wrongly
denying freedom of expression, too high.
Dear William,
Except artistic work is subject to review if it is intended for mass
distribution. At one time they tried
Max wrote:
It seems that in the West, still a sense of moral spiritual obligation to
the Baha'i consultation and to its majority decision is lacking, and most
Administrators, still resisting detachment from their cults of
individualism, function as individuals rather than groups. Still it is
Shoghi Effendi seems quite clear that Baha'is should always capitalize
pronouns in reference to the Manifestations or 'Abdu'l-Baha, including when
others won't share our beliefs. I would just like to make sure I understand
this issue correctly. Are Baha'is allowed to not capitalize pronouns
In a message dated 1/19/2004 11:45:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Are Baha'is allowed to not capitalize pronouns when
writing in an academic context, or must they do so regardless?
Dear David,
We don't usually capitalize if we are writing for a non-Baha'i publication.
David,
At 10:44 PM 1/19/2004, you wrote:
Shoghi Effendi seems quite clear that Baha'is should always capitalize pronouns in
reference to the Manifestations or 'Abdu'l-Baha, including when others won't share
our beliefs.
The use of capitalization is an alternative to ha.drat (which was
In a message dated 1/19/2004 11:58:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However, I do not believe that, as individuals, we are always obliged to capitalize these pronouns in our own writings.
We are if it is for a Baha'i publication, in most cases. But I think there are some
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