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    Comparative Views: Consequence of "Sin"

    I generally agree. I would suppose that if one rejected *all* of the Prophets, and the Religions of God, then I could see that one has in fact then denied the Holy Spirit. Also I would suppose there is a difference from choosing one or another religion and actively denying any. Not sure exactly...
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    Comparative Views: Consequence of "Sin"

    I agree with Bruce and others that the metaphysical unpardonable sin, one rooted into existence itself (my own words) is rejection of the Holy Spirit. In the comment above I see more of a practical aspect of sin - a sin with profound implications. Baha'is beleive education of children is so...
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    Comparative Views: Consequence of "Sin"

    Beware oversimplification. If a Baha'i looses administrative rights, they can and should still be in the company of Baha'is, just not as freely as normal. For example if a Baha'i were to get drunk often and proclaim the Founder as one promoting drink all all this be witnessed by impartial...
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    Comparative Views: Consequence of "Sin"

    there are other paradigms to examine sin with than legalisms, without discounting them. For example there is an ecological sense of sinning - "...sinfulness (is) a cause for the exercise of Thy forgiveness.() ..." One cannot mistake rotting for growth, and yet little makes for great growth...
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    Is it ok to follow any religion?

    No problem. The world is a big place. Lot's of strange things out here. :-) I'm a Baha'i, Hand. Openmindedness is a balance - the point is to seek truth wherever it is to be found, but not just pursuing the strange because it is strange. Sometimes the truth stands right in front of you...
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    Baha'is and politics

    And certainly such tensions will exist as they have in the past. Drawing the lines of how things turn out is not within our hands or destinies unless the pillars of the world be radically and summarily changed, in which case discussion such as this wont be even informative. But in case I am...
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    Is it ok to follow any religion?

    Certainly not. And my own religion forcasts another religion, indeed an endless series of religions. But that does not mean that endless war is inherent to the prospect of religion. Nor would that place, of a world with only the Baha'i Faith, mean that the Founders of any Faith, nor the...
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    One soul, one body, one eden!

    "Thou hast, moreover, asked Me concerning the state of the soul after its separation from the body. Know thou, of a truth, that if the soul of man hath walked in the ways of God, it will, assuredly, return and be gathered to the glory of the Beloved. By the righteousness of God! It shall attain...
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    Baha'is and politics

    That and whole arena of prison systems has pretty much gotten lost in the social development. I recall vaguely about paying the price to society and the like - seems the system is just about seperating evil-doers and make them suffer, and twist the whole thing in the wind of who-ever gets...
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    Baha'is and politics

    Plenty of high speed - no windows though....
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    Baha'is and politics

    I wasn't aware this had been released in computer file form - where is it?
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    Looking for a Quote

    We're going to meet another Baha'i or two for a late breakfast and then perhaps go the NC Zoo. The Leonids will do their normal show which despite the glory of past events will be fairly minor. Curiously a weaker shower called the Tuarids over this same period is, while still a rare meteor...
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    Law and Sanctions

    Re: Baha'i Laws Perhaps the same as "Never again", which is to say, compromised by the very authors. Something isn't so just because one calls it "modest". It is also possible such people will be as famous as Arius, or all of his prominant followers. I doubt anyone I know will reach...
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    Law and Sanctions

    Well you do assume that the heterosexual couple don't have chastity problems for one. The law of chastity isn't void just because one is married. Issues of regulation and control remain. Understanding chastity is a prfound subject - for example it turns out to be a key issue in understanding...
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    Law and Sanctions

    Re: My participatoin here I think part of the issue comes up from declaring a position with stating it. You say something is a position and you say it is not rational. Same goes for "us". We say a position and state it is x, y, and z. But the characterization is viewed by the other side as...
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    Law and Sanctions

    Re: Baha'i Laws The purpose is not to wear you down. We each have things to say but there is so much to say.... I've very much limited my posts, partly because I can't post every day and it takes a while to catch up. As for when will the community at large respond - the community at...
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    Law and Sanctions

    It is of some passing interest to me that my first post in CR was when it was less than a year old, and was in a thread about "Holy Spirit: feminine form?". An interesting skimming of history.
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    Law and Sanctions

    Re: Baha'i Laws Organically. An ever fuller transformation of character and norms. Not too long ago there was a development in decentralizing some of the processes of institutions by making regional Baha'i councils around the world, and at a local level with clusters. :-)
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    Law and Sanctions

    While the thread has gone on to cover other ideas, I don't think this part has been dwelt on enough. It could. The matter of the position of women and men is something perhaps we are too close to both in ourselves and in our emediate past as well as of the longer history. A history replete...
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    Law and Sanctions

    I think many people have sincere intentions on saying things close to their heart, but with no little talking past eachother, not infrequently hearing not eachother but echoes of every other time we dwelt on the issues and or heard others say things. I"ll be generous to assume I've been party to...
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