tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021317.post111616705497076713..comments2023-10-17T03:46:54.909-07:00Comments on Karen's Thoughts: One Common Faith, paragraphs 21-23Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15915968995957299554noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021317.post-83102606160121625872009-10-11T19:38:29.370-07:002009-10-11T19:38:29.370-07:00Karen,
Wonderful that someone is posting critical ...Karen,<br />Wonderful that someone is posting critical comments on Baha'i. Have to find time to read your entire analysis, but 'back to the future' probably summarises well. I find it intriguing that Baha'i goes on about past religions not having a contemporary approach, then providing this minutia about how to live daily life which would seem to effectively prevent much mental expansion. I mean, alcohol is a sin for which you lose your church voting rights - where's the religious justification. At least Christian fundamentals limited themselves to basic precepts.Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594455275352784638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021317.post-1116340813199256082005-05-17T07:40:00.000-07:002005-05-17T07:40:00.000-07:00Dear Paul,Yeah, that's the sort of feeling I have,...Dear Paul,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that's the sort of feeling I have, that this paper is leading "back to the future".<BR/><BR/>There has been an outline written of *One Common Faith*, which is supposed to be posted in the Baha'i Library soon. That might make the course of argument here a little easier to follow. I'd really like to see some mainstream Baha'i analysis, but while the *One Common Faith* has been talked about, and posted, I have yet to see any in-depth look at what its saying.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915968995957299554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021317.post-1116339369318985562005-05-17T07:16:00.000-07:002005-05-17T07:16:00.000-07:00Attempts to force a reversal of some kind can lead...<I>Attempts to force a reversal of some kind can lead only to still greater disenchantment with religion itself and exacerbate sectarian conflict.</I><BR/><BR/>Personally, this seems to me to be a pretty good description of what the argument of this paper leads to, in so far as such an argument can be discerned from the clouds of confusing prose.<BR/><BR/>As such, the fact of this paper containing the seeds of its own criticism is an irony I can greatly appreciate.<BR/><BR/>PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com