From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Thu Dec 23 1999 - 00:37:30 MST
>jeff nordahl wrote:
> >
> > Is anyone here familiar with or have first hand experience with the Bahai
> > Faith? If so, I would love to hear your thoughts and reflexions or
> > reflections.
>
>Do you really expect to get a frank critique of any large, organized
religious
>group in a quasi-public forum (or even via private correspondence)? Do
>you happen
>to know if Salman Rushdie can venture out to the mall by himself these days,
or
>is he still cooped up in a safe house under the protection of the British
>government?
I'll cheerfully criticize any religion I think deserves it, if the subject
comes up.
It's not as if fatwas are thrown around like footballs.
In respect to the Bahai, my knowledge is minimal. I know two Bahais, both
of whom I respect and are knowledgeable, scientifically literate, and open-
minded. I read one Bahai book many years ago and thought it made a
good attempt to acknowledge the fallibility of religious beliefs. (by which
I mean they should be open to questioning, evidence, and revisal - not
that they are necessarily incorrect)
I filed them mentally in the same category as Quakers - if you must have
a religion about, that's what you'd want to have.
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