Re: Divine revelation and social construction


> A good point and I believe it would be an impressive difference even in
> percentage terms. But does it represent a difference between Babi/Baha'i and
> Islam or does it say something about the difference between relatively small
> religions thgat have not achieved temporal power and bigger ones that have?

Dear John,

I think it does represent a tangible difference because while the
Baha'i community has increased in size tremendously since the early
days the number of killings done by those imagining themselves to be
serving the Faith has disapppeared, not increased. The only instances
of this were in the early days when Baha'is had not fully understood
the implications of the Baha'i revelation.

> For example, what would the comparable figures for intra-religion killings be
> for the Sikhs or the Jains or Fulan Gong?

Well, Sikhs have done a fair amount of killing in the name of religion,
and I don't know much about the Fulan gang. As far as I know Jains
don't believe in swatting flies, let alone killing human beings!

> I don't think we give a fair picture of the Baha'i faith to our guests if we
> give the impression of saying there is something wrong with Islam.

Unfortunately Yassir is already doing that for us.

warmest, Susan

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