Re: Putting past practices behind us
- From: Douglas McAdam <douglasmcadam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:30:50 CST
On Jun 27, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Polychrysos wrote:
Doug,
I believe the most infectious, and the most deadly spiritual disease
that exists is fear, the fear of other human beings that tries to treat
them as something separate from ourselves. I think that we should
endeavor never to look upon others as "diseased."
On the other hand, I am in agreement with you on the second point.
Racism *is* still alive and well, underground. It's like the man said
"people still hate each other, they're just better at hiding it."
Brendan
Yes, fear is the opposite of faith. However I think it is very clear that we should fear and shun CBs. That is quite different from self imposed fear coming from a lack of faith. We have faith that Baha'u'llah, the Beloved Master etc. have given us proper advice and exhortations and we don't question them but rather obey and when we do our faith becomes a state of certitude.
regards,
doug
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