On May 9, 11:21 pm, tdciago <tdci...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 9, 5:38 pm, robg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > That was rather cheesy, wasn't it? "I can speak on his behalf."
>
> Isn't that what religious leaders do? They're messengers, or
> manifestations, or prophets, of God.
>
> Richard seemed to want young Locke to select the Book of Laws instead
> of the knife. There is a Book of Laws in the Bah'ai faith.
>
> "Bah'ai believe that God is so beyond the limits of human
> understanding that he is ultimately unknowable.
>
> To overcome this obstacle, God has made his nature and will known to
> humanity through means of a series of Messengers or Manifestations.
>
> Each of these Messengers =96 which include Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster,
> Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad =96 has founded a great religion.
> These Manifestations of God each revealed the attributes and will of
> God that was appropriate to the time.
"http://www.religionfacts.com/bahai/=
beliefs/prophets.htm
So what does that make Ben? He spoke to Jacob directly--he didn't need
to go through Christian.
-yngver
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