Re: Bahai Law & Common Sense
Arden Eby (arden@teleport.com)
Thu, Mar 16 1995 18:45:26 GMT
In article <1995Mar13.152325.28788@cs.cornell.edu> bb539@freenet.carleton.ca (Kam Derakhshan) writes:
>Yes, one can also say that sects of other religions like Ahmadiyyih for
>Moslems and Mormonism for Christians also found followings but the
>founders of these sects are resting on the foundations of already
>established religions and they themselves brought nothing new.
As a life-long Mormon (now a liberal Mormon studying the Baha'i Faith) I can
assure you that this is not so. Mormonism brought MUCH that was new though it
does teach that it only "restored" that which was lost.
>Initially they might convert some of the mainstream believers but on the
>long run they only further divide an already heavily divided religion.
Actually, the majority recent converts to the Mormon faith were never
Christians to begin with. The Mormon faith is currently at around ten million
members and growing rapidly. I see Mormonism and the Baha'i faith
"over-lapping" on opposite ends of the globe.
There are some amazing similarities between early Mormonism and the Baha'i
Faith.
Arden