Re: Kissing?
Arwe@aol.com
Mon, Apr 3 1995 14:50:04 GMT
Parham and Doug,
Peace be upon you! I was engaged by your short exchange and would like to
present some information which may be of help. With respect to the issue of
moderation in an action such as kissing, I offer the following passage:
"What Baha'u'llah means by chastity certainly does not include the
kissing that goes on in modern society. It is detrimental to the morals of
young people, and often leads them to go too far, or arrouses appetites which
they cannot perhaps at the time satisfy legitimately through marriage, and
the suppression of which is a strain on them.
The Baha'i standard is very high, more particularly when compared with t
he thoroughly rotten morals of the present world. But this standard of ours
will produce healthier, happier, nobler people, and induce stabler
marriages."
Shoghi Effendi, letter dated 10/19/47
Baha'i News, No. 202
God be with you.
Basheer Badiei (Arwe@aol.com)