Re: questions

Pete Hellmann (sleep@crcsun1.med.virginia.edu)
Thu, Apr 13 1995 17:31:01 GMT


In article <3m3fvj$lcq@sif.cs.cornell.edu>,
<rjmc01@crcvax.med.virginia.edu> wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>

And a long range hello to you. May the Spirit be with you, "RJ".

>I have been interested in the Bahai Faith for about one year and
>have just started to read this group.

It's about time. I told you about it last year. :)

>I hope someone can answer a few
>questions for me.

I will always answer questions for you. And I know my friends here at s.r.b
will be as helpful.

>As a Christian I have always been told that Christ is
>forever. How does the Bahai Faith deal with this issue?
>

"Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
(Heb. 13:8)

Turning to the Blessed Beauty, Baha'u'llah, is not a denial of Christ. It is
an acknowledgement of the promises made by Christ. He promised to "return"
and Baha'is believe He has returned with a new name and that name is
Baha'u'llah. No one in the Baha'i Faith turns away from Christ, we must all
accept Him.

Remember, the Sun of Reality has many dawning points. We must worship the
light and not the dawning points. The lamp of today may be a different lamp
with different oil, but the light is the same.

>If Bahaullah is the "return" where are the signs mentioned in the Bible?
>

We have discussed this in depth. I will leave this to another point of view.


>Recently a friend has been telling me about Abdulbaha. I'm not sure I
>understand his station as the perfect example of Bahai ideals in human
>form. Can someone explain this? I have a hard time thinking someone can be
>perfect.
>

I will only add one thing to our discussion. The perfection of Abdul-Baha
should not be confused with the perfection of Baha'u'llah or Christ. Also,
the perfection of the Baha'i Faith should not be confused with the
imperfection of its members.

See you at work.

Pete
PJH5U@Virginia.edu