Re: Believer Beware- Turf War

Jerry wrote:
>You're agreeing that some attacks against the Baha'i community are 
>attacks on the whole of the faith.  Correct?
>
>I'm saying that all attacks against the Baha'i community are attacks on 
>the whole of the faith.
>
>Since you are agreeing that *some* attacks meet this criteria, then what 
>attributes of the attack make it so?   I can't answer this for you, I 
>don't know what attributes you've considered, and I'm not a mind reader.

I think it might be more productive to examine the differing
perceptions of the thing attacked. My guess is that Jerry sees the
Baha'i Faith as a monolithic entity - in which case an attack on one
part of it can easily be perceived as an attack on the whole.

I don't think of the Baha'i Faith in that way. I see it as an organic
entity. If one part of it applies the revelation in a way appropriate
to its environment, it experiences growth and development. If not, it
doesn't. A failure in one area isn't a reflection on the whole and an
attack on one part isn't an attack on the whole either.

But I'm sure Jerry and I can agree to disagree on this.

ka kite
Steve

p.s. Congrats to the Aussies for coming second in the rugby.