Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cmu-cs-k.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cmu-cs-k!tim From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Where do souls come from? Message-ID: <20980041@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> Date: Sat, 29-Dec-84 15:25:53 EST Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-k.20980041 Posted: Sat Dec 29 15:25:53 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 02:16:23 EST References: <715@noscvax.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 31 In <715@noscvax.UUCP>, Janet Walker, a Baha'i, says, > >From a Jewish perspective, I would say your question is meaningless. > >Space and time are the limits of the physical universe. Without > >a body as a referance point, how can the consept of time exist > >for the soul? > >Think of it this way... If you can understand the fact that a soul > >has no location in space, why should it have one in time? > > > > michab > I must certainly agree with this! In fact I think that anyone from > any major religion must have some writings which confirm this. Here is solid proof for my claim that Baha'i is not eclectic. In fact, it seems to do no more than reconcile Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Any such statement about the "soul" is in conflict with Buddhism, which denies the reality of the soul. Roughly the same can be said for Taoism. Furthermore, I am not familiar with any Hindu scriptures which would suggest anything of the sort, nor scriptures or tales of any other polytheistic religion. The Baha'is are free to walk their path of monotheistic synthesis, but to call it "eclectic" is an absurdity. -=- Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: seismo!cmu-cs-k!tim CompuServe: 74176,1360 audio: shout "Hey, Tim!" "Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains." Liber AL, II:9.