Posted by Dawud on March 31, 2101 at 22:11:59:

In Reply to: Re: The use of this forum posted by MJSW on March 31, 2101 at 00:14:54:

I'm on my way to meet some Nepali Baha'is this morning. According to your theory, it would be better for me to have addressed my question about ta'wil (vide supra) to them--being live, physically-present human beings--rather than here. Your reasoning, if I understand you correctly, is that then I would be more likely to convert to the Baha'i religion...which you seem to assume should be the purpose of information-sharing about the Baha'is. Okay, whatever--far be it for me to tell you not to be so gung-ho about converting people, or blurring secular and religious purposes together willy-nilly...

;-)

But an important drawback is that the group of Nepali Baha'is assembled today is somewhat less likely than this board to have someone present who knows the answer. I suspect that much the same calculus would prevail at many other places where Baha'is physically gather.

At the cost of possibly missing my chance to take part in the divine plan, I would rather use the internet, even if it means searing my eyes with the awful sight of, heaven forbid, inter-sectarian Baha'i discussion going on, or community problems being bared for all to gawk at.

;-)

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