Comments on: “The Smell of Blood Upon Us” http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-smell-of-blood-upon-us A Social Media Documentary following 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: The Journey So Far: Month Two | 239 Days in America http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/#comment-489 The Journey So Far: Month Two | 239 Days in America Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:00:42 +0000 http://239days.com/?p=2294#comment-489 [...] The Smell of Blood Upon Us and The Good Shepherd we continued our series on the peace movement in America. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá [...] [...] The Smell of Blood Upon Us and The Good Shepherd we continued our series on the peace movement in America. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá [...]

]]> By: Rob Sockett http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/#comment-1548 Rob Sockett Thu, 31 May 2012 12:48:00 +0000 http://239days.com/?p=2294#comment-1548 Yes! When you look at the "long arc of history" you realize that the momentous changes in human development have unfolded over centuries. The development of democracy in Britain/America, and how it evolved along with things like personal property, freedom of speech, separation of church and state, etc., is a good case in point. It makes you realize how complicated these things are. Patience, as you say, is key.    Yes! When you look at the “long arc of history” you realize that the momentous changes in human development have unfolded over centuries. The development of democracy in Britain/America, and how it evolved along with things like personal property, freedom of speech, separation of church and state, etc., is a good case in point. It makes you realize how complicated these things are. Patience, as you say, is key.   

]]> By: Bahaiwoman99 http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/#comment-1538 Bahaiwoman99 Wed, 30 May 2012 13:43:00 +0000 http://239days.com/?p=2294#comment-1538 This article proves to me again how patient we must be.  Little by little Mankind continues to work toward these same goals of Universl Peace.  It is not something that happens in a generation, but in multiple generations, heart by heart.  It may not happen in our lifetimes, but by our actions we can continue the steady path toward Peace and eventually the World will be changed and find this end goal.. This article proves to me again how patient we must be.  Little by little Mankind continues to work toward these same goals of Universl Peace.  It is not something that happens in a generation, but in multiple generations, heart by heart.  It may not happen in our lifetimes, but by our actions we can continue the steady path toward Peace and eventually the World will be changed and find this end goal..

]]> By: Gordonjameskerr http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/#comment-1537 Gordonjameskerr Wed, 30 May 2012 09:16:00 +0000 http://239days.com/?p=2294#comment-1537  “The last century, was the century of nationalism in religion, but this twentieth century is the century of universality in religion. All our great religions are beginning to spread throughout the world, and we are beginning to find that which is good in them all.”  “The last century, was the century of nationalism in religion, but this twentieth century
is the century of universality in religion. All our great religions are
beginning to spread throughout the world, and we are beginning to find
that which is good in them all.”

]]> By: Jonathan Menon http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/#comment-1530 Jonathan Menon Tue, 29 May 2012 03:05:00 +0000 http://239days.com/?p=2294#comment-1530 Haha! Yes, indeed. :-) Haha! Yes, indeed. :-)

]]> By: Dean Hedges http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/#comment-1529 Dean Hedges Tue, 29 May 2012 02:07:00 +0000 http://239days.com/?p=2294#comment-1529 Mr Maxwell ... ...at your pleasure please consider this all a grand adventure ... ... the Fisher King ... http://www.thefriendsofenglishmagic.com/?page_id=2 Mr Maxwell …

…at your pleasure please consider this all a grand adventure …

… the Fisher King …

http://www.thefriendsofenglishmagic.com/?page_id=2

]]> By: Jonathan Menon http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/#comment-1528 Jonathan Menon Mon, 28 May 2012 23:43:00 +0000 http://239days.com/?p=2294#comment-1528 Hi William, Thank you very much for your enthusiastic comments about our project over the last few days. I know it's tempting to want to pose the kinds of questions you have in your comment here, but I also think it's important to be more precise when we try to judge things like 'Abdu'l-Bahá's influence on the people who heard him speak. To characterize these men and women as the "intellectual leaders of mankind" seems to me to be an extremely broad way to describe them. There was actually a great variety of responses to the things 'Abdu'l-Bahá said, and we have tried to present them in as balanced a way as we can, given the sources we have. The public marketplace of ideas in 1912, just like today, was a very complex thing. And although 'Abdu'l-Bahá's voice was unique, compelling, and certainly ahead of its time, it was only one voice among many. In my opinion, we really have no way to know what the impact of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's words were on most of his hearers, nor to assess to what extent they may actually have been able to change the future had they responded differently. It seems to me that 'Abdu'l-Bahá was himself quite conscious of the complexity of the situation he was in. Just two days earlier -- our Day 46 -- he had related Jesus's Parable of the Sower to the people gathered to hear him speak at Mount Morris Baptist Church in Harlem. And he stated quite clearly that some people would let his words penetrate their thinking, like the seeds sown on fertile ground, and some wouldn't. That complexity, I think, makes it hard to call to account the people who heard him speak, and to impose on them our expectations of how they "should" have admired 'Abdu'l-Bahá, been inspired by him, or responded differently to what he said. Hi William,

Thank you very much for your enthusiastic comments about our project over the last few days.

I know it’s tempting to want to pose the kinds of questions you have in your comment here, but I also think it’s important to be more precise when we try to judge things like ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s influence on the people who heard him speak. To characterize these men and women as the “intellectual leaders of mankind” seems to me to be an extremely broad way to describe them.

There was actually a great variety of responses to the things ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said, and we have tried to present them in as balanced a way as we can, given the sources we have. The public marketplace of ideas in 1912, just like today, was a very complex thing. And although ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s voice was unique, compelling, and certainly ahead of its time, it was only one voice among many. In my opinion, we really have no way to know what the impact of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s words were on most of his hearers, nor to assess to what extent they may actually have been able to change the future had they responded differently.

It seems to me that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was himself quite conscious of the complexity of the situation he was in. Just two days earlier — our Day 46 — he had related Jesus’s Parable of the Sower to the people gathered to hear him speak at Mount Morris Baptist Church in Harlem. And he stated quite clearly that some people would let his words penetrate their thinking, like the seeds sown on fertile ground, and some wouldn’t.

That complexity, I think, makes it hard to call to account the people who heard him speak, and to impose on them our expectations of how they “should” have admired ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, been inspired by him, or responded differently to what he said.

]]> By: Patrick http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/#comment-1526 Patrick Mon, 28 May 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://239days.com/?p=2294#comment-1526 Abdul Baha is the man! Abdul Baha is the man!

]]> By: William Maxwell http://239days.com/2012/05/28/the-smell-of-blood-upon-us/#comment-1525 William Maxwell Mon, 28 May 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://239days.com/?p=2294#comment-1525  Again, the magnetic power of 'Abdu'l-Baha to attract the attention and then the admiration of the intellectual leaders of mankind is shown in this brief piece.  What happened to dissipate that power? That vision?  Where did those leaders go with the inspiration provided to them by this "Man from the East"?  Again, the magnetic power of ‘Abdu’l-Baha to attract the attention and then the admiration of the intellectual leaders of mankind is shown in this brief piece.  What happened to dissipate that power? That vision?  Where did those leaders go with the inspiration provided to them by this “Man from the East”?

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