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Letter of September 4, 1935 |
With regard to your question relative to the advisability of
having Baha’is join film companies. Although on principle
there is no objection if any believer wishes to become a cinema
actor, yet in view of the excessive corruption that now prevails
along such a line of occupation, the Guardian would not advise
any believer to choose this kind of profession, unless he finds
this to be the only means of earning his livelihood.
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Concerning the passage in the Old Testament in which
Abraham is reported to have addressed his wife as his sister, the
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interpretation given it by some Christians cannot hold, as it
implies that the Messengers of God are all sinners. A much
more plausible explanation would be, that in doing so Abraham
wished to emphasize the superiority of the spiritual relationship
binding him with his wife to the purely physical and material
one.
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