I have not involved myself in the many chat or discussion groups. There seems to be a number of people out to discredit the Baha'i Faith.
Let me state as always from my own understanding, I have been an active Baha'i since 1970, there is great agreement on the facts.
I would say that 99% of the persons, who believe in Baha'u'llah, are part of the "official Baha'i Faith". These Baha'is have agreed to submit to the authority of the Universal House of Justice.
Those that question this are free to send their questions to the authority or resign.
Has there ever before been a Faith that has been so united. Good luck if you are out to discredit us! I will not question your motives but you should be. If Baha'u'llah is the voice of God, as He makes clear, then you will be held responsible for your actions.
Muslims, read with understanding the words from Allah.
Christians, read with understanding the words from God.
A.G.W.
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1 comments:
Perhaps Baha'u'llah really is the Prophet for this age, and perhaps everything that happened was meant to happen. Who knows? I certainly don't.
However, I'm not even sure it matters, for even according to the Writings themselves, there is, now, no living infallible Interpreter. There is only a set of Writings. Words. And words must be interpreted before they can mean something. But in the absence of authoritative interpretation, no one can, authoritatively, interpret them. And no one can claim the right to authoritatively interpret what has happened since Baha'u'llah began his mission.
To me, the meaning of what has happened is this: events led eventually to the Catch-22 I have described elsewhere(http://bahaifundamentalism.wordpress.com), and, as a result, we have been required to grow up spiritually, and to set aside, once and for all, the search for inerrant scriptures and infallible leaders. And we have been given (either by God or by chance) a lesson in the need to renounce fundamentalism.
But that is just my opinion. The Universal House of Justice may have another opinion. But what they cannot say is this: they cannot claim to authoritatively interpret the Writings, for, even according to the House itself, no one but a Guardian would have that right. And there is, now, no Guardian. The House therefore has no more interpretative authority than I do. Or than you do. In other words, no one can, now, claim to have the authority to declare, dogmatically, what “World Order of Baha'u'llah” must mean.
Where does that leave us? Well, it leaves us with each other. In consultation.
And that, I would suggest, is a very good place to be.
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