On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:05:10 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 1/24/2005 8:53:18 AM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > History > After Charles Mason Remey's proclamation in 1960 that he was the > second Guardian of the Baha'i Faith, his followers became known as the > Orthodox Bahá'í Faith. Among those who accepted Remey's proclamation, > several further divisions have occurred. Some of these are described > below: > > You are actually missing several factions before these.
G: Yes, I realized there were earlier splits but it took more than a minute to find the relevant article which discussed them so I just went with the Remey-ites. They did not prosper > either. Mason Remey pulled away how many Baha`i's of the time? probably less > than 200. Didn't the French NSA approve of Remey's claims at the time? Were there only 200 Bahais in France at the time? > One cannot say a faction has > prospered if it breaks into smaller less tiny factions over time. Jensen is > the result of one of the senescent Remey's appointments as Guardian. It too > has gotten smaller over time. That is not a quality of prosperity. Where is it possible to find recent statistics on the growth or decline of Bahais in different parts of the world? I've heard "Bahai" growth figures have been stagnant too. > > Would you like an outline of the history of covenant breakers you have > missed? > If its not inconvenient, sure. Look. All I'm really saying is that it is insulting to cast all sorts of negative aspersions on other religions for being split, when your own religion has obvious splits. It's like this massive act of denial. Like you think your s*** doesn't stink. We all see things from our own perspectives. We don't all see the world in the same way. Sometimes that means people in the "same" religion will read the "same" texts and interpret them differently. Sometimes those differences are large enough to cause a "split". This is not surprising or shocking. Peace Gilberto "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
