The Baha'i Studies Listserv Response from the Institutions about Steven Greer
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: A discussion on Facebook concerning extraterrestrials and Steven Greet Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:08:16 -0600 From: Baha'i Internet Agency <programdirec...@bia.bahai.org> To: Mike Moum <mike.m...@gmail.com> Dear Baha'i Friend, We apologize for the delay in our response. Thank you for your message. The Baha'i institutions are aware of the activity of Mr. Greer and his ideas are in no way endorsed by them. If you still have concerns about the two believers you mention, you may wish to contact an Auxiliary Board member. With loving greetings, Baha'i Internet Agency > Dear friends, > I am writing to you because I am concerned about a recent thread on Facebook, started by a Baha'i, about alien life on earth and the suppression of evidence by a conspiracy composed of governments and various others, and in which Steven Greer is mentioned. Mr Greer is apparently a Baha'i, served for three years at the World Center in Haifa, and is the head of the "Disclosure Project", which aims to get the government to reveal the evidence it is suppressing. He has also founded an organization, known as CSETI, which solicits money from people in order to fund its research. He is controversial even in the UFO advocated community, and one of the reasons why many ufologists discredit him is that he is a Baha'i. > What I am particularly concerned about is that at least two Baha'is who I know personally, and consider to be well deepened and grounded in the Faith, and who I have found to have good judgment, are enthusiastic supporters of him, and seem to imply, as I see it, that his status as a Baha'i who has served at the World Center lends credibility to his claims. <deleted> There is an ongoing discussion of this topic on the Baha'i Studies email list, and one of the Baha'is there suggested that this topic should be brought to the attention of the Institutions if some of the believers are taking him seriously. Support of Greer's claims of a conspiracy to suppress evidence also implies, in my opinion, criticism of the government. Your office was suggested, so I am writing to you. <deleted> > Warmly, > Mike Moum > U.S. Baha'i ID 0071923 > mike.m...@gmail.com > 937-216-5701 > -- > ------------ > Mike and Dede Moum > Des Moines, Iowa > Visit the Baha'i World at www.bahai.org > Visit the US Baha'i website at www.us.bahai.org __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-712064-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
