Re: reflection on future bahá'í society

2007-04-08 Thread smaneck
This means that free and obligatory education would cause people freedom to choose their academic plan, Dear Hasan, I don't get the impression from the Writings that education will necessarily be free. In fact the Aqdas requires a father educate his children and only if he cannot afford

Recent House letter

2007-04-08 Thread David Friedman
At the Feast tonight we were told about a recent House letter giving guidance about voting in Baha'i elections. It is a March 25 letter that others here must have seen. What we were told about it makes me think it has been totally misunderstood because the House of Justice advice about

Re: Recent House letter

2007-04-08 Thread smaneck
Dear David, Look at the last sentence from the letter written on the Guardian's behalf and its emphasis on 'varied.' It seems to me this is very much in accord with the House's letter: The Assembly should be representative of the choicest and most varied and capable elements in

Re: reflection on future bahá'í society

2007-04-08 Thread Hasan Elias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:This means that free and obligatory education would cause people freedom to choose their academic plan, Dear Hasan, I don't get the impression from the Writings that education will necessarily be free. In fact the Aqdas requires a father educate his

Re: reflection on future bahá'í society

2007-04-08 Thread Hasan Elias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: This means that free and obligatory education would cause people freedom to choose their academic plan, Dear Hasan, I don't get the impression from the Writings that education will necessarily be free. In fact the Aqdas requires a father educate his

Re: reflection on future bahá'í society

2007-04-08 Thread smaneck
Well, how obligatory education is obligatory if it is not free? Dear Hasan, It is obligatory because the Aqdas requires a father to educate his son. If the father fails to do so the House of Justice has the right to take the money from the father. If he cannot afford it, then the House of