Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv If the Orthodox Baha'i affiliate websites are correct, there are a sizeable amount of Orthodox Baha'is in India. India does have the most Baha'is, but they may have managed to convert Indians straight from Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism,

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Some Answerd Questions, in its original language, was published in Leiden Holland around 1908 or 1909 by the prestigious Brill. Also, the Secret of Divine Civilization, in its original language, was published during the life time of the Author. Browne published A

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Is it even possible to be a second, third, fourth, etc. generation cb? Excluded categories of people Shoghi Effendi wrote to the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada in 1957: “ People who have withdrawn from the Cause because they no longer feel that they can support

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Opps sorry. I did not know much about the wesite, except it wasn't tied to any particular ideaology, but it got alot of info from muslim sites. From: Susan Maneck sman...@gmail.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Tue,

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Found the source artice:   Daheshists believe that their leader, Dr. Dahesh – Saleem Moosa El-Awshee (Peaceful Moses Elisha) (1912-1984), founded a new religion called DAHESHISM in Beirut Lebanon is the Return of The Báb (Ali Mohammed Shirazi). The followers of Dr.

Re: everlasting Covenant only in Bahá'í faith

2010-01-27 Thread D . Hasan Elías M .
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Hi, I mean the Bahá'í faith will not be divided like Christianism or Islam. My question is why God didn't make this before, for example, why Islam (or other religion)has sects? --- El mar 26-ene-10, Don Calkins montana...@great-falls.net escribió: De: Don Calkins

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv If the Orthodox Baha'i affiliate websites are correct, there are a sizeable amount of Orthodox Baha'is in India. India does have the most Baha'is, but they may have managed to convert Indians straight from Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism,

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Stephen, How long have you been a Baha'i? Most Baha'is would realize these aren't the original dates of publication but merely the dates of the editions used by the author of this article. warmest, Susan He was born in 1909 and the Bab died in 1850, so other than

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv A few years From: Susan Maneck sman...@gmail.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 10:34:30 AM Subject: Re: Sects The Baha'i Studies Listserv Stephen, How long have you been a Baha'i? Most

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Is it even possible to be a second, third, fourth, etc. generation cb? Perhaps not technically as they were never part of the Covenant to begin with, but we usually avoid them none-the-less because they generally still have antipathy towards the Baha'i Institutions.

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Opps sorry. I did not know much about the wesite, except it wasn't tied to any particular ideaology, but it got alot of info from muslim sites. You mean, it isn't explicit with its ideology. __ You are subscribed to

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I read once that Charles Mason Remey turned so many Baha'is in France into cbs that they had to dissolve the current National Spiritual Assembly of France and create a new one. Donald Alfonse Harvey and Jacques Soghomonian was and is from France. This group, Heart of

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Who is Christopher Joe? Feedback is welcome. Most welcome. I, Christopher Joe, became interested in the history of the Bahá'í Faith after reading, Bahá'ísm: Its Origin, History and Teachings by Miller. Here I came to know the existence of different sects of Bahá'ís

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Joel Bray Marangella has enough follower to atleast have his own Hand(s). Martin Lavallée (Hand of the Cause of God)? From: Susan Maneck sman...@gmail.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 10:31:58

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Stephen, I am going to ask you one more time not to post material here which attacks the Faith. If you do it again I will ask Mark Foster to remove you from the list. If you are not sure *don't* post it! I say that as the manager of this list. Your source writes:

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I read once that Charles Mason Remey turned so many Baha'is in France into cbs that they had to dissolve the current National Spiritual Assembly of France and create a new one. Dear Stephen, It is not that so many French Baha'is accepted Mason Remey, it is that so

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I am going to ask you one more time not to post material here which attacks the Faith. Dear Stephen, I apologize for my harsh tone here. I now realize that you are a new believer who lives in an area where there are few Baha'is. It seems most of your information has

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv It just seems soo weird that all these cbs knew each other before they became cbs. I thought it was Rex King who was the one who persuaded Charles Mason Remey to be Guardian, then he considered him invalid, then he persuaded Joel Bray Marangella to be the next

Re: Sects

2010-01-27 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv It just seems soo weird that all these cbs knew each other before they became cbs. I thought it was Rex King who was the one who persuaded Charles Mason Remey to be Guardian, Dear Stephen, Where did you hear that? I've not seen any evidence to suggest that Rex King