Re: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Oh, I do not know that much of early church history. They listed these as: 1.Thyatira (Baha'i Faith) Universal House of Justice in Haifa, Israel 2.Laodicea (The Faith of God, The House of Mankind, The Man, The Universal Palace of Order, etc.) Jamshid Ma'ani

Re: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Also, what kind of person was 'Amatu'l-Baha Ruhhiyyih Khannum? They have her characterized as the greedy power hungry conspirator who killed Shoghi Effendi. That's probably the thing I find the most disgusting about the Jensenites, they rely on slander. Contrary to

Fw: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Shoaullah Ala'i Agnes Alexander Hasan M. Balyuzi Musa Banani Amelia E. Collins Clara Dunn H. Collis Featherstone John Ferraby Ali Akbar Furutan Dr. Ugo Giachery Dr. Hermann Grossmann Paul E. Haney Horace Holley Leroy C. Ioas Zikrullah Khadem Amatu'l-Baha

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2010-01-21 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv The complete list of people they do not like. I put emphasis on the alleged ringleaders of the plot to kill Shoghi Effendi and usurp the faith. Those are all Hands of the Cause. My point is that they do not have one shred of evidence to back up their allegations.

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2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I got the list from the MBC-OBF rather than the COBL-BUPC. I really do not understand hsitory. PS Leland Jensen claimed innocence and said his conviction was due to a corrupt gov't/judicial system. From: Susan Maneck

Re: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Also, their UHJ ie UHJ.net allows women on thiers. The appointed body of the Universal House of Justice in its first stage, once and for all, herby resolves that: Based upon the Explicit Holy Text and the clear and manifest proofs and evidences contained within,

Re: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Tim Nolan
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Why is Covenant Breaker material being allowed on this list? Tim All good art is about something deeper than it admits. --Roger Ebert --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Stephen Gray skg_z...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Stephen Gray skg_z...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: RE: Sects To: Baha'i

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2010-01-21 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I got the list from the MBC-OBF rather than the COBL-BUPC. I really do not understand hsitory. PS Leland Jensen claimed innocence and said his conviction was due to a corrupt gov't/judicial system. Would you expect him to say otherwise? There are numerous women,

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Loïc ROYER
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Susan, I'm more a reader than a writer in this, as my english is more commercial than spiritual. But these last exchanges remind me a question I put myself since I am bahai : How baha'is can say they are in friendship with all believers of all one-only-God

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Loic, It is precisely because of the need to preserve our unity that we are urged to stay away from Covenant breakers. Their intent is to destroy that unity and if given the opportunity they woulld do so. As you probably know association with Covenant breakers is

Re: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Don Calkins
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Also, what kind of person was 'Amatu'l-Baha Ruhhiyyih Khannum? They have her characterized as the greedy power hungry conspirator who killed Shoghi Effendi. She was self-confident, assertive and the designated intermediary between Shoghi Effendi and the

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2010-01-21 Thread Don Calkins
The Baha'i Studies Listserv The Baha'i Studies Listserv I got the list from the MBC-OBF rather than the COBL-BUPC. I really do not understand hsitory. PS Leland Jensen claimed innocence and said his conviction was due to a corrupt gov't/judicial system. Specifically he claimed the AMA bribed

Re: Fw: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Don Calkins
The Baha'i Studies Listserv The complete list of people they do not like. I put emphasis on the alleged ringleaders of the plot to kill Shoghi Effendi and usurp the faith. These are the entire contingent of the Hands of the Cause who were required to give their consent to the choice of

Re: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I do not know who they are? From: Susan Maneck sman...@gmail.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Thu, January 21, 2010 12:59:15 PM Subject: Re: RE: Sects The Baha'i Studies ListservDear Stephen, I would request

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Why is sectarianism such an issue for western religions? Sunni vs Shia vs Khajirite vs Qur'an alone Protestant vs Catholic vs Anglican vs Lutheran vs Orthodx vs Mormon vs etc... any of the 22,000 Christian groups Hindu's have: 1. Vaishnavas 2. Shaivas 3. Shaktas 4.

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I once read an article in American Baha'i on an unrelated, coincidental episode in the Gaurdian's life. He was very frugal. He wore the same coat all the time and it got old word out. 'Amatu'l-Baha bought him an exspensive coat. He had her sell it for a dozen

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Oh, but that is not the problem in and of itself, it just proves she had motive and opportunity. From: Don Calkins montana...@great-falls.net To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Thu, January 21, 2010 6:59:52 PM Subject:

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Skygram
The Baha'i Studies Listserv What is this? CSI Haifa?? __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-482422-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Don Calkins
The Baha'i Studies Listserv The Baha'i Studies Listserv Oh, but that is not the problem in and of itself, it just proves she had motive and opportunity. Motive and opportunity to what? Don C From: Don Calkins montana...@great-falls.net To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Thu,

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv No, she did not have materialistic leanings at all. She just loved and adored him. She too lived quite modestly after she got married. The beloved Guardian Shoghi Effendi has described her as my shield and shelter. Best wishes, Iskandar Sent on the Sprint® Now

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Loic, There are quite a number of references in the Writings regarding your question. I'd recommend that U carefully study Abdu'l-Baha's last Tablet to America, even though the translation is a bit choppy. In it He cites passages from Baha'u'llah. Best,

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Alledgedly killing Shoghi Effendi, I say allegedly... She was with him the most and he was standing between her and the Fund money. From: Don Calkins montana...@great-falls.net To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Thu,

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Skygram
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Yo! Let me tell you what I know about Ruhiyyih Khanoum. My grandfather, a civil engineer, worked for her father and it was his respect for the Bahai Faith that limited my family's trauma when I told them that I had changed my religion. He told everyone not to worry,

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Don Calkins
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Do you really believe that w/ Shoghi Effendi dead she rcvd free access to the International Fund? Or the Huququ'llah? On what basis? What is she supposed to have done with that money? I have never heard of her spending money profligately before or after the

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2010-01-21 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv   One woman, a member of his International Council reported on-line that after she was named to the council, he had insisted on having sex with her.  When her husband, also a member of the council, refused to support her, she left the movement. Here is what she

Re: Fw: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Here's a testimonial from a former Jensen followers.It was part of a thread of posts by women who had been victims of Jensen's womanizing. Date: Tue Jul 8, 2003 5:14 pm Subject: Re: Accounts of Official or Institutional Abuse of Individual Baha'is I wanted to offer

Re: RE: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I do not know who they are? Dear Stephen, Tony Lee is a Baha'i who lives in Los Angeles and runs Kalimat Press. More than twenty years ago he and a few other Baha'is wrote a paper entitled The Service of Women on the Institutions of the Baha'i Faith wherein it was

Re: Sects

2010-01-21 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Why is sectarianism such an issue for western religions? Dear Stephen, Another way of wording your question is why do the Abrahamic religions place so much stress on the Covenant. It is because we believe so strongly in the authority of revelation. We don't simply