"- Imagine someone who disagrees with the reasoning of the Universal House of Justice about excluding women from its membership, and thinks that the real reason is simply sexism, and that the members haven't really given the idea a fair chance. Imagine that one way she sees for that to change is for the case to be presented by people whose ideas the members of the Universal House of Justice might take more seriously. "
Dear Jim, I can see some problems with the above. While it might be argued that infallibility (ma'sum) does not exclude the possibility that the Universal House of Justice has to be kept properly informed and if they are given misinformation a faulty decision might result the above scenario presupposes that there is a moral failing involved on the part of the Universal House of Justice, something which negates virtually any conception of infallibility I can think of. How would this person justify his presuppositions in light of the following passage from Abdu'l-Baha? "Let it not be imagined that the House of Justice will take any decision according to its own concepts and opinions. God forbid! The Supreme House of Justice will take decisions and establish laws through the inspiration and confirmation of the Holy Spirit, because it is in the safekeeping and under the shelter and protection of the Ancient Beauty, and obedience to its decisions is a bounden and essential duty and an absolute obligation, and there is no escape for anyone." warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 - 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
