Dear Ben, It seems I have made some exagerations by writing "re-reviewed by dozens of people, councils, assemblies..." SORRY for this!
What I meant is that I sometimes feel worried when I see so many warnings at the beginning or at the end of some Baha'i writings. examples given: "this text has been translated by the X committee, reviewed by the Y committee, approved by Z, and might be later corrected by ZZ..." or, on the other hand, "this text is only a personal translation and must not be considered as an official bahai publication and must be considered as a personal point of view..." These kinds of warnings make me think that there is a real danger for Bahai Faith to turn into dogmatism (like the Vatican giving the Imprimatur for advised books, the Nihil obstat for books with nothing against the official faith, but also writing at the Index books such as the DaVinci Code, considered as going against the official believes and so forgiven to the believers). We must take care about freedom of believes, thoughts and speeches, for everyone! ;-) Loïc ----- Original Message ----- From: Benjamin La Framboise To: Baha'i Studies Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 5:08 PM Subject: Re: limits of hikmat, righteous warfare, jihad, etc. Dear Loïc, It doesn't appear to me that your simple example >>> A simple word of the Faith : the "Bayan", which could be easily translated in french by "l'Annonce" or "l'Explication", but people are so afraid to translate that they keep the "Bayan" in their writings.<<< is, at all, an example of >>>baha'i publications that have been reviewed, corrected, validated, re-reviewed... by dozens of people, councils, assemblies... and this very hierarchic system of validation sometimes gives some texts with so many cares that the simple sense of the original text becomes impossible to understand!<<<. Do you have any other examples in which this has happened (not the avoidance of translation, but the reviewing, correcting, validating, re-reviewing by dozens of people, councils, assemblies, to the point that the sense of the original text became impossible to understand)? Just curious, Ben The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 06/01/2007 __________________________________________________ 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