The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Jun 14, 2009, at 4:32 37AM, David Friedman wrote:
> I'm interested in what exactly the House of Justice considers > private information. Recently the subject of Sen being disenrolled > came up, and Susan suggested someone to write to the House if they > wanted clarification about the reasons. This must mean that the > House would be willing to share the information. Don't expect much. The House of Justice has responded to questions as to whether a specific incident or activity was the cause of a person's disenrollment. In every case I'm aware of, the answer has been, "No." As Sen has posted on several lists, the reason he was dis-enrolled is the same as everybody else - "a pattern of activity" that showed he "failed to meet the requirements for membership in the Baha'i Faith." You might get them to state this as the reason, but I have never seen them volunteer any further information. There are a number of us who can provide what **we** think are incidents that are part of that pattern, but we really don't know for sure what the activities the House of Justice was thinking of and I don't see that it is of any value to speculate. Shoghi Effendi gave the qualifications for membership in BA pg 90 as - Full recognition of the station of the Forerunner, the Author, and the True Exemplar of the Baha'i Cause, as set forth in Abdu'l-Baha's Testament; unreserved acceptance of, and submission to, whatsoever has been revealed by their Pen; loyal and steadfast adherence to every clause of our Beloved's sacred Will; and close association with the spirit as well as the form of the present day Baha'i administration throughout the world- these I conceive to be the fundamental and primary considerations that must be fairly, discreetly and thoughtfully ascertained before reaching such a vital decision. I think the most we can say is that the House of Justice has decided that Sen does not meet these standards, and that the reason for their decision is a pattern of behavior on his part. Everything else is needless and useless speculation. Don C ------------- Understood properly, all man's problems are essentially spiritual in nature. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-440906-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or 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 (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
