The Baha'i Studies Listserv Don, this is just an anecdote but I was in India about 2 years ago and was eager to visit the Baha'i House of Worship because I had geared such great things about our growth in India, including from our own Dr. Maneck who I believe did work there quite a while ago.
I was thrilled by the beauty of the majestic building but I was sad to see it sort of deserted. It was kind of more like a museum than an active place of worship. The signs and notices posted on the walls were all very very out of date and there were few actual Baha's around. The local people were very proud of the building and eager to show it off, but none of them had ever met an actual Baha'i. Ron Sent from my iPad On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Don Calkins <montana...@great-falls.net> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> I would say our growth rate after the Ruhi era is less than before Ruhi era. > > We really won't know for a few more years, but at the present he indications > I get are to the contrary. That is, our retention rate is rising > significantly. But to be sure, we need to see what it is after 5 years. > > >> I believe inflated and exaggerated reports are sent to the World Center by >> most developing countries about their growth rate. > > Why do you think the House of Justice has declined (refused?) to raise their > estimate of the numbers of Baha'is from "over 5 million" for nearly 20 years? > > The most egregious example is, of course, India. Some American Baha'is have > lamented or condemned the closing down of the Southern Teaching Project w/ > it's "sign'em up" mentality. India shows what happens when it goes on for > years. The real number of Baha'is in India may actually be below 50,000, not > over 2 million. Nobody knows because nobody has had any contact w/ most of > them since they ostensibly enrolled. > > Don C > > -- > - - - > Understood properly, all man's problems are essentially spiritual in nature. > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:ursusmaxi...@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-546391-193154.cd7639b4f32d68d299933c46032cd...@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-st@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-546395-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
