The Baha'i Studies Listserv I don't have a problem with avoiding the phrase. It wasn't meant to be provocative or insulting. But as an outsider to the conflicts between different groups which all claim to follow Bahaullah, I'm not sure what is the best neutral way to describe the largest group. Would it be offensive to say "mainstream Bahais"?
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > And the only thing I beg of Gilberto Simpson is that he should not > provoke simple and hopefully pure souls like me by writing *Haifan >Baha’is* > as in his letter of December the 21st **Naison, I don't think you got what I > intended to say. Once you've chosen to be a Haifan Bahai, then by all means, > make a commitment to follow all of the rules of the Aqdas and the guidance > of the UHJ.** > > > It is provocative a bit and it is not necessary > > I very much agree with Khazeh here, although I would point out that it > was a Baha'i on this list who first started using the phrase, not > Gilberto. > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:gilberto.simp...@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > leave-549471-68452.e157d5dc5efabb63696f251595c88...@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-549478-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
