Dear Jim,
Being a bit confused about your own position with regard to
this statement:
"What I am suggesting is that we each have a responsibility to
promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the
earth, to the best of our knowledge, understanding, and
capacity, even if it means pr
In separate postings between May 25 and May 28, Jim Habegger wrote items A
through D below, except text in square brackets are my insertions to clarify
what I think was his meaning:
A.) ... when I said to "imagine someone who disagrees with the reasoning of
the Universal House of Justice about ex
"What about the Universal House of Justice? Do you
believe they are also always right? Yes, they
are not omniscient, but do you believe their decisions always
'the truth and the purpose of God Himself'?"
"That which this body, whether unanimously or by a majority doth carry, that is
verily the tr
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Susan, I'm sorry I trouble you so much.
This climber says with some dismay,
"I must leave this mountain for another day."
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Susan, I'm sorry I trouble you so much.
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Dear Jim,
As one of the moderators of this list I would like to ask you to stop posting
quotations here without comment. This behavior is not in keeping with the list
purpose which is Baha'i scholarship.
warmest, Susan
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Jim,
>Here are my axioms:>- Baha'u'llah is always right.
What about the Universal House of Justice? Do you
believe they are also always right? Yes, they
are not omniscient, but do you believe their decisions always
"the truth and the purpose of God Himself"?
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And your point is?
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"The pen steppeth not into this region, the ink leaveth only a blot. In these
planes, the nightingale of the heart hath other songs and secrets, which make
the heart to stir and the soul to clamor, but this mystery of inner meaning may
be whispered only from heart to heart, confided only from br
"The denizens of this plane speak no words -- but they gallop their chargers.
They see but the inner reality of the Beloved. To them all words of sense are
meaningless, and senseless words are full of meaning. They cannot tell one limb
from another, one part from another. To them the mirage is t
Has anyone here ever read the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys?
Dear Jim,
Why are you asking a question like that?
warmest, Susan
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". . . yet, alas, there is no ear to hear, nor heart to understand."
(Baha'u'llah, The Persian Hidden Words)
Why are you putting up that phrase?
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>What I am suggesting is that we each have a responsibility to promote the
best interests of the peoples and >kindreds of the earth, to the best of our
knowledge, understanding, and capacity, even if it means promoting >ideas
that seem to us to contradict what the Universal House of Justice has s
Iskandar, you are very welcome to jump in!
"As you know, the whole theme of the Bayan, the Aqdas, and just about all of
our Sacred Writings is that acquiring or attaining the good pleasure of God is
the only thing that counts. Right?"
Absolutely.
Jim
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Has anyone here ever read the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys?
Jim
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I haven't been following this thread very closley but the following just
struck me. Perhaps you made a typographical error or something? I knw that
Susan and Khazeh responded to you quite cogently. As you know, the whole
theme of the BayAn, the Aqdas, and just about all of our Sacred Writings
is th
do you see any reason in the Constitution of the Universal House of Justice,
to disagree with my view that it pleases God for each of us to promote the
best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, to the best of our
knowledge, understanding, and capacity, even if it means promoting idea
"To put that in context, I could say with equal confidence that it pleases God
for each of us to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the
earth, to the best of our knowledge, understanding, and capacity, even if it
means promoting ideas that seem to us to contradict what Go
"What I am suggesting is that we each have a responsibility to promote the best
interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, to the best of our
knowledge, understanding, and capacity, even if it means promoting ideas that
seem to us to contradict what the Universal House of Justice has sa
Khazeh, do you see any reason in the Constitution of the Universal House of
Justice, to disagree with my view that it pleases God for each of us to promote
the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, to the best of our
knowledge, understanding, and capacity, even if it means pro
Dear brother Khazeh, greetings!
Here are my axioms:
- Baha'u'llah is always right.
What I am suggesting is that we each have a responsibility to promote the
best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, to the best of our
knowledge, understanding, and capacity, even if it means promot
Sorry! I'm posting on the Web, and I keep forgetting that this is a mailing
list.
I'm suggesting that it pleases God for each of us to promote the best interests
of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, to the best of our knowledge,
understanding, and capacity, even if it means promoting ideas
Again, I am not trying to demonstrate that, or to provide evidence for it. I'm
only saying what I think, and asking for any reasons anyone sees, to disagree
with me.
Jim
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To put that in context, I could say with equal confidence that it pleases God
for each of us to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the
earth, to the best of our knowledge, understanding, and capacity, even if it
means promoting ideas that seem to us to contradict what God
Dear brother Khazeh, greetings!
Here are my axioms:
- Baha'u'llah is always right.
What I am suggesting is that we each have a responsibility to promote the best
interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, to the best of our
knowledge, understanding, and capacity, even if it means prom
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