Comments on: Your Tax Dollars at Work

By: igneous1

igneous1 — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:29:13 +0000

A well-placed quotation, Susan! And yes, it is a serious topic, and I apologize for any discomfort my kidding may have caused.

“a laugh’s the wisest, easiest answer to all that’s queer.” –Mr. Stubb (Moby-Dick)

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:18:59 +0000

Dan, thanks for reminding us about the healing qualities of humor. We take ourselves way to seriously. Abdu’l-Bahá says: “Even as the clouds let us shed down tears, and as the lightning flashes let us laugh at our coursing through east and west.”

It is a serious topic but humor helps us remember our humanity.

By: igneous1

igneous1 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:39:27 +0000

David, I respect your argument vis-a-vis the Guardianship as a constitutionally valid one. I simply disagree with the whole notion that there ought to forever be a living spokesman for God on earth. I understand that this puts me at odds with the fundamental premise of the Covenant of Bahá’u'lláh, but I still think the Guardianship was a bad idea from the outset. I don’t believe in infallibility or divine authority. I prefer things like reason, empathy, and conscience—but that’s just me. As Bahá’u'lláh himself admitted, a man of conscience has no need for a divine Master.

Respectfully,
Dan

By: David Maxwell

David Maxwell — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:04:08 +0000

Thank you for your comments regarding the ongoing Court Case, BIGS vs Orthodox Baha’is and the BUPC.

I raised a questioning eyebrow to your comment that you found the idea of the Institution of the Guardianship to be a bad idea from the outset. One has to wonder what your understanding is of the Bahai’ Faith and why you could even consider that the Guardianship is so unimportant.

I would remind all who read this that when Baha’u'llah passed to the next world, He designated that His son ‘Abdu’l-Baha was to be His successor; and the only Baha’i who could interpret Holy Text. ‘Abdu’l-Baha carried that concept much further in His Will and Testament when He cemented an assurance to the believers that there would always be a living spokesman on earth whose lineage connected with Baha’u'llah’s spiritual legacy in order to fulfill the very necessary qualities of being the only one who could, with Baha’u'llah’s blessing, interpret Holy Text, in order to ensure that this is the Day that will not be followed by night?

David Maxwell

By: Martin Lavallée

Martin Lavallée — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:33:55 +0000

Thanks a bunch for informing about the court action against the minority Baha’is.

I think many heterodox Baha’is would be surprised at how their contribution money is going to fund huge legal fees against the Orthodox Baha’is and the Baha’is Under the Provisions of the Covenant instead of some constructive purpose.