> According to Baha'i belief, though, this woman apparently became a > Covenant-breaker and got a spiritual disease on her acceptance of the Bab > and becoming a Babi.
The woman could not possibly be a Covenant-breaker if she had never heard of Baha'u'llah. After all, it's Baha'u'llah's Covenant we're talking about. > Is there something bad about belief > in the Bab? Are you not a Baha'i? Do you not know Who the Blessed Bab is? > Shoghi Effendi says that people who haven't heard of the Baha'i > Faith have an excuse, and she hadn't, so I would have thought she had an > excuse. I'm sure I'm missing something about Covenant-breaking here. Did > this woman have a spiritual disease? Certainly not because she believed in the Bab. > If no, then that would be to say that one couldn't say that > Babi's are necessarily Covenant-breakers. Certainly not if they've never heard of Baha'u'llah. > From the Writings one gets the > impression that they are all bad. Only Bab'is who failed to accept Baha'u'llah after learning of Him. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
