At 4:02 AM -0400 9/3/05, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
>
I consider Juan Cole to be a Baha`i, even though he has splintered himself
off of the body of the faith.
Wow. I'm actually impressed. In the past I've found Bahais who would
not say he was one of their number.
He professes the Prophethood of Baha`u'llah
and the Writings as the Truth.
Yes.
Personally, I believe that putting my own ego
ahead of unity is wrong, but that is for me to say only about myself.
Actually I read that he "voluntarily" removed himself from the Bahais
in order to not be divisive.
That's not what he said initially. His argument when he withdrew
from the Faith was -
Baha'u'llah stated that the House of Justice was infallible;
The House of Justice had made rulings which he (Juan) considered erroneous;
Therefore Baha'u'llah was in error;
Therefore He could not be a Manifestation of God.
About a year later, he stated he now believed that Baha'u'llah was a
Manifestation of God, but was not requested membership in the Faith.
He *may* have said at that time that he was not requesting
re-instatement in order to avoid divisiveness, I don't remember. I
wasn't following talisman very close by then, and soon after
unsubscribed.
I think you can consider Juan an unenrolled Baha'i by choice. Such
people have been floating around the U.S. since the late 60's. The
one thing they seem to have in common is an objection to the
administration; generally, from what I've seen, an objection to any
form of administration. The last one I actually met before being on
line was living on the streets of Des Moines IA in the late 80's.
Don C
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