Gilberto Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 9/5/05, Scott Saylors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
Gilberto:
> Plus possibly "fundamentalists" v. "non-fundamentalists"
> I would point out that this cannot be established. Those you would call
> "fundamentalist" and "non-fundamentalist" are all either in obedience to > the authority of the Universale House of Justice or they are not. If they are
> not they are a dissident group and can probably be traced back to some > point in the succession.
I'm not sure what you mean by "this point". But what I have in mind
are people like Juan Cole. Or other Bahai "dissidents". As far as I
know, he is not a Remyite. He's not saying that the UHJ shouldn't have
been formed. But they might have a weaker notion of how much authority
they can exert or to what degree they are protected from error.
Dear Gilberto,
Juan Cole and others like Dennis McKoein and Fred Glaysher effectively "churched" themselves. Mr. Glaysher often makes appeals that others should abandon the faith for the sake of individual "freedom", of course, but he makes no claim to leadership for himself. These three individuals are not "covenant-breakers" in the sense of the Remeyites, or earlier schismatics, and the reaction of the faith is different towards them.
Regards,
Scott
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