Loïc ROYER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Ben,
It seems I have made some exagerations by writing "re-reviewed by dozens of
people, councils, assemblies..."
SORRY for this!
We must take care about freedom of believes, thoughts and speeches, for
everyone!
;-)
Loïc
I think the April 07, 1999 letter from the House (Issue Related to the Study
of the Baha`i Faith) bears some consideration.
"Similarly, Shoghi Effendi's explanation of Bahá'u'lláh's vision of the
future Bahá'í World Commonwealth that will unite spiritual and civil authority
is dismissed in favour of the assertion that the modern political concept of
"separation of church and state" is somehow one that Bahá'u'lláh intended as a
basic principle of the World Order He has founded. Particularly subtle is an
attempt to suggest that the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar should evolve into a seat of
quasi-doctrinal authority, parallel to and essentially independent of the Local
House of Justice, which would permit various interests to insinuate themselves
into the direction of the life processes of the Cause.
6
Typically, when misrepresentations of the kind described are challenged, the
reaction of those behind the campaign has been to claim that their civil rights
are being threatened, an assertion that is of course meaningless in the light
of the purely voluntary nature of Bahá'í membership. Much emphasis is placed by
them also on academic freedom, their view of which proves, on examination, to
be merely freedom on their part to pervert scholarly discourse to the promotion
of their own ideological agenda, while seeking to exclude from discussion
features of the Bahá'í Faith that are central to the Writings of its Founders."
(The Universal House of Justice, 1999 Apr 07, Issues Related to the Study of
the Baha'i Faith, p. 2)
I heartily recommend this excerpt be taken in light of thoe whole letter
found in Ocean by simply searching for "Academic Freedom"
Regards,
Scott
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