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On 6 Feb 2009 at 11:24, David Friedman wrote:
> Have you written the House (or should I say the Research Department)
> to get their feedback on your view of this prophecy? I would be
> interested to see what they'd say. Since you haven't said anything
> I'm guessing you haven't.
No, I havent, though I have looked for anything relevant from them as
I researched the question.
I, or someone else, could ask for their feedback, but I would be
surprised if they answered. If they said this or that was the correct
interpretation, they would be standing in the shoes of the Guardian.
What they do do sometimes is provide a quotation or compilation from
the Writings that casts light on the issue -- but that still leaves
it to the individual believer to read the Writings and decide for
themselves. I think that one only has to look at passages like this:
The Spiritual Assemblies to be established in this Age of God, this
holy century, have
had neither peer nor likeness in the cycles gone
before. (Selections from the Writings of Abdul-Baha, page 82)
The teachings of Bahau'llah are the light of this age and the
spirit of this century. (Selections from the Writings of
Abdul-Baha, page 107)
to see that the 'century' is not one of 100 years, in any calendar.
Sen
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Let the friends recall and ever bear in mind
the repeated exhortations and glowing promises of our beloved
Master
with reference to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar,
the crowning institution in every Baha'i community.
(Shoghi Effendi, Baha'i Administration, page
108)
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