The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Susan, I believe, though I could be wrong, that Jamshid's comment
To write comments are good but it must be logical not emotional. was in response to David's following question: *I notice some Baha'is have written comments, either of a critical nature or simply COVENANT BREAKER ALERT. Should Baha'is be writing any response at all?* I don't think it was a response to your email, even if it was technically a 'reply' to your email. At least, I didn't read it that way; when I read it, I assumed that it was in response to David's, because his remark makes sense in that case, but does not (in my opinion) when read as a response to your email. Rex On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Susan Maneck <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Jamshid Abhar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > > > AllahuAbha > > To write comments are good but it must be logical not emotional. > > > > I'm not being emotional at all, Jamshid. I'm just alluding to the > guidance from the Guardian and the Universal House of Justice. > > "To read the writings of Covenant-breakers is not forbidden to the > believers and does not constitute in itself an act of > Covenant-breaking. Indeed, some of the Baha'is have the unpleasant > duty to read such literature as part of their responsibilities for > protecting the Cause of Baha'u'llah. However, the friends are warned > in the strongest terms against reading such literature because > Covenant-breaking is a spiritual poison and the calumnies and > distortions of the truth which the Covenant-breakers give out are such > that they can undermine the faith of the believer and plant the seeds > of doubt unless he is forearmed with an unshakable belief in > Baha'u'llah and His Covenant and a knowledge of the true facts." > (From a letter dated 29 October 1974 to the National Spiritual > Assembly of Switzerland) > > One would presume this applies to Covenant breaking material found on > the internet as well. > > warmest, Susan > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > [email protected] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
