The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > the Guardian made it quite clear that the Hands > > did not have the right to reject a Guardian's choice > > I think I have read this in Pilgrim notes. Do we have this from the > Guardian in writing? >
It's one of the things the Remeyite Covenant-breakers use for their arguments, but there's no substance to it. There's a letter from the Guardian's secretary which does not even mention the question of succession, but says the Hands cannot overrule the Guardian, and the Remeyites say that this letter also cancels the provision in the Will and Testament which says that the Hands must vote in secret ballot so that the assenting and DISsenting voices cannot be distinguished, and a Majority of votes will prevail. Obviously that means that there is one specific case in which the 9 chosen Hands have a duty to vote their consciences; each has a right to dissent, and only when the votes are counted would it be known whether the Guardian's choice was confirmed or rejected. I have an image of the letter from the Guardian's secretary on my blog, in a posting called No counterfeits http://tinyurl.com/NocounterfeitGuardians It's in the postscript at the bottom, written in response to just this claim by the Remeyites Sen __________________________________________________ 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]
