The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Tim, Judging by a long list of posts I have learned to avoid, I believe the deed is already done, and done thoroughly.
Yours, Jeanine On 11/20/2012 3:10 PM, Tim Nolan wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Mr. Gray, > You are badly mistaken. The legitimate succession of Baha'u'llah, > Abdu'l Baha, Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice > is not just a "party line" as you jeeringly call it. The documents > on which the Covenant is founded are authentic beyond any reasonable > doubt. I don't know who is feeding you information, but whoever it is, > is poisoning your mind. Be careful! > Tim > > All good art is about something deeper than it admits. > --Roger Ebert > *From:* Stephen Kent Gray <[email protected]> > *To:* Baha'i Studies <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:40 PM > *Subject:* Re: Happy Day of the Empty Throne > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > All sects even the heterodox, or maybe especially, both do and don't > fit the definition of covenant breaker. > > The catch 22 being that the arguments both for and against any group > being steadfast or covenant breaker requires you to presuppose a group > to have either status before hand, thus begging the question. > Questions like Who succeeded the Bab? Who succeeded Bahaullah? Who > succeeded Abdul Baha? Who succeeded Shoghi Effendi? Is the Will and > Testament and authenticdocument? etc. are only party lines and not > really thought about unless denouncing other sects. > > Sorry, but many of may friends have in real life told me that I tend > to be a little bit of a grammar nazi. If you ask me for example Don't > you like apple pie, I'll respond No, I do like apple pie. it confuses > people so I explain the grammar of my response. Also, I do also have > logic nazi tendencies as well with pointing out the fallacies in > people's arguments and references all the time. > > Wishing someone a happy holiday should lead to a sectarian diatribe, > but only Susan the Warmest can do such a thing each and every time. > > I also hate pro drop language with a passion. I wish English was much > more anti pro drop of a language. > > Only dead people know the truth, or possible time travelers. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 20, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Susan Maneck <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Only the Covenant breakers have ever referred to the office of the > > Guardianship as a 'throne.' > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Stephen Kent Gray > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv > >> > >> Yeah, it's November 20! > >> > >> November 20: Day of the Empty Throne. The anniversary of the day, > in 1957, > >> on which leaders of the Bahai religion voted to declare the office of > >> Guardianship permanently vacant following the sudden death of > Shoghi Effendi > >> without leaving a will. > >> > >> Heard about it via blogspot! > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > >> > > > > __________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-676010-1719008.2a3842ae5b2f7d34dd5fdfc724616...@list.jccc.edu > <mailto:leave-676010-1719008.2a3842ae5b2f7d34dd5fdfc724616...@list.jccc.edu> > > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] <mailto:[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] <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] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-676031-32977.dbe40ccd11b1fb869099e58e00076...@list.jccc.edu > <mailto:leave-676031-32977.dbe40ccd11b1fb869099e58e00076...@list.jccc.edu> > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] <mailto:[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] <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:leave-676041-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu 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]
