The Baha'i Studies Listserv Just because the Kitab I Aqdas hasn't been put in practice, doesn't make it any less of an authoritarian dogmatic theocratic manifesto! Just look at all the things the the Aqdas requires to be illegal in a Baha'i state.
Sent from my iPad On Apr 18, 2013, at 16:01, Stephen Kent Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > According to some blogs I've read... > > http://bahaisects.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/bahai-leadership-may-spy-on-you/ > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 18, 2013, at 15:51, Ian Kluge <iankl...@netbistro.com> wrote: > >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> Stephen: >> >>>> Actually the stories I've read of Baha'i Administration in action >>>> rivals North Korea, Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and other such places in >>>> terms of totalitarianism. >> >> Stephen, I come from a family of refugees from Eastern Europe some of whom >> survived Hitler and Stalin. You haven't got a blessed clue of what you're >> talking about with this comparison. I suggest you get off Wikipedia and read >> some serious history books. I will be happy to provide you with a reading >> list to cure your lamentable ignorance. >> >> Which of the following techniques has the Baha'i Faith used? >> >> 1) physical violence, murder and maiming, physical torture: teeth pulling >> (no novacaine); testicle crushing; nipple ripping; dental work (no >> novacaine); anal rape with truncheons; fingernail pulling; eye gouging; >> electrodes to genitalia . . to name just a few. >> 2) midnight arrests (actually 2 a.m. was the usual time under Stalin) >> 3) slave labor camps whose only purpose is working people to death in >> horrrible ways. Kolyma is the Soviet Auschwitz. >> 4) family arrests and also friends and acquaintances; disappearances; >> 5) spies within families (easier to do than you think); schools, work >> places, churches (including priests); hospitals, etc. Some of these spy >> reports are husband spying on wife and vice versa; parents on children and >> vice versa; friends on each other; school teachers on students in and out of >> school; >> >> The Baha'i Faith "rivals" these indeed! If such ignorance wasn't so tragic, >> it would be funny. >> >> Ian Kluge >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:skg_z...@yahoo.com >> Unsubscribe: send a blank email to >> mailto:leave-697926-1719008.2a3842ae5b2f7d34dd5fdfc724616...@list.jccc.edu >> Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu >> Or subscribe: >> http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st >> Baha'i Studies is available through the following: >> Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu >> 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net >> New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-698429-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
