> On 11/29/03 4:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I agree. And I have often wondered why we have no notes or reports > of that meeting other than that the Tablet of the Branch was read.
I have always assumed it was the same reason that we have no first person accounts of Baha'u'llah's Declaration. Shoghi Effendi said the exact words Baha'u'llah said in the Garden of Ridvan and the exact circumstances would be difficult for future historians to penetrate. So it's because nobody wrote it down. I think that in the future, the same will be asked of this generation: Why didn't the Baha'is of that time write down better accounts of the Hands of the Faith and their travels? Why didn't they label their photos and send them to the Archives? Why didn't the Baha'is make video recordings of the believers in their midst who met the Master, the Greatest Holy Leaf, the Guardian? Why didn't the Baha'is make video recordings of the Knights of Baha'u'llah, how they chose the country they settled, how they taught, what challenges they faced, how they prayed, how the first believer came into the Cause in that country? It's because we don't have enough of a historical perspective, a realization that in future people will want this information. Brent ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
