Yes, but, in a decentralised 3 level federal system its not hard
to imagine that
one can have a world level legislative institution whose legal
will is principally
executed/administered by the national units. Likewise the National
legislative
institution
Here is a recent letter from the World Centre on Tattoos:
19 August 2003
Dear Baha'i Friend,
Your email letter of 17 August 2003 regarding tattoos has been received
at the Baha'i World Centre and referred to our Department for response.
In reply to your enquiry, nothing at all has been
Title: Message
Susan,
there is a
sense I get that we can't seperate the forces of God'smajor plan
andminor plan.
From the
Universal House of Justice we read that,"We are told by Shoghi Effendi
that two great processes are at work in the world: the great Plan of God,
tumultuous in its
Blind obedience is when there is no attempt to understand the processes
behind a ruling or a law. Perhaps it is associated with literal views of
the world. It is certainly associated with a wish that someone else will
give the answer to the question, to tell one what to do, and fix it so
it
Dear Ahang,
Actually, there are 4 elders whose identity is unknown at the present.
That is, of the 24, we can account for 20: The Bab, 18 Letters and
Vakilu'd-Dawlih. That leaves 4 more to be identified and there is nothing
that suggests Siyyid Kazim or Shaykh Ahmad should be included.
I agree.
I think I was a bit unclear with my first question. I am trying to determine whether the original use of the word"being" in Some Answered Questionswas appropriate. Take this passage from Some Answered Questions: "But it is clear that this terrestrial globe in its present form did not come into
In the first instance all I can do for you dear Matt is to transliterate the
Words of the Master from the Original MufadAt [SAQ] and then hopefully so
many many wonderful scholars Moojan, Todd Lawson, Keven Brown, Vahid Brown,
William MacCants, Stepehn Lambden, Chris Buck, Robert Stockman,
