covenant breakers

[Thief]

Originally Posted by arthra

It's not the same thing though "Thief" as simply having a different point of view for Baha'is.

We Baha'is acknowledge there can be many personal points of view.. and it's actually called independent investigation of reality or truth, a Baha'i principle.

When we declare and become Baha'is we acknowledge Baha'u'llah as the Lord of the Age and we also acknowledge Abdul-Baha as His Successor and the Institutions of our Faith.. by signing a declaration of our faith, this is a simple form of what a covenant is.

Someone who goes back on their acknowledgement is like someone who champions another and tries to organize against the order within the Faith and this could be termed a violation of the covenant they made when they first declared.

- Art

A few days ago, I did ask....because I was seeing similarity in posting, as I do post.

But now I see a serious difference.
I do not call my fellow man into following.
I will not set a form or practice before him, and insist of it, save only this one thing...

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

No one ever needed anything else or anything more.

In this life, it is a practice that transcends all faith...all prophets.
Under this one thing, we are all brothers and fellow servants.

And this one thing is fair warning...
as it will be done unto you, as you did unto others.
The angels await your arrival...your fate is in your hands.

[arthra]

Thanks for your post "thief"..

Yes we are all brothers and sisters and we serve one another..and the teaching that Mankind is One is a primary teaching of the Baha'i Faith

If you have further questions please do feel free.

- Art

[PeruanoKiwi]

Here is a good resource regarding this topic I urge you all to not discuss these matter on public forum. http://covenantstudy.org/questions/w...nant-breaking/

Whoso interpreteth what hath been sent down from heaven of Revelation, and altereth its evident meaning, he, verily, is of them that have perverted the Sublime Word of God, and is of the lost ones in the Lucid Book." -The KITAB-I-AQDAS

No proper picture of Shoghi Effendi’s life can be obtained without reference to the subject of Covenant-breaking. The principle of light and shadow, setting each other off, the one intensifying the other, is seen in nature and in history; the sun casts shadows; at the base of the lamp lies shadow; the brighter the light the darker the shadow; the evil in men calls to mind the good, and the greatness of the good underlines the evil. The entire life of the Guardian was plagued and blighted by the ambition, the folly, the jealousy and hatred of individuals who rose up against the Cause and against him as Head of the Cause and who thought they could either subvert the Faith entirely or discredit its Guardian and set themselves up as leaders of a rival faction and win the body of believers over to their own interpretation of the Teachings and the way in which they believed the Cause of God should be run. No one ever succeeded in doing these things, but a series of disaffected individuals never ceased to try. The ringleaders misled the fools, the excommunicated tried to pervert the faithful.
Ruhiyyih Khanum, The Priceless Pearl, p. 118