Jim
Nets of Wonder
I want to discuss some problems I’ve had sometimes with Baha’is on the Internet, and because of what some of their behavior has done to the reputation of the Baha’i Faith in every forum where I’ve posted. I’ll confess, all I’m looking for here is sympathy, but then again, discussing it with someone might help me cope with it better.
Many years ago, when there was open feuding among a few dozen Baha’is in various places on the Internet, I became friends with some Baha’is and former Baha’is who called themselves “liberals” and who were continually maligning Baha’i administrators and raking up muck about them. Someone very close to me started making dire threats against me and my family if I didn’t give up those friendships, made false vile accusations against me in a forum, and finally ended up shunning me. It was sad because before all that, I thought we were very close friends and getting closer. Sometimes I think about trying to revive our friendship, but then I remember that in the last years before the crisis, every time I thought he had friendly intentions, it turned out to be a scheme to try to tear me away from the Dark Side.
Many years ago, when there was open feuding among a few dozen Baha’is in various places on the Internet, I became friends with some Baha’is and former Baha’is who called themselves “liberals” and who were continually maligning Baha’i administrators and raking up muck about them. Someone very close to me started making dire threats against me and my family if I didn’t give up those friendships, made false vile accusations against me in a forum, and finally ended up shunning me. It was sad because before all that, I thought we were very close friends and getting closer. Sometimes I think about trying to revive our friendship, but then I remember that in the last years before the crisis, every time I thought he had friendly intentions, it turned out to be a scheme to try to tear me away from the Dark Side.