Jim
Nets of Wonder
I think that I owe some people some apologies for some confusion in what I’ve been saying. I’ll try to clarify it, but I’m not sure that I won’t scramble it again. I have a habit of trying to say too much in too few words.
In Internet discussions, sometimes people say that some Baha’is are opposing the House of Justice and violating the Baha’i Covenant when they say what they really think about some topics. In Baha’i thinking, that’s literally accusing them of a crime against humanity. Sometimes people also say that some Baha’is have been removed from the membership because of some views that they were promoting. I think all of that is false, and that it might be poisoning discussions with and between Baha’is, and sometimes discouraging Baha’is from saying what they honestly think. I think that is contrary to Bahá’u’lláh’s purposes and the purposes of the House of Justice, causing a lot of grief and impeding human progress. I’m not sure that anything I can say or do in Internet discussions can make any difference, but I decided to try. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
I’ve been treating some quotations from Baha’i writings as irrelevant to what I’m saying. I still think that they are irrelevant to part of what I’m saying, but not all of it, so I’m planning now to discuss what I think about those quotations. Also, I’ve been treating allegations that I’m violating the Baha’i Covenant as irrelevant to what I’m saying, but now I see that they might be relevant, so I’m planning to respond to that also.
I still don’t see the fact that some Baha’is and some other people think I’m wrong as a reason for thinking that I’m wrong, no matter who or how many they are.
In Internet discussions, sometimes people say that some Baha’is are opposing the House of Justice and violating the Baha’i Covenant when they say what they really think about some topics. In Baha’i thinking, that’s literally accusing them of a crime against humanity. Sometimes people also say that some Baha’is have been removed from the membership because of some views that they were promoting. I think all of that is false, and that it might be poisoning discussions with and between Baha’is, and sometimes discouraging Baha’is from saying what they honestly think. I think that is contrary to Bahá’u’lláh’s purposes and the purposes of the House of Justice, causing a lot of grief and impeding human progress. I’m not sure that anything I can say or do in Internet discussions can make any difference, but I decided to try. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
I’ve been treating some quotations from Baha’i writings as irrelevant to what I’m saying. I still think that they are irrelevant to part of what I’m saying, but not all of it, so I’m planning now to discuss what I think about those quotations. Also, I’ve been treating allegations that I’m violating the Baha’i Covenant as irrelevant to what I’m saying, but now I see that they might be relevant, so I’m planning to respond to that also.
I still don’t see the fact that some Baha’is and some other people think I’m wrong as a reason for thinking that I’m wrong, no matter who or how many they are.
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