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 Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:05 pm |
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--- In unitarian-bahai at (no spam) yahoogroups.com, Darrick Evenson
<darrick_evenson at (no spam) ...>
wrote:
Quote: Â There is already a group called the "Reformed Baha'is" who seem to meet your
standards. They already have a website.
http://www.reformbahai.org
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If you still wish to be a Baha'i, I suggest you look into the Reform Baha'i
Faith. It is very small, but growing. They seem to think like you do
The Reform Bahai Faith is certainly much better than the Haifan
denomination,
but I think it also has a few major flaws:
-- It accepts Abbas Effendi's claims to be infallible and the author
of
scripture. Bahaullah never authorized his successors to make such
claims.
-- It rejects the Guardianship of Shoghi Effendi on the basis of
claiming that
Abbas Effendi's will was a forgery. However, this is inconclusive, and
even if
the will is authentic it wouldn't matter because the Guardianship is
invalid
anyway. The argument the RBF should be making is that Abbas Effendi
had no
authority to overrule Bahaullah's choice of Muhammad Ali to be the
second
successor; and furthermore no position of Wali al-Amr Allah (Guardian
of the
Command of God), the title Abbas Effendi gave to his grandson Shoghi,
was ever
envisioned by Bahaullah.
-- It is led by Fred Glaysher, who is very argumentative and seems to
be more
interested in criticizing the Haifan denomination than in creating a
really
legitimate and meaningful alternative. Or such is my perception of him
and his
actions.
If I had to choose a Bahai denomination that currently exists as an
organized
community, I would certainly choose the Reform Bahai Faith, despite
what I see
as its flaws. However, I believe a better alternative needs to be
created. As
I said before, I will be putting up a website for Unitarian Bahais
within a
couple of months. It will promote an even more liberal perspective on
Bahaism
than the RBF, completely rejecting the idea of infallibility of any
prophet or
religious leader (true Unitarianism).
Basically, if I had to sum up the RBF in one phrase, I would say:
"doesn't go
far enough." It's a step in the right direction, but it still has many
problems
inherited from the Haifan tradition.
Eric |
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