-----Original Message-----
From: Fran Baker <fran@gershwin.dgii.com>
Newsgroups: alt.religion.bahai
Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: Baha'i & Scientology
>michaelv@igs.net writes:
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>>If the worst thing that anyone can pin on the Bahais is bouncing some
posts on soc.religion.bahai, they can not be all that bad. Compare their
henious crimes with, say, criminal fraud as practiced regularly by, say,
Scientology.
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>I agree wholeheartedly that the Scientologists are worse in many respects.
>The problem as I see it is this: The Baha'is would like to see their laws
>govern all mankind. Some of their laws (like the laws of other religions
>and societies) would benefit from change based on questioning and
discussion,e.g., they would have capital punishment for arsonists. If uncensored
>discussion is officially forbidden or unofficially feared and/or
>punished (if only by shunning), then this makes their religion
>much less attractive and more dangerous in my opinion.
>
>I would also like to note that the moderators seem to apply their criteria
>for refusal to post arbitratily in a way that makes me, as a non-
>Baha'i poster, doubt their sincerity and integrity (which I did
>not start out doing). See Fred's site for what happened to me
>recently as a case in point.
>
>--Fran
>
>>Cheers
>>Michael
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>>--
>>Michael Voytinsky
>>https://www.igs.net/~michaelv
>>Ottawa Ontario Canada
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>>---- In Xenu We Trust!