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From: Ron House <house@usq.edu.au> To: bahai-faith@makelist.com <bahai-faith@makelist.com> Subject: Re: [bahai-faith] Press Release Date: Sunday, July 26, 1998 10:16 PM FG wrote: > >To these incidents must now be added the apparent conspiracy for more > >than a year and a half of the Bahai Computer and Communications > >Committee (BCCA), under the chairmanship of Mark Towfiq, to defeat > >twice now, along with the collusion of other Bahais, the creation of an > >unmoderated newsgroup on the Bahai Faith which would be known as > >talk.religion.bahai. Indeed. I wanted to add a word or two about the long-term consequences of this. It seems to me that this policy is not sustainable. Imagine if the BF did become a major world religion (in terms of numbers). In that scenario, even the smallest rate of defection to disbeliever, disaffected believer, or covenant-breaker status would provide large numbers of people whom the BF thought it should silence somehow. (This is not to imply that all these types of divergent beliefs are the same thing.) But my point is: carrying on as at present in that situation would provide a major blight, eyesore, and scandal for the BF. Following the present policies might keep most believers 'solid', but it almost certainly guarantees that the number of believers won't ever grow by 'troops'. -- Ron House house@usq.edu.au Speed bumps are installed in the belief that if a road is unsafe at 50, we should make it unsafe at 30. ---- List Archive: https://www.findmail.com/listsaver/bahai-faith/ To Subscribe: e-mail to bahai-faith-subscribe@makelist.com To Unsubscribe: e-mail to bahai-faith-unsubscribe@makelist.com -- Start Your Own Free Mailing List at https://www.MakeList.com ! Homepage |