From: FG <FG@hotmail.com>
To: talisman <talisman@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: To UHJ #7 (Juan Cole: The "Science" of history)
Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 8:48 AM
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From: David Bikman <dbikman@bwc.org>
To: FG <FG@hotmail.com>
Cc: talisman@umich.edu <talisman@umich.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: To UHJ #7 (Juan Cole: The "Science" of history)
>Mr. Glaysher,
>
>What exactly do you want the House of Justice to do?
While I don't necessarily believe it's my place to tell the
UHJ what to do, I would think for starters it might want to
recognize the extent to which a fanatical mindset has taken
over among the rank and file, as well some in the administration
below it.... I would think it might want to make clear to all
that witch hunts and bookburning and public whippings are
a little too overly zealous.... As it appears to me now, too
often the literal-minded are allowed to run wild....
A few unambiguous statements along these lines, I would
think, might go a long way toward reviving the broad, open,
universal religion the Founders talked about.... Of course,
as for all Bahais, words would have to be followed by deeds....
Talk.religion.bahai would be a most apropos occasion,
providing evidence and restoring confidence and trust,
clearing the air, as it were, perhaps for many....
>
>David Bikman
>
>--
>you wrote:
>
>> Dear Members of the Universal House of Justice:
>>
>> I fervently ask you to do something to stem the flood of
>> fundamentalist fanaticism that many Bahais and non-Bahais
>> believe has overwhelmed the Bahai Faith, reducing it to a
>> gross distortion of its broad and liberal Teachings, and
>> protect the Usenet interest poll on talk.religion.bahai from
>> being once again a victim of Bahai intolerance.
>>
>>FG
FG
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