In a discussion group, one of the participants recalled that Shoghi Effendi had said that the requirement for appointment as a Hand of the Cause was “instant, exact and complete obedience.” It’s a familiar phrase in Bahai discourse, but is it from the words of Shoghi Effendi? Is it about the Hands of the Cause?
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Posts Tagged ‘Hands of the Cause’
Instant, exact and complete?
Posted by Sen on October 12, 2009
Posted in Community | Tagged: Bahai Faith, Bahais, Hands of the Cause, Helene Blavatsky, Obedience, Shoghi Effendi, theosophists, بهائی, بهائیت | Leave a Comment »
No counterfeits
Posted by Sen on May 11, 2009
This posting points out that there is a clear procedure for the appointment of a legitimate Guardian of the Bahai Faith, and none of the claimants satisfy it. Therefore, all the past claimants and present hopefuls are counterfeit.
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Posted in Aqdas and Law, Polemics | Tagged: Abdu'l-Baha, Guardianship, Hands of the Cause, hermeneutics, Mason Remey, secret ballot, Will and Testament, بهائی, بهائیت, عبدالبهاء | 9 Comments »
Bahais and military service
Posted by Sen on November 18, 2008
A poster used to advertise a thanksgiving mass
“Baha’is do not join the military, except as non-combatants“
To which the response was:
“That really limits how many Bahais a Nation can have!“
Good point!
But is it really a Bahai teaching that we should not serve as combatants, or is this just current practice? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Ethics and Morality | Tagged: Abdu'l-Baha, Bahai, Bahai Faith, collective security, conscientious objection, Custodians, Darfur, Ethics and Morality, Hands of the Cause, holocaust, Jalal Khazeh, just war, Mai Pederson, military service, Nazi Germany, non-combatant status, Sermon on the Art of Governance, Shoghi Effendi, Shu'a'llah 'Alai, Some Answered Questions, Srebrenica massacre, world peace | 6 Comments »
