POSTED ON BEHALF OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE BAHA'I FAITH
http://www.Bahai-Guardian.com
THEY ARE UNDENIABLY PSEUDO BAHA'IS
The following information was published in United States Baha'i News No.
172, (page 17), December 1944, with respect to an amendment that the
National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada had made to
the
By-Laws of their Declaration of Trust, based on directions that had been
received from Shoghi Effendi during the previous year: Their statement
follows:
"In the first place, the constitution and by-laws of a National
Spiritual Assembly are, as far as possible, uniform and identical with
those
of every other National Assembly, thus laying the administrative basis of
the Baha'i electoral bodies which later are to elect the members of the
Universal House of Justice, and give every Baha'i community in the entire
world the same organic law. Thus, the American National Assembly does
not,
of its own volition, initiate amendments, since to do so by independent
action, would create differences between the various national
constitutions,
but takes such action only when the Guardian himself has sent directions
which require amendments, as in the present case. . . . .
Article II. The Baha'is of the United States and Canada, for whose
benefit this Trust is maintained [Canada would establish its own NSA
later],
shall consist of all persons resident. . . . who are accepted by the
National Spiritual Assembly as fulfilling the requirements of member****p
in
the Baha'i Community under the following qualifications set forth by the
Guardian of the Faith:
"(a) Full recognition of the stations of the Bab as Forerunner, of
Baha'u'llah as Author and of 'Abdu'l-Baha as True Exemplar of the Baha'i
religion, unreserved acceptance of, and submission to whatsoever has been
revealed by their Pen; loyal and steadfast adherence to every clause of
'Abdu'l-Baha's sacred Will; and close association with the spirit as well
as
the form of Baha'i Administration throughout the world. . ."
It may be noted from the qualifications enumerated by Shoghi Effendi
above that the believer must maintain "steadfast adherence to every clause
of 'Abdu'l-Baha's sacred Will." Shoghi Effendi has explained in his
spiritual testament: "The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah" that this Will
should
be considered not only as the Will of 'Abdu'l-Baha but, as well, an
expression of the Will of Baha'u'llah, and, as such, actually "their Will
and Testament" -- "the Heir of both the Originator and the Interpreter of
the Law of God" -- and in consequence thereof, "the Child of the
Covenant."
Moreover, Shoghi Effendi has emphasized that "the Will and Testament of
'Abdu'l-Baha, which together with the Kitab-i-Aqdas, constitutes the chief
depository wherein are enshrined those priceless elements of that Divine
Civilization, the establishment of which is the primary mission of the
Baha'i Faith . . . are not only complementary, but . . . mutually confirm
one another, and are inseparable parts of one complete unit" and therefore
the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha is clearly nothing less than a part
of the explicit Holy Text, all of whose provisions have been promised to
endure and remain in effect for at least a full thousand years.
Shoghi Effendi, as quoted above, has stipulated that one of the essential
requirements that must be fulfilled to be accepted as a Baha'i is:
"Steadfast adherence to every clause of 'Abdu'l-Baha's sacred Will."
This Will calls for an unbroken line of Guardians of the Cause of God as
long as the Dispensation of Baha'u'llah's endures, each of whom, following
the appointment of the first Guardian, Shoghi Effendi, by 'Abdu'l-Baha,
inherits the Guardian****p solely through an appointment made by his
predecessor "in his own life-time." (i.e., not by testamentary do***ent)
This Will states that "The mighty stronghold shall remain impregnable and
safe through obedience to him who is the guardian of the Cause of God."
and
enjoins all "to show their obedience, submissiveness and subordination
unto
the guardian of the Cause of God, to turn unto him and be lowly before
him."
Moreover, this Will stipulates that the Guardian of the Cause of God
presides as "the sacred head and the distinguished member for life" of the
Universal House of Justice and provides him with the sole authority to
appoint Hands of the Cause.
In the light of the foregoing, it is crystal clear that those individuals
who identify themselves as Baha'is but belong to an organization that does
not have a living Guardian of the Cause of God as the Head of the Faith --
"The Center of the Cause" -- and the "sacred head" of its Universal House
of
Justice, as stipulated under the provisions of the Will and Testament of
'Abdu'l-Baha, are seriously deluded and, however blindly, are blatantly
misrepresenting themselves as Baha'is, who, undeniably, at best, are no
more
than pseudo Baha'is.
For further information visit my web page: http://www.BahaiGuardian.com
Joel Bray Marangella
Guardian of the Baha'i Faith
April 2008
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