Re: DEATH TO HAIFAN BAHAISM

> > To none is given the right to act in any manner that would run counter
> > to the considered views of them who are in authority.
>
> > (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 241)
>
> Does that mean Bahai's in Germany should have sup****ted Hitler when he
> carried out the Holocaust?

Sean,

The passage says nothing about 'sup****t.' But Baha'is in Germany did
not seek to overthrow even Hitler's government.

 Or the people in medieval times should sup****t
> there leaders burning women and children at the stake?

Burning at the stake was the penalty for crimes against the church,
not the state.

Or that Bahai's in
> Zimbabwe (if there are any) should sup****t its dictator intimidating
voters
> before the run off election by having sup****ters of the opposition party
> thrown in camps or killed (that's the reason its taking so long btw, to
> scare people into voting for him)

Perhaps you haven't heard that Baha'is are non-combatants?

> Jesus said we should obey our government but only if it is a Christian
one.

No, He didn't. Ceasar was hardly Christian when Jesus said we should
render unto Ceasar the things that are Ceasar's. At the time when the
New Testament urged Christians to be obedient to government there was
no such thing as a Christian goverment.

> I'm pretty sure Baha'u'llah meant only if your leaders followed the
> teachings of the manifestations of God

Not hardly!  Those words were aimed at Baha'is who wanted to subvert
the Ottoman government.

> I hope one day you realize governments don't always do things that will
> benefit there own people.

That was as true when Baha'u'llah lived as it is now, yet He told us
to be obedient to government, nonetheless.