Re: Baha'i Exclusivism for REAL

> I am asking, as clearly as I can, what is the great significance of the
> Covenant if all it means is recognizing the succession?

No one said that *all* it means is recognizing the successor.

>> I have no idea if He expressed those ideas. I was not there.
>
> No idea?  Really?  Do you doubt the approved texts as well?  I mean, you
> weren't there.
>
> Okay, I thought I was talking to someone who knew the Baha'i Faith.

He apparently knows it well enough to know the difference between an
authoritative and non-authoritative text. Something you apparently
don't know.


 Most
> Baha'is I know think He said that,

Which as what do with whether He actually said it?

 and according the the safe-guarded
> successor****p He certainly said things that were similar.

Is the above supposed to mean something?

 I think even
> Susan would say that it is likely He said it.  What about it Susan?

The authority of the Writings is based on what we *know* was written
by the Central Figures not on what we think They likely said.

Susan