Abdul Baha asks Manchester Baha’is to conceal their beliefs and act like Freemasons!
Consider how the Freemasons have for two hundred years carried on their work, and unto this day they have not openly declared it to any soul. Not until they find a hearing ear will they speak. The loved ones too must proceed with the greatest prudence, lest serious difficulties be created.
And Shoghi Effendi says :
“Any Bahá’í determined retain membership (in) Freemasonry loses voting rights.”
“The directive regarding membership in Freemasonry should be carried out by your Assembly in all areas under your Assembly’s jurisdiction.”
http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DG/dg-124.html
https://senmcglinn.wordpress.com/2014/08/31/undercover-bahais-abdul-baha-tells-the-manchester-bahais-to-lay-low/
You should have said act as the Freemasons. There is a big difference in the two statemens. The master could have made many examples of people who act with prudence. He did not mean that they should carry out rituals and do things that Freemasons do. That is pretty easy to see.
ReplyDeleteThe point here is the contradictory statements uttered by these people. The master openly states that Baha'is can be freemasons while Shoghi dismisses this: "If you belong to a Society already do not forsake your brothers. You can be a Bahá’í-Christian, a Bahá’í-Freemason, a Bahá’í-Jew, a Bahá’í-Muḥammadán. The number nine contains eight, and seven, and all the other numbers, and does not deny any of them. Do not distress or deny anyone by saying ‘He is not a Bahá’í!’" (Abdu'l-Baha in london, p. 98)
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