Re: For the 18th time.



wahidazal66@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Please note, 11 months ago Maniac was blanketedly denying all of this:


"It is true that those leading Ruhi Study Circles in Teheran and Shiraz
have been arrested but only someone as paranoid as Nima would imagine
that those innoculous catechisms have any thing to do with the
retirement of a couple of House of Justice members."
Susan Maneck, May 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/e65e8595d3560e44?hl=en&;

"They are doing Ruhi in Iran but I doubt if they really need outside tutors."
Susan Maneck, January 2005 (11 months ago)
http://groups.google.com/group/talk.religion.bahai/msg/0bc45dc7db0ed9f4?hl=en&;

This is _not_ the 18th time you've lied here, is it?

- All Bad


Colouring pictures??? Does it really get that bad? 



Uh yeah, Book 4. For Book 7 the paste and scissors came out.

  There certainly have been periods when we




were all encouraged to invite our family, neighbours, workmates, and any stray
dogs we could find to study circles in the confident hope that once they had
experienced the joys of Ruhi nothing would stop them becoming Baha'is.




Sure. In fact the only reason I ended up subjecting myself to another
book was *because* I had a seeker who was getting something out of it.
(She has since declared.) But they are doing study circles all over the

world whether they are in countries where they can teach the Faith to
others or not. And you can bet that in a country like Iran they are
going to be *very* careful who they invite.



Admittedly, when that didn't lead to much, the emphasis changed to (a) don't
talk about Ruhi, and (b) its not about teaching its about raising human
resources.




Oh, it was always about raising human resources. The basic idea was
that the three core activities would create an infrastructure that
would allow us to receive entry by troops when it occurs.



But which way was it being used in Iran?  Does anyone know?  Were all the
participants already Baha'is?



I don't know whether all of them were or not, nor do I think the
government really cared. 

warmest, Susan


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