Thus the whole history of the supposed Baha'i Covenant can clearly be seen to be flawed, faulty, and erroneous. Thus there is no clear lineage of authority, authority being seized by opportunists in every instance when that lineage was put in question.
The whole Baha'i edifice from beginning to end is tainted, the supposed authority of it's administration based on false-hoods and outright lies.
The Bab being the forerunner of Baha'u'llah left a Will&Testament that named Baha'u'llah's half brother Azal as the inheritor of the mantle of leadership of the Babi/Bayani faith. Did Baha'u'llah respect this Covenant? No. In fact the best that Baha'is can do to detract from the fact of Azal's appointment by the Bab is to state that Subh-e-Azal was simply a scapegoat to take the heat off Baha'u'llah.
How noble is this if it were true?
The second installment of this supposed Covenant is Baha'u'llah's Will&Testament which stipulated that after Abdu'l-Baha his half brother Muhammad Ali would become the center of the Covenant. Did this occur? No. Why? Because Muhammad Ali was written out of the Covenant by Abdu'l-Baha'.
How noble is this if it were true?
The second installment of this supposed Covenant is Baha'u'llah's Will&Testament which stipulated that after Abdu'l-Baha his half brother Muhammad Ali would become the center of the Covenant. Did this occur? No. Why? Because Muhammad Ali was written out of the Covenant by Abdu'l-Baha'.
Where did Abdu'l-Baha suddenly get the authority to rewrite Baha'u'llah's Will&Testament? Truth is that Abdu'l-Baha clearly had no such authority.
Then there is Abdu'l-Baha's supposed Will&Testament which clearly stipulates that there is to be a living Guardian as the head for life of the Universal House of Justice. Has there ever been such a situation? No.
How was this clear stipulation of Abdu'l-Baha's Will&Testament overruled?
Then Shoghi Effendi dies without naming a successor or leaving a Will&Testament, which was a requirement; and then the Hands of the Cause take control where they clearly had no authority to take control; which is openly admitted by none other than Ruhiyyih Kahnum:
Then there is Abdu'l-Baha's supposed Will&Testament which clearly stipulates that there is to be a living Guardian as the head for life of the Universal House of Justice. Has there ever been such a situation? No.
How was this clear stipulation of Abdu'l-Baha's Will&Testament overruled?
Then Shoghi Effendi dies without naming a successor or leaving a Will&Testament, which was a requirement; and then the Hands of the Cause take control where they clearly had no authority to take control; which is openly admitted by none other than Ruhiyyih Kahnum:
How to assume the reins of authority, with no document to support us, other than the general theological statements about the Hands?
(Custodians, Ministry of the Custodians, p. 9)
Thus the whole history of the supposed Baha'i Covenant can clearly be seen to be flawed, faulty, and erroneous. Thus there is no clear lineage of authority, authority being seized by opportunists in every instance when that lineage was put in question.
The whole Baha'i edifice from beginning to end is tainted, the supposed authority of it's administration based on false-hoods and outright lies.
Perhaps if Baha'is could actually live by one of the simpler of Abdu'l-Baha's teachings they would be harmless:
Let them see no one as their enemy, or as wishing them ill, but think of all humankind as their friends; regarding the alien as an intimate, the stranger as a companion, staying free of prejudice, drawing no lines.
(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 1)
Thing is even Abdu'l-Baha himself couldn't bring himself to live by this principle. He was drawn into the cult of covenant breakers and allowed this cult to draw a line between himself and his own half brother Muhammad Ali just as his father had allowed the same cult to draw a line between himself and his half brother Subh-e-Azal.
So insidious is the work of this cult that it succeeded in having Shoghi draw a line between himself and his entire family, his own parents included.
So much for a religion that supposedly has unity as one of it's central principles!
To subject oneself to such a cult of covenant breakers is one thing, to wish it on others is another.
If there is a warning that should be given to people interested in the Baha'i faith it is this: Look behind the facade! See the truth behind all the talk about unity; the truth that the Baha'i faith is covenant breakers in disguise, that it is a religion which is all about the drawing of lines in spite of the fact that one of it's central figures taught that Baha'is should see no one as their enemy:
Let them see no one as their enemy, or as wishing them ill, but think of all humankind as their friends; regarding the alien as an intimate, the stranger as a companion, staying free of prejudice, drawing no lines.
(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 1)
Beware indeed!
