March 30. On this date in 1980, the Universal House of Justice wrote "The picture on page 83 of William Miller's book is a portrait of Bahá'u'lláh, but different from the one displayed in the International Archives."
One year later, on February 6, 1981, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United State wrote (also here) "We would like to point out to you that the National Spiritual Assembly has no documentation verifying the authenticity of the illustrations in Mr. William McElwee Miller's book, and as such they cannot be regarded as being of Bahá'u'lláh and the Bab."
"We would like to point out to you that the National Spiritual Assembly has no documentation verifying the authenticity of the illustrations in Mr. William McElwee Miller's book, and as such they cannot be regarded as being of Bahá'u'lláh and the Bab."
Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States to an individual 6 February 1981
"The picture on page 83 of William Miller's book, but different from the one displayed in the International Archives."
Universal House of Justice to an individual 30 March 1980
Allah'u'Abha
ReplyDelete40 years ago, as a newly enrolled Baha'i, I found William Miller's book in the library. In the book was a Photograph purported to be of "Baha'u'llah." I removed the photo from the book and sent it to the NSA.
Later I received a letter from the NSA, which told me to replace the photo in the book, because Baha'ullah had forbidden the destruction of books. The letter ended with a denial that the photo was of Baha.
Years later i was shown this same photo, at the Archive building in Haifa.
So... Did the NSA purposefully LIE to me?