Why Do Baha’is Deny the UHJ Being Clergy?

The Baha’is have a weird habit of denying truth and reality. One of the many Baha’i denials is that they insist that there is no clergy in the Baha’i Faith. They seem to forget that the UHJ, the institution within the Baha’i Faith that has the power to legislate laws, excommunicate etc. runs exactly like a clergy being it is a clergy.

Baha’is like to insist that the clergy are a bunch of paid people who are given duties that are ritualistic and that the UHJ is not doing rituals. But the simple fact remains that Baha’is do regard the UHJ as infallible, thus making them a special class of people with the Faith. Furthermore, the UHJ, as mentioned before, is given the power to legislate and excommunicate people.

Universal House of Justice members

Baha’is say: “Only the institution of the Universal House of Justice is infallible, not the people who make it up.“

Our Reply: O.K. it means that 6 donkeys + 3 donkeys = 1 horse! What a logic!

Baha’is say: “The House of Justice does not constitute a clergy because they are an elected body, not a group of professional priests or ministers.”

Our Reply : You are trying to redefine what clergy. For your information, the Webster dictionary defines clergy as “the official or sacerdotal class of a non-Christian religion”

The UHJ definitely falls in that category. Being elected or not is not the issue, and furthermore, the Pope for example is elected, thus making another hole in your extremely weak argument. The UHJ is a class within Baha’is that are apart from the rest of “regular” Baha’is – they are given the power to legislate, excommunicate, etc. Regular Baha’is just can’t go and legislate and excommunicate people.

Reality proves beyond a doubt that the UHJ is a clergy. Average Baha’is do not have such powers and rights. Average Baha’is are not considered infallible either.

So by definition, the UHJ being a special class of people in Baha’ism that has the power to excommunicate, legislate, etc. is CLERGY, no matter whether Baha’is like it or not.

Why do Baha’is continue to insist that they have no clergy?

By covering up the fact that Baha’ism has a clergy, it is just another example of the deceptive nature of this secular humanist cult dressed up in religious clothing.

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