One danger is that an ultra-conservative attitude, mistrustful of any critical thought, makes unjust claims to interpretative authority and strives to maintain everything the way it is, by disallowing critical questions and by ‘keeping the lid on.’ Such a fundamentalist stance attempts to disallow critical questions from being asked, and holds back the development of the Cause of Baha'u'llah in a sectarian manner. Not only does it prevent its natural unfoldment, but is partly responsible when intellectuals feel repressed, begin to rebel, and end up throwing the baby out with the bath water, as can be witnessed in certain Internet discussion groups.
(Loyalty to the Covenant and Critical Thought - A Commentary by Udo Schaefer)
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