Bahá'ís from the point of view of Christian intellectuals and critics: part five: Adrian John Worsfold

Adrian Worsfold, a graduate of Sociology of Religion, is active in the field of art and media and social writing and virtual space, with a history of teaching in high school and university, as well as being an orator and preacher in Unitarian and Anglican churches. In the course of his religious studies, he got to know the Baha'is and while reading the academic books of the Baha'i missionaries and critics, he also attended the Baha'i missionary meetings and got to know the Baha'is and their culture face-to-face. After this acquaintance, he believes that the main leaders and Bahá'í missionaries do not have the honesty expected from divinely chosen leaders and religious persons. Although Baha'i has a shell of Christianity and modernity and modern western culture, in fact, it is a strongly dogmatic and backward religion, with unchangeable rules of the 19th century, with self-made management influenced by the leadership of Marxist organizations known as Centralism. While looking at the background of Babi and war-mongering of Baha'u'llah, and warning about the deceitful and dishonest actions of Abbas Effendi and Shoghi Effendi, about the deception of Baha'is in Christian communities, he warns the people that according to Baha'i teachings and rules, the House of Justice consists of members only Baha’i intends to take over the position of the legislative, executive and judicial powers of the global unified government, which is a very dangerous idea. Looking at the performance of Baha'i leaders in the censorship and control of the academic works of Baha'i writers, the elimination and rejection of opponents, the lack of attention to the suppression of the truth, freedom of thought, the lack of equal rights of men and women, and the disregard of the Baha'i principle of compatibility of religion with science and reason, he advises them to show tolerance for different ideas and opinions by adapting Abrahamic religions and accept the opinions of opponents and critics. Otherwise, they will suffer marginal life and gradual deterioration. In his opinion, the small and insignificant population of British Baha'is, despite their 120-year history and unconventional propaganda, is a sign of this life and gradual decline.