CASE OF THE MISSING MANCHESTER COLLEGE CLUB

FANTASY ITEM: It is reported that Baha'i College Clubs are vanishing across the country. Investigations reveal that the clubs are not disbanding or being stopped by school authorities, or the members taking a week off to clean their rooms. It appears that they are simply, mysteriously vanishing. So far the police are mum, but one source insists that a fatal combination of the Montessori Method with the Indirect Method is responsible. The factor of "doing what I want when I want to do it" may also measure in.

In one instance, the members gained coverage in their school newspaper. They reported that the club was not "religious;" it was formed to discuss and share ideas about unity. What unity is was not mentioned, but it was said to go well with diversity. It was emphasized that the club was not strict. If they wanted to they could talk about the main Principles of the Faith, but they did not call them that. That might have been strict!

A Baha'i college student is called upon to represent his faith in an interfaith delegation discussing homosexuality. The Baha'i's talk consists of personal opinions, none of which reflect the teachings. After the meeting would have been a good time for everyone to disappear.

This goes on for a few months, and then things in the room start to roll up and dissolve and before you know it the Baha'is have nowhere to meet, possibly because the Universe has decided they have nothing to say. Years later these one-time Baha'is show up as Auxiliary Board Members, once again proving that the Universe was right.