We must always remember that in the cesspool of materialism,
Bahá'ís - that is some of them - are still to a certain extent affected by the
society from which they have sprung. In other words, they have recognized the
Manifestation of God, but they have not been believers long enough, or perhaps
tried hard enough, to become 'a new creation'.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 5 April
1956 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, quoted by
the Universal House of Justice in a letter written on behalf of the Universal
House of Justice to an individual believer, July 22, 1981; compilation:
‘Removal of Administrative Rights’, prepared by the Research Department of the
Universal House of Justice, 1993)
