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- Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:25 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: even outside of Iran ... the death penalty
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7083
even outside of Iran ... the death penalty
Draft Iranian law threatens gross human rights violations NEW YORK 22 February 2008 (BWNS) http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/606 The Iranian Parliament is considering legislation that would institutionalize a series of gross human rights violations, affecting not only Baha'is but many others, even...
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:11 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: work , worship , and identity
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13492
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:15 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: work , worship , and identity
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13492
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:04 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: work , worship , and identity
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13492
*smile* Dean of the Scene i shall treausre it for ever with the weight of the world upon ones' shoulder it is nice to find one laughing while helping to remove a small boulder *smile* thank you .... there is no i in team ........ yes ... had a small break through will trying to understand identity a...
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:14 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The Universal House of Justice and NSA's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14596
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:49 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Personal and national spiritual problems prevent or delay ma
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13067
Hello, Onepence, I found that idea interesting: the new jerusalm = {imho} persia I always thought of Mt. Carmel as the new Jerusalem. It's always cool to get other perspectives, care to elaborate? Peace, HM The kingdoms of earth hmmm ... i could be way way way off track ... but ... none the less .....
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:07 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: work , worship , and identity
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13492
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:00 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Personal and national spiritual problems prevent or delay ma
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13067
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:13 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: work , worship , and identity
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13492
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:16 pm
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: looking for island resident
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17328
looking for island resident
I am looking for someone who is currently living outside of North America preferable on an Island but not U.K. {scottland ok though} {caymen,grenada, etc.} or ... as a last resort ... anyone outside of the USA i need someone to conduct some little finicial transactions am willing to pay this indivdu...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:03 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Personal and national spiritual problems prevent or delay ma
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13067
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:35 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Personal and national spiritual problems prevent or delay ma
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13067
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:30 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: work , worship , and identity
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13492
yes ... i think the author of the book i am looking for used the word accomplishment ... that is accomplishment was used instead of work ... but ... in my brain ... work/accomplishment ... is about the same ... perhaps even work is more exact/meaningful ... but ... in essence i am still looking for ...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:30 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: work , worship , and identity
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13492
work , worship , and identity
God is Most Glorious ! *smile* Dear Friends, A long time ago i read a book{?}/article{?} which basically was about what the author felt was a method that people with good mental health had. He proposed {stated} that individuals with good mental health had three distinct endevours that should be give...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:40 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Jonah ... I wish to add pictures
- Replies: 3
- Views: 24121
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:44 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Jonah ... I wish to add pictures
- Replies: 3
- Views: 24121
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:22 am
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Jonah ... I wish to add pictures
- Replies: 3
- Views: 24121
Jonah ... I wish to add pictures
Jonah please contact me , Dean Hedges , at treefort11@yahoo.com . I have updated my user profile to reflect my new email address. i wish to , in my spare time , add / upload pictures from Bahá’í Media Bank http://media.bahai.org/ to this Baha'i Library Online site. should we have a new category ... ...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:43 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Eradicating Poverty: Moving Forward as One
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17083
Eradicating Poverty: Moving Forward as One
Baha'i International Community issues statement on poverty eradication http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/604 NEW YORK 15 February 2008 (BWNS) A new statement from the Baha'i International Community calls for a coherent, principle-based approach to the eradication of global poverty. BIC representat...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:17 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The Universal House of Justice and NSA's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14596
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:35 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Personal and national spiritual problems prevent or delay ma
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13067
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:10 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The Universal House of Justice and NSA's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14596
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:05 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The Universal House of Justice and NSA's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14596
... I would venture to say that the eventuality of some catastrophe befalling all of the members perhaps ought to be considered by the House as an amendment to its Constitution, as its Constitution seems to make no mention of such a case (as hopefully unlikely as it may be). yes ... that is the bas...
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:16 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Personal and national spiritual problems prevent or delay ma
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13067
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:00 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:39 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
yes ... there must be a difference between crusades and wars wars are prohibited crusades have happened :D after meditating on this subject for a few hours and overnight i have again been struck with awe at my personal understanding that both offensive and defensive orders of true faqír of our crusa...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:32 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
quietly to the cross some shall go in ecstasy the roses grow *smile* hmm ... personally ... i have trouble with not fighting defensive wars I understand that richard is basing his thought about crusade {ers/ing} exclusively upon a theological basis of Christianity which is fine ... a very good bases...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:58 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The Universal House of Justice and NSA's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14596
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:40 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The Universal House of Justice and NSA's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14596
The Universal House of Justice and NSA's
hmm been wonderin about a subject for quite sometime What would happen if a crazed individual suceeded in killing all nine members of The Universal House of Justice ? Could the NSA's elect another Universal House of Justice ? Would the NSA's voluntarily dissolve ? Would the Amrican NSA still exist y...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:48 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:33 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
LOL *smile* ... yes ... i thought it was quite funny too ... lol ... good to have a little bit of humour in a serious world and ... i enjoyed the Quotes you provided thanks ... it is interesting to see how various individuals developed their souls and thus influenced society in their own unique exp...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:46 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Administrative Order apostates
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12827
Re: Administrative Order apostates
What would be the correct response be if a government official asked me to deny my realtionship to our beloved Guardian Shoghi Effendi and The Universal House of Justice ? Looking closer at your question, youre saying that a particular gov is agreeing with Bahaullah and is telling you NOT to agree ...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:15 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:41 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:56 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
hi guys ... thanks for keeping this thread alive ... been busy with family activities over the weekend ... and now i am back at my desk and it has been enjoyable catching up on what has transpired ... funny think is i had never looked up Bausani ... what i had read just sorta resonated with what i w...
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:22 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
Re: "orders of true faqír do exist"
The concept of poverty in Islam is thus commented upon by Bausani: (sorry, dont mean to go off on a tangent, but who's he?? Thanks). He was director of the Italian quarterly magazine Opinioni Bahá'í from its foundation. He helped sustain every institution or committee, national or local, on which h...
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:26 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:53 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25211
"orders of true faqír do exist"
looking for thoughts on selflesness //////// //////// ////// The concept of poverty in Islam is thus commented upon by Bausani: The concept of poverty is very ancient in Islám and goes back to the very frugal and sober ways of the Prophet himself, because of his direct contact with the simple custom...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:56 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Administrative Order apostates
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12827
Administrative Order apostates
hmmm ... a little bit of a touchy subject ... but one that i seek a concrete answer to. I understand as an enrolled member of the Baha'i Faith I am not to speak disparringly of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l Baha , the Guardian, or any aspect of the Administrative Order. I also understand that i am to follow a...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:41 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Elimination of extreme wealth and poverty
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18949
I think a case can be made that much of the problem is rooted in the selfishness, ... , imo... yes ... interesting enough ... i have been talking to an individual lately whom whole heartedly endorses and teaches that only the self can be trusted and therefore is the basis of all philisospical and/o...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:30 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Elimination of extreme wealth and poverty
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18949
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:52 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: the nation-state has largely outlived its usefulness
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19737
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:10 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Elimination of extreme wealth and poverty
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18949
... and the riches of the money handlers become far too egregious.
http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspo ... -gift.html
This realization comes to different people in different ways.
The poor usually suffer first and most ...
http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspo ... -gift.html
This realization comes to different people in different ways.
The poor usually suffer first and most ...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:58 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: When people lose faith in their currency
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16747
When people lose faith in their currency
Remarks by Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt at the Virginia Military Institute http://www.accountability-central.com/single-view-default/article/remarks-by-deputy-secretary-robert-m-kimmitt-at-the-virginia-military-institute/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1&cHash=175771bfa7 BY: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREA...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:18 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Elimination of extreme wealth and poverty
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18949
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:56 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: the nation-state has largely outlived its usefulness
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19737
the nation-state has largely outlived its usefulness
These same signs are prevalent in Belize, and I witnessed them all last week, since an election there is on the horizon. It confirmed my sense that the nation-state has largely outlived its usefulness and is on its last legs everywhere as our unsustainable civilization nears its inevitable collapse....
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:33 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: But if the vaults are empty
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16484
But if the vaults are empty
January 29, 2008 8:58 PM http://www.metafilter.com/68626/But-if-the-vaults-are-empty-what-will-Scrooge-McDuck-swim-in According to the latest biweekly numbers released last Thursday by the Federal Reserve, for the two weeks that ended January 16th American banks had negative $1.3 billion in non-borr...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:31 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Elimination of extreme wealth and poverty
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18949
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:44 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Egypt court upholds Baha'i plea
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16637
Egypt court upholds Baha'i plea
http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2008/01/egyptian-court-decides-3-cases-on.html In Egypt yesterday, Cairo's Court of Administrative Justice decided three cases involving the disclosure of religion on official Egyptian identity cards that must be carried at all times and that are needed to apply fo...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:39 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Iran sentences Baha’is for teaching children
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18128
Iran sentences Baha’is for teaching children
Iran sentences Baha’is for teaching children January 29, 2008 - 4:07pm The Agence France-Presse reported today that Iran's judiciary has announced sentences for 54 members of the Baha'i Faith who were arrested in May 2006 in Shiraz while taking part in a project to educate underprivileged children. ...
- Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:38 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Proposed wording for Forum warning [was: 'Onepence?']
- Replies: 20
- Views: 55100
No, what he was complaining about was specifically non-Baha'is. No ... what i was complaining about was two fold ... first, the lack of leadership in understanding the purpose and role of moderators second ... the inablity of this site to "mature" ... but hey ... you guys go ahead and do what you g...
- Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:01 am
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: seekers forum ... maturity of site
- Replies: 7
- Views: 34310
seekers forum ... maturity of site
you know as along as we have immature policy concerning seekers our boards will be ripe targets for abuse.
the owner of this site should consider his responseablities in keeping this site safe for all individuals.
oneness
the apostle dean
the owner of this site should consider his responseablities in keeping this site safe for all individuals.
oneness
the apostle dean
- Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:58 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: K-Salaam: The World Is Ours
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17334
K-Salaam: The World Is Ours
K-Salaam: The World Is Ours Wednesday - August 23, 2006 — by Francesca Djerejian In a time for hip-hop when few dare to be different, K-Salaam has taken matters into his own hands with his album, The World is Ours. Dedicated to oppressed people throughout the world, the album's introductory message ...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:17 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: 'See-through' silver could boost LEDs
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17589
'See-through' silver could boost LEDs
'See-through' silver could boost LEDs Aug 24, 2006 http://optics.org/articles/news/12/8/31/1?rss=2.0 Physicists in the UK have discovered that thin films of silver - a normally opaque material - can be made highly transparent by sandwiching them bewteen zinc-selenide-coated glass blocks. Ian Hooper ...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:12 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Worker uncovers $20,000 of silver
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17793
Worker uncovers $20,000 of silver
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/820456 Aug 24, 2006 Demolition workers have found about $20,000 worth of silver bullion bars buried beneath a suburban Perth house. ... Hawkings took the haul to police later that day, saying he too had been motivated to do "the honest thing". Police, who believe t...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:03 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: WoW is once again King of the Pops
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17914
WoW is once again King of the Pops
WoW is once again King of the Pops by IGN Staff August 24, 2006 - How is it that World of Warcraft is still selling more copies than any other game? How many months has that thing been number one? Hasn't everyone bought it by now? Did a crazy zerg of players just happen to lose their copies? It is a...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:46 pm
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: Solar system to welcome three new planets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 23651
Some Take Dim View of Pluto's Loss of Status http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/630700/some_take_dim_view_of_plutos_loss_of_status/index.html?source=r_space By Abe Winter, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Aug. 24--The news from the Czech Republic didn't please Jack Northrup, planetarium director at King Sci...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:33 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Study: Brain Wired To Reward Learning
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17740
Study: Brain Wired To Reward Learning
Study: Brain Wired To Reward Learning Feel-Good Chemical Dopamine Released In Response To Correct Choices Aug 23, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/23/health/webmd/main1931099.shtml (WebMD) Making the right choice may come with its own built-in reward from your brain. A new study suggests ...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:52 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: What is the 'Mahabad' faith
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17843
don't know if this paper would help Bahá'u'lláh as Zoroastrian saviour Christopher Buck http://bahai-library.com/bsr/bsr08/821_buck_zoroaster.htm ... An ideal case-study is that of Bahá'u'lláh whose claim to multiple messiahship is unusual in the history of religions, parallelled only by the second-...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:37 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: How old is the world?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8355
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:53 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Artistic snippets
- Replies: 16
- Views: 22429
pretty cool paper here http://bahai-library.com/bsr/bsr03_1/315_manocha_art.htm Bahá’í Art: Fact or Fiction? Inder Manocha ... This Faith has already acquired, at least in the West, a tradition of what might be called Bahá'í "folk songs". A solitary individual, strapped to his guitar, will play diml...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:24 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: For many readers, it's all about the garden
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17797
For many readers, it's all about the garden
For many readers, it's all about the garden BY DANIEL BUBBEO Newsday Staff Writer August 24, 2006 http://www.newsday.com/features/home/ny-hocov4861542aug24,0,2075275.story?track=rss ... We asked them and several other Long Islanders to share stories about their favorite things in their gardens. ... ...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:05 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: expulsion from membership
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20138
wow ... Our Guardian certainly knows this servants heart ... :D ... cuz ... I certainly have "a natural tendency to codify the teachings" :shock: smile ... chuckeling softly ... I do like the term Baha'i jurisprudence ... I suppose i might study that term/thought more someday... and lol ... I am sur...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:05 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: ConstitutionFacts.com Released In Time For Constitution Day
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17982
ConstitutionFacts.com Released In Time For Constitution Day
Mon Aug 21, 8:00 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060821/bs_prweb/prweb419564_1 Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 21, 2006 -- With Constitution Day now commemorated by schools around the country under recent legislation, students and teachers have an in-depth resource to help them celebrate the day—Co...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:09 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: expulsion from membership
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20138
hmmmm ... i guess one way to define the broad general term/s would be ... Membership in the Baha'i Community subsection a,b,c of The Constitution of the Universal House of Justice ... but of course, at this time The Constitution of the Universal House of Justice has only the By Laws ... not the subs...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:32 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: 30th Annual Conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7030
don't mean to offend anyone ... As far as I am concerned the people who view my writings have a right to know the status of who is housing my writings. I will continue to excercise my rights unless directed by the owner of this site to do otherwise, then, at which time my course of action will chang...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:08 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: expulsion from membership
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20138
ooooo... the legalese eeee... *crazy smile* ... soft chuckle ... actually was reading on another website about the By-Laws ... are there any other types of classifications ?? ... I mean so far we have the concepts of Covenant Breakers, administrative rights removed, expulsion from membership ... are...
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:49 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: expulsion from membership
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20138
... Is that responsive to your question? Brent yes Brent ... that does nicely ... I am also curious about the Iranian Baha'is who had to lie to get out of Iran ... where they concidered expelled from the Faith ... I had read where they had to apply{?} to be reinstated {?} Do you know what I am refe...
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:33 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: expulsion from membership
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20138
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:53 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: expulsion from membership
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20138
expulsion from membership
seeking comments about explusion from membership.
oneness
the apostle dean
oneness
the apostle dean
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:12 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: What is the 'Mahabad' faith
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17843
Re: What is the 'Mahabad' faith
In 'Tabernacle of Unity' references are made to the 'Mahabad' faith. Does anyone know to which sect of which religion this refers to? On the internet I have only found a city in Western Iran with this name. Could this city be related to this religion? could you give the Text you are refer to ... ex...