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onepence

excellent photo journal of 9 day pilgrimage to the Bahá'i World Centre.

click on any photo of that day brings up another subset of photos.

If you have never been on pilgrimage then this site should wet your appetite.

http://www.arashcity.com/PilgrimagePictures.htm

theapostledean

onepence

There are many and diverse meanings and understandings to our Sacred Scripture for His ocean is as vast as it is limitless, for instance when we look upon the word poor one tends only to see a surperficial surface level meaning as in the poor people who live in material poverty as in the homeless pe...

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"The American continent gives signs and evidences of very great advancement. Its future is even more promising, for its influence and illumination are far-reaching. It will lead all nations spiritually." (ADJ 72)

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Baha'i Views Pithy excerpts on the issues of of the day http://bahaiviews.blogspot.com/ is another blogger. this person seems to be highlighting all the Baha'i Bloggers and their posts following is a recent entry which really doesn't do much juctice to the website cuz the website is very html rich ....

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well what do you know
I started my own blog spot

http://theapostledean.livejournal.com/

hope you guys enjoy it.
I will still post here
but I also wanted to get more out on the web.

Now if only I could get yahoo news feed to pick up my blog.
I wonder how that works?

theapostledean

onepence

http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/LDG2 ... hlight#gr2

"Bahá’u’lláh says God has created all the good things in the world for us to enjoy and partake of."

I chose not to discuss specifics of crude and mechanical techniques.

theapostledean

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Thanks Jonah, As always your service to our Faith and replies to my notes often brings tears of oy to my eyes ... and well yes sometimes also frowns to my lips ... lol ... smiles and chuckles ... The reason I asked about the hard copies, is not necessarily for myself, although if I am able to obtain...

onepence

what about articles from the official site

http://www.bahai.org/

such as an article as

On Good and Evil1

http://info.bahai.org/article-1-4-0-9.html

could it be uploaded to thise site
and how would it be classified?

onepence

yea ... sad smile ... I actually bought Mavis teaches typing, but never used it ... sad smile again ...

happy smile though cuz I got another bic file entitled "A Bahá'í Perspective on Drug Abuse Prevention" uploaded.

oneness
dh

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shm Hi there. there is definitely a hierarchy in all things. Sports/basketball is a place of gathering for the commoner, the Palace is for the courtiers. There is nothing wrong in traveling with the commoners nor is it necessarily grand to sit in attendance at the Palace. Home is where the heart is....

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"no one knows what his own end shall be" ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "But I mean that this limitless universe is like the human body, all the members of which are connected and linked with one another with the greatest strength." ////////////...

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I think that its the door to the shrine of The Bab and AbdulBaha, Im pretty sure but not 100% sure yeah ... that is what I am thinking too ... but since I an not one hundred percent sure .... I thought I would ask others. what drew my attention was the guy standing and appears to me the one to let ...

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forgive me if this question has been asked before. Do you have a hard copy of this site? Is there a way to get a hard copy of this site? Is there a way to get a hard copy of just a section of this site ... like the provisional translation section? and sort as a follow up to those question Do you hav...

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Hi Dean, ... Do you know or are you willing to learn some HTML/XHTML? I know very little or actually none HTML/XHTML. I am more a cut & paste type of guy. My typing is a pityful two finger hunt & peck style. My spelling is autrocious. I do not think I would be very good at HTML coding unles...

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Hey what do you know Jonah

I did it

I registered and uploaded
A Bahá'í Declaration of Human Obligations and Rights
from website
http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/47-0200.htm

........

is there any specific task or uploads from websites
that I can assit in your project here ?

oneness
dh

onepence

For your reference, there is also this: ... best wishes, Brett Hey thanks Brett, Pretty cool quote ... always amazed and love to see individuals, like yourself, able to find relevent commentary to our discussions. If I may be so bold as to add another personal thought about the subject, I would thi...

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http://raptureready.com/

The Tribulation Hour

European Union In Prophecy Europe in prophecy
Iraq in Prophecy Why Iraq is a key end time player
The Campaign Of Armageddon A study of this event
Tribulation Saint Wannabes Sober words to think about

onepence

Hi Jonah, Thanks again for this amazing site. Was wondering how difficult it would be to add a few more documents or maybe a new section in the Library area. Bahá'í International Community Statemetn Library http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/list.cfm something like 188 documents A Bahá'í Declaration of Hum...

onepence

Gordon Parks in front of his “American Gothic, 1942.”

http://www.frostillustrated.com/news/20 ... p1_xlg.jpg

onepence

a gordan parks pic

http://cc.ysu.edu/~satingle/AmSt%202601/wpe9.jpg

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Two Contradictory Interpretations of Parks' Photograph "American Gothic" Take one more look at the photograph we began with: http://cc.ysu.edu/~satingle/AmSt%202601/interpretations.htm Below are two contradictory interpretations of the image from two different respectable and credible sources. A: Hi...

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on Sun, Mar. 12, 2006 Gordon Parks' simple but inspiring message By Ron Tarver INQUIRER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Gordon Parks came to Philadelphia in October 1996 to speak at the 15th anniversary of the Mt. Airy Learning Tree, a community-service organization named after his autobiographical novel and his...

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Gordon Parks, 1912-2006: The Eye of the Storm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11769187/site/newsweek/ Newsweek March 20, 2006 issue - I still don't know exactly who I am," Gordon Parks wrote in 1979. Anyone would have been confused. Photographer, filmmaker, novelist, memoirist, poet, composer—where to b...

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Barkley discusses race He says education is key to success as he talks about book By Amy Choate Deseret Morning News http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635191186,00.html SUNDANCE — At a hulking 6 feet 5 inches, former NBA basketball star Charles Barkley definitely is large — but, hunched over a w...

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military unit relaxing at Terrace # ? http://static.flickr.com/39/111006027_4caf1e99b2.jpg?v=0 Shrine of The Bab from Terrace # ? {with port in background} http://static.flickr.com/50/110994417_d27058f10a.jpg?v=0 path of the kings as seen from top of the Terraces http://static.flickr.com/49/11098719...

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anybody have any clues as to who & where this pic was taken http://static.flickr.com/42/110014456_e071fd92d2.jpg?v=0 <img src="http://static.flickr.com/42/110014456_e071fd92d2.jpg?v=0"> http://static.flickr.com/43/110015848_2bdffe53a2.jpg?v=0 <img src="http://static.flickr.com/43/110015848_2bdff...

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SCHOOL FOR REFORM - From Blair’s mantra to the new education bill Westminster Gleanings / Anabel Loyd http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060223/asp/opinion/story_5876338.asp A stay abroad, however brief, gives a welcome change of perspective to the view of home news. I have just returned from an idle we...

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Bartering For Wealth Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 9:52 am Press Release: XO Limited Bartering For Wealth 6th March 2006 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0603/S00015.htm XO Limited (http://www.barter-software.com), the worlds largest developer of barter and alternate currency software, today announced a ne...

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"President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality of blacks. see how bigotted that comment is ... the sentance works easily without the term " of blacks". "President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality." like i pointed out it is a pretty bigotted story. oneness dh

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ok ... a very very edgy story ... ... in fact I will go ahead and say a very one sided bigoted story ... ... in essence all people involved, both white and black, had a large dgree of moral poverty involved with the Hurrican Katrina sad saga ... ... here is one viewpoint ... http://www.denverpost.co...

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Law Professor John R. Kramer; Led GU's Legal Clinic Program By Joe Holley Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 10, 2006; Page B06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030902340.html?nav=rss_nation/special John R. Kramer, 68, a former associate dean and professo...

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U.S. Found in Violation of Native Americans' Rights, Anti-Racism Treaty Haider Rizvi, OneWorld US Fri Mar 10, 9:00 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20060311/wl_oneworld/45361291461142042437 UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (OneWorld) - A United Nations committee took the rare step Friday of assailing th...

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When I was studying designs of Houses of Worship I noticed the role of a "town crier" was specifically mentioned in The KITAB-I-AQDAS. I thought "now that sure is pretty cool job" the specific verse is http://bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/aqdas/aqdas2/QA17.htm Kitáb-i-Aqdas Questions and Answ...

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http://news.bahai.org/story/430 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, 9 March 2006 (BWNS) -- With an empty Coke bottle for a pint of rum and a white plastic chair the only other prop, the skit performed by five young men and women during a recent meeting of the Future Club here told a story that is unfortunately all ...

onepence

agreed
absolutely awesome to have news section
thank you Jonah
all my best

oneness
dh

onepence

wow ... how sad ... I tried to open up a dialogue on blasphemy and the owner ? ... or someone ... deleted my post ... how sad ... so Jonah ... or someone ... please explain to me why my post on Blashphemy was deleted ? Do you not want me to discuss issues of blashphemy here? If so, then what type of...

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According to http://reference.bahai.org/search?max=10&first=1&query=America there are over 1448 refrences to America. at this present moment I do not have the time nor the patience to justify my own personal thoughts with exact quotes from our Writings but suffice it to say, if, and that is ...

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anybody following Baha'i Bloggers? seems to be growing day by day. anybody have a Baha'i blog site? oneness dh Thursday, March 09, 2006 On Blogs: Current Baha'i Citings and Kudos to Pioneer Baha'i Bloggers About Me Name:georgewesley This blog is basically a reflection of where my personal study of t...

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this topic is not troubling to me. I have already stated my view that whatever the NSA of America decides is a ok with me. I have also already stated my position that others should also follow the lead of NSA of America. I did bring this subject up to the forefront so that positions like Simeon woul...

onepence

Do you think it is possible to have a news section?

in as much

as you already have four sections

why not also have a news section ?

onepence

so ... I just noticed someone is deliberatly deleting news stories I post here. so ... what gives ? What is the stated policy here ? I mean like some of my news stories I posted are directly related to the Faith. .... and ... well ... some news stories are not directly related to our Faith, but none...

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The love and pain that inspire Cathy March 9, 2006 http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/the-love-and-pain-that-inspire-cathy/2006/03/08/1141701518668.html Top athlete may journey from the winner's podium to the Academy Awards, writes Michael Dwyer. UH-OH. Catherine Freeman knows what's coming nex...

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An interesting micro-biography of Cathy Freeman that attempts to profile the woman as distinct from the lycra-suited athlete who stood patiently at the Sydney Olympics when the electronic Olympic flame almost didn't work. The nation nearly passed out from holding its breath, but Freeman - clearly a ...

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"Here again, religion's challenge is to free itself from the obsessions of the past: contentment is not fatalism; morality has nothing in common with the life-denying puritanism that has so often presumed to speak in its name ; and a genuine devotion to duty brings feelings not of self-righteousness...

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Answer to AIDS Mystery Found Behind Bars By Richard Morin Thursday, March 9, 2006; Page A02 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030802201.html?nav=rss_nation It is one of the most puzzling mysteries of the AIDS epidemic: Why did blacks, in little more than a dozen y...

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Author series to focus on race and media http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635190748,00.html By Jared Page Deseret Morning News SUNDANCE — When it comes to racial issues in America, Karen Dallett says, Utahns live in a box A really, really white one. Dallett is the founder of the Tree Room Autho...

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Lisle doesn't share his colleague's conclusions. "The Big Bang is not science in an observational sense, " he tells the Rocky Mount audience. " It's an atheistic story of how life came to be . I'm surprised at the number of Christians that have bought into the Big Bang. It's shocking." Then he start...

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Playing on the Plantation Field Posted on Mar. 9, 2006 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060309_anthony_prior_nfl_racism/ By James Harris In his new book, “The Slave Side of Sunday,” former NFL player Anthony Prior writes about the legacy of racism in professional sports. “We are not looked at ...

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Lawmakers vow action in fight against racism By ANNE JU Journal Staff http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060309/NEWS01/603090354/1002 ITHACA - They're not sure what form it'll take, exactly. But members of the Community and Neighborhood Services Committee of Common Council ...

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New YWCA focus on racism, gender equality By ASHLEY ADAMS Evening Sun Reporter http://www.eveningsun.com/localnews/ci_3585402 The YWCA has refocused its mission to combat racism and advocate gender equality in a bright orange hue. But it's not orange. It's persimmon. The YWCA of Hanover, along with ...

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In the USA the tv cable history channel ran a program on Atayyola Khomani {spelling whatever} wild wild show ... pretty good ... talked about the Shah and how he had secert police and how America and Britian had installed him in power didn't not specifically mention the Hojjatieh Society or the Baha...

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Kitáb-i-Aqdas Notes 173 It hath been forbidden you to carry arms unless essential ¶159 Bahá’u’lláh confirms an injunction contained in the Bayán which makes it unlawful to carry arms, unless it is necessary to do so. With regard to circumstances under which the bearing of arms might be “essential” f...

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Hi shm, in short All is from God God willing I will write a more detailed response later. But some basic thought would be http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:7MyksowobCIJ:www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/F-J/H/herzog.htm+bahai+puritanism&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5 Although it is clea...

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Onepence, I'm really not sure where you are going with this. If the Universal House of Justice were destroyed in a war, no NSA would be forced to take charge of the rest of the countries, nor would it have the authority to do so. A new election would simply be called and 9 new members elected to se...

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Central Election Committe: Herut campaign ad provokes racism http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/691357.html By Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondent Central Election Committee chairman Judge Dorit Beinisch disqualified Tuesday a part of Herut party's campaign ad, stating that it constitutes racis...

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History's lessons learned http://www.parsonssun.com/news/articles/brown030706.html By Colleen Surridge Parsons Sun The civil rights movement made way for equality among people of all races, but students at Parsons Middle School Monday learned that racism in America is far from gone. Through a Teachi...

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Posted on Tue, Mar. 07, 2006 Gordon Parks dead at 93 The Kansas City Star http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/14041398.htm?source=rss&channel=kansascity_entertainment Gordon Parks, the Kansas native who made his mark on the world by photographing poverty and racism in America ...

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Wednesday, March 8, 2006 Racism called world's greatest problem http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/graham/259477_billy081.html?source=rss By DR. BILLY GRAHAM DEAR DR. GRAHAM: What do you think is the greatest social problem in the world today? Some friends and I were talking about this recently, but we d...

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Dear Dean, It is possible that there can be a temporary disruption of the administration: ... best wishes, Brett Hi Brett, Thanks for the reply. I like it when a person, such as yourself, can refrence the Writings from The Universal House of Justice with elegance and ease. Upon further reflection o...

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Split hairs all you like you will never convince me that calling My Father a monkey is funny. lol Blasphemy is blasphemy just because one sees. God willing no one will ever theif from me my belief! you guys can play its ok to flirt with the deceiver all you like but as for me I shall not be deceived...

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http://bahai-library.com/essays/falsafi.html ... On 9 May 1955 the press carried reports of the destruction of the dome of the Bahai Center in Tehran (Hazhir'e al-Qods) and its occupation by troops, and on 17 May it was announced that the Bahai Center in Shiraz had been closed and occupied by the mi...

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I do not know of any direct studies of the above Text.

I am sure each of the six points have been and are currently being studied.

http://bahai-library.com/
is an excellent place to research any subject.

oneness
dh

onepence

Does anyone have the original letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Baha'is of Norway in which they addressed the Six Steps to Spirituality? Have any commentarys or studies been done on it? Thanks! r 1 September 1983 The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Norway Dear Baha'i F...

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If this occurs then God allowed. If its control the God allowed the control. There are safeguards to truth in the covenant. They are specifically black and white. But still if God wills it. We do not attempt to understand his plan just to follow it. But this is just my view. And others may have a m...

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Not withstanding any kind of racism or torment or hardship from the many comments left with directed opinions. Lets turn to a different view. Be thankful for what YOU have learned and then there seems to be no need to scorn the teacher. Since your lesson was learned so well. God Blessed you. Please...

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Just curious ... had a wild thought ... is it possible for The Universal House of Justice to suspend the elections of the LSA's ???? I mean as a whole ... total shut down ... what is is what is and there would be no more .... I mean it sort of makes sense to me ... I mean like if The Universal House...

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Local physician takes pilgrimage to Mongolia By LINDA ANDRADE RODRIGUES, Standard-Times staff writer http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/03-06/03-04-06/02religion.htm Chosen as one of four doctors to serve on the Mongolian International Physician Exchange, Dr. Iraj Mottahed recently travelled to Ul...

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I apologize onepence for saying that ur talking to urself and stuff like that. I have looked at ur thread on racism and it is actually very informing, I shouldnt have critisized u like, I apologize I dont know why, but it just bothered me when I saw that there was a thread started by u, and u were ...

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I got hint for ya Post on a subject and then mayube somebody won't appear to be just talking to themselves. I mean how hard is it to write right on onepenece .... help us combat racism tell me more tell me more I mean just a few words of encourgement but no ... the readers of this forum are too good...

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All guests who wish to critque posters and or their threads may enjoy doing their .. ehmmm ... service? ... on this thread entitled "helpful Hints" God Bless us all oneness dh I have not read this thread at all, but heres why I have not read it. This is just my input If you are going to start a new ...

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hey I did it

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I still don't know exactly who I am

Clarence Thomas, Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods

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identify pic place please

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Ridvan election suspension ???

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