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by BruceDLimber
Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:23 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Bah'ulllahs Photographs
Replies: 13
Views: 39032

Re: Bah'ulllahs Photographs

Greetings! Dear Keyvan/AdibM, That's probably William Miller, a Presbyterian missionary who was always very hostile towards the Faith. The photograph was published in his polemical work, Baha'ism, Its Origin, History and Teachings. My uncle owns this book and the picture is there. In my research of ...
by BruceDLimber
Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:09 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Being forced to recant faith - excused?
Replies: 4
Views: 16699

Re: Being forced to recant faith - excused?

Simply not applicable.

In the Baha'i Faith, no one is ever "forced" either to join or to leave!

"Freedom Hall" and all that . . .

Peace,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:22 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: A couple of questions
Replies: 4
Views: 14965

Re: A couple of questions

Ascent, hi! :-) Is it possible for us to have the wisdom to reconcile disagreements people have with the faith and the standard of life we are supposed to live up to, without earlier study of the writings? While it's not scriptural, I would refer you to Taherzadeh's Revelation of Baha'u'llah . Altho...
by BruceDLimber
Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:48 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Need some help...
Replies: 4
Views: 16100

Re: Need some help...

Hi, CL! :-) I see you've already received some excellent responses, and would just add a few thoughts. I would say that the cause of tests and difficulties is threefold: [list=]Some are indeed God testing us so that we can prevail and grow spiritually! This sometimes applies to ourselves, and someti...
by BruceDLimber
Wed May 27, 2009 8:12 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Can Someone Answer My Question?
Replies: 10
Views: 49515

Re: Can Someone Answer My Question?

Greetings! The Holy Prophet (saww) said, "O Ali, you are to me as Harun was to Musa, but there will be no prophet after me." Yes indeed, as as I already pointed out above, what the Qur'an specifically says is that there will be no nabi (minor prophet), NOT that there will be no more Ras'ul...
by BruceDLimber
Tue May 19, 2009 8:01 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Why a Messenger after Muhammad?
Replies: 19
Views: 66584

Re: WHy a Messenger after Muhammad?

Johnny, hi! :-) Here's a bit more information to answer your question: Muslims often interpret the Qur'an as stating that Muhammad, being the Seal of the Prophets, is the final prophet and that there will be no more Divine Messengers sent by God (or Allah). In fact, IOV this whole “last prophet” thi...
by BruceDLimber
Wed May 13, 2009 8:04 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Women and equality?
Replies: 19
Views: 50219

Re: Women and equality?

Seeker, hi again! :-) There are a couple points about this I think are worth noting: As as already been noted, none of us really knows the reason for the prohibition. We simply obey it as a matter of faith. Also, this could affect at most only nine women! But service on the House of Justice is nothi...
by BruceDLimber
Wed May 13, 2009 7:10 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Jews and bahai faith?
Replies: 19
Views: 46553

Re: Jews and bahai faith?

Hi, Seeker! I am specifically asking if this prohibition about preaching is just a prohibition that the Israelis hold against bahais only. So sorry, but you have this exactly backward!: It's not that the Israelis prohibit US from teaching the faith; but rather that Baha'u'llah Himself imposed this r...
by BruceDLimber
Tue May 12, 2009 11:29 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: God and Baha'ullah????
Replies: 6
Views: 19289

Re: God and Baha'ullah????

Hi again! :-)

Please recall the example of Jesus' two states that I mentioned in the recent post.

(In fact, we say that ALL the Divine Messengers constitute this same Only Way to God, and indeed we can post quotations from the various ones to demonstrate this!)

Best! :-)

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Tue May 12, 2009 10:43 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: God and Baha'ullah????
Replies: 6
Views: 19289

Re: God and Baha'ullah????

Hi! I'm afraid I'm operating with reduced capabilities at the moment (software problems), but I'll try to provide you with at least a brief description of what's happening with Baha'u'llah and other Divine Messengers. We Baha'is teach that all the major religions of the world are divine in origin, s...
by BruceDLimber
Mon May 11, 2009 7:27 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Evolution?
Replies: 2
Views: 11393

Re: Evolution?

Hi, CL! :-) In the Baha'i view science and religion are NOT in contradiction, but rather dovetail very nicely! It should be pointed out that Baha'is have no problem with evolution; indeed, IOV religion evolves as well as creation generally! And it's worth noting that while our scriptures state that ...
by BruceDLimber
Fri May 08, 2009 8:03 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Buddhist or Bahai?
Replies: 4
Views: 17371

Re: Buddhist or Bahai?

Hi, Seeker! :-) Briefly, the difference is that the Baha'i Faith has the social teachings for this Age, not for some other millenia ago! So while both it and Buddhism teach the same spiritual truths, we see the practical, day-to-day stuff in the Baha'i Faith as maximally relevant! Best regards, I co...
by BruceDLimber
Fri May 08, 2009 7:56 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Wiki back online to editing
Replies: 15
Views: 34705

Re: Wiki back online to editing

Brett, hi! Since you mentioned Lights of Guidance , it may interest you to know that this is one of the books that the Online Baha'i Library project has been working on, preparing it for online release. I know this because I was one of the folks who did an editing pass on the whole book a while back...
by BruceDLimber
Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:09 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Buddhism, Gautama Buddha and the Baha'i Faith?
Replies: 13
Views: 34556

Re: Buddhism, Gautama Buddha and the Baha'i Faith?

Brett, hi! You may want to do your postings in the Times New Roman font, or even better Times Extended Roman font. (We use the latter for our book-preparation in the Baha'i Library project.) This will allow all the letters to display properly in the posts, including those containing diacritical mark...
by BruceDLimber
Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:19 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Buddhism, Gautama Buddha and the Baha'i Faith?
Replies: 13
Views: 34556

Re: Buddhism, Gautama Buddha and the Baha'i Faith?

Hi again! :-) It's never been necessary for Baha'u'llah to have said something in order for it to be true! Thus although He spoke about a number of Divine Messengers, there were clearly many others He never mentioned Himeself! Given the fact that there were two official interpreters after Him, howev...
by BruceDLimber
Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:21 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Questions about the Bahai Faith
Replies: 28
Views: 65230

Re: Questions about the Bahai Faith

Greetings! I'm not familiar with the details of this and therefore can't comment further on it, but I do know that the Bab wrote a commentary on the Sur'ih of Kawthar. (Whether this has even been translated into English I can't say, but you might want to explore this further to see whether it's avai...
by BruceDLimber
Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:04 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Buddhism, Gautama Buddha and the Baha'i Faith?
Replies: 13
Views: 34556

Re: Buddhism, Gautama Buddha and the Baha'i Faith?

Greetings! :-) I seem to only read Abdul baha speaking of Buddha as a manifestation. Did Baha'ullah proclaim that Buddha was a manifestation? Baha'u'llah didn't mention Him (or at least, not in any of the works we already have available in English). He primarily concentrated on the Abrahamic religio...
by BruceDLimber
Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:15 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Praying to God?
Replies: 15
Views: 38616

Re: Praying to God?

Greetings! It's almost as if we have no personal relationship with God. Instead we have to turn to Muhammad, christ, buddha, or Baha'ullah in order to pray. Sorry: this is simply wrong! We do NOT "have to" pray to or via any Divine Messenger. We're perfectly free to pray to God directly, a...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:04 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Satan
Replies: 5
Views: 20192

Re: Satan

I presume you've already seen my remark about how the word refers to our own lower nature (if we give it control)?

Regards,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:15 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Questions about the Bahai Faith
Replies: 28
Views: 65230

Re: Questions about the Bahai Faith

Juan, hi! :-) Evil acts of course do exist! But we Baha'is point out they simply represent relative lack of good in some fashion or other. I'll post the passage in the Baha'i scriptures that explains this below. And types of experience you ask about are either symptoms of illness (sometimes mental),...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:04 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Questions about the Bahai Faith
Replies: 28
Views: 65230

Re: Questions about the Bahai Faith

Hi again, Juan! :-) Per your request, here are two quotes from the Baha'i scriptures and an official Baha'i source about angels and jinn: 86 "And now, concerning His words: 'And He shall send His angels...." By 'angels' is meant those who, reinforced by the power of the spirit, have consum...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:41 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Questions about the Bahai Faith
Replies: 28
Views: 65230

Re: Questions about the Bahai Faith

Greetings! :-) >1. In Islamic belief on Qiyamah (Judgement day) an angel will blow a horn and every living person will die. >Then all the dead people will be raised back to life. >All the people in history will be at a plain in Arabia (I don't remember where, I think Mina or the plain of Mount Arafa...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:28 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Near death experiences
Replies: 3
Views: 13359

Re: Near death experiences

Just for the record, his name is Motlagh.

You can see his books at: www.globalperspective.org

Regards,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:12 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Wiki back online to editing
Replies: 15
Views: 34705

Re: Wiki back online to editing

Greetings! I've edited a number of articles on Wiki! (The only things I still need to find out are how to submit an entirely new Wiki article and how to make a new entry that's purely a cross-reference to an existing article.) Anyway, I'm involved in editing big-time because I'm part of the Online B...
by BruceDLimber
Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:04 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: why are all the footnotes in French?
Replies: 11
Views: 24500

Re: why are all the footnotes in French?

Regardless, please note that an English translation of the French footnotes was published and has been available for at least 35 years!

Peace,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:09 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Discussing the Faith with others...
Replies: 5
Views: 19397

Re: Discussing the Faith with others...


Greetings! :-)

So long as you're simply expressing your beliefs and opinions, CatLady, no problem whatever!

As 'Abdu'l-Baha said, "From the clash of differing opinions the shining spark of truth comes forth!" :-)

Best,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:03 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Wiki back online to editing
Replies: 15
Views: 34705

Re: Wiki back online to editing

Simply a more elegant form of the name, IMHO. :-)

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:11 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Wiki back online to editing
Replies: 15
Views: 34705

Re: Wiki back online to editing

brettz9 wrote:Other web resources such as the Baha'i-run http://bahaikipedia.org/ . . .


You folks missed a trick, I fear!

It should have been called "Bahakipedia" instead!

Cheers! :-)

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:42 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Buddhism, Gautama Buddha and the Baha'i Faith?
Replies: 13
Views: 34556

Re: Buddhism, Gautama Buddha and the Baha'i Faith?

Hi!

Another title is Fozdar's Buddha Maitreya Amitabha Has Appeared.

Regards, :-)

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Idiots guide to bahai?
Replies: 7
Views: 21397

Re: Idiots guide to bahai?

OK, Seeker. Please keep us posted! :-)

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:42 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: TOP 10 Evidences that the Bahai faith is truth?
Replies: 15
Views: 36552

Re: TOP 10 Evidences that the Bahai faith is truth?

Hi again!

SpiritualSeeker wrote:Could you perhaps link me to something that explains the date prophecies that were fulfilled


Here you are:

www.bci.org/prophecy-fulfilled

Regards,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:20 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: What if?
Replies: 4
Views: 13855

Re: What if?

Greetings again, Seeker! :-) In addition to what was described above about the Next Life, it's worth noting that (as I understand it) the Baha'i scriptures also promise that no matter what one's initial condition in the Next Life, God--in His infinite Love and Mercy--will assist everyone eventually ...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:08 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Idiots guide to bahai?
Replies: 7
Views: 21397

Re: Idiots guide to bahai?

Hi, Seeker! :-) Two more book suggestions for you: The Hidden Words , by Baha'u'llah: this is a relatively short book of poetic religious teachings. Some Answered Questions , by 'Abdu'l-Baha (Baha'u'llah's son and appointed successor/interpreter): this has straightforward, modern-English discussions...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Breaking the Fast
Replies: 7
Views: 21212

Re: Breaking the Fast

Greetings, Briren! :-) I've recently discovered the Baha'i Faith and am still in the process of finding out about it. Any information or encouragement is appreciated. Please consider this enthusiastic encouragement! :-) As to information, if you care to send me your address at: brucedlimber@aol.com ...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:13 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: What's everyone reading right now?
Replies: 15
Views: 37355

Re: What's everyone reading right now?

Greetings, all! :-) I recently read a bit of P. G. Wodehouse. More recently I've been reading several John Grisham novels, and A. B. Hartley's original Danger UXB book (about how the British dealt with German delayed-action bombs during WW II). And right now I'm enjoying a couple of Scott Adams' ant...
by BruceDLimber
Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:37 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Direction of Qiblih
Replies: 6
Views: 23161

Re: Direction of Qiblih

Greetings, greetings! I noticed that the distance & bearing to Bahji calculator requires that one knows one's latitude & longitude. Actually, no! All you need to do is find a globe somewhere, and stretch a string or rubber band from your location to Akka; this forms part of the appropriate g...
by BruceDLimber
Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:48 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Some questions & concerns regarding the Baha'i Faith
Replies: 17
Views: 45790

Re: Some questions & concerns regarding the Baha'i Faith

Hi, Ian; it's great to have you here! :-) Since most of your questions have already been addressed here, I'll offer you one other excellent site for asking questions about the Faith and general discussions, and then add one important fact to one of your questions. The best Q & A site I've found ...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:42 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Alcohol in cooking if it "cooks off?"
Replies: 7
Views: 24377

Alcohol in cooking if it "cooks off?"

Greetings! We had someone in our community raise this "cooking off" question 35 years ago, and we asked the US NSA. Their answer is that REGARDLESS of whether the alcohol "cooks off" or not, what is forbidden is the USE of alcoholic beverages at all, not merely the alcohol in the...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:59 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: The Age of Aquarius - Zeitgeist
Replies: 2
Views: 14870

Re: The Age of Aquarius - Zeitgeist

Hi! Robert Riggs has written a lot about astrology and the Baha'i Faith in Apocalypse Unsealed and its revision, The Apocalypse: An Exegesis , which you can find in the "books" section of http://www.bahai-library.org (While Baha'is aren't into astrology as such, Riggs explains that it's si...
by BruceDLimber
Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:49 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Discovering Baha'i --- Questions
Replies: 18
Views: 47161

Re: Discovering Baha'i --- Questions

Hi again! Here's a list of Baha'i websites: Bruce _ _ _ _ _ For general information about the Baha’i Faith, please visit: • http://www.bahai.org • http://www.usbnc.org • http://www.bahai.us • http://www.info.bahai.org To see our scriptures and related materials, including our Peace Statement, Prospe...
by BruceDLimber
Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:45 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Discovering Baha'i --- Questions
Replies: 18
Views: 47161

Re: Discovering Baha'i --- Questions

Hi, Brittany; I'm very glad you're here! :-) I see a number of your questions have already been answered, so I'll confine myself to just two things: I'll give you a few book recommendations, and I'll provide you with a list of a bunch of Baha'i web sites (the latter will be in the next post). As to ...
by BruceDLimber
Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:11 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Reconciling Progressive Revelation with Christian viewpoints
Replies: 11
Views: 26225

Re: Reconciling Progressive Revelation with Christian viewpoints

Greetings! SAQ is definitely the primary source, yes! And in addition I'll commend to you Riggs' Apocalypse Unsealed (the newer edition is The Apocalypse ) and I, Daniel , both of which may be found in the "Books" section of http://www.bahai-library.org A supplementary source might be: htt...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:42 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: New film "Mona's Story" to be shot in Malta
Replies: 7
Views: 23253

New film "Mona's Story" to be shot in Malta

Greetings, all! :-) I just ran across this announcement, and am echoing it here for your interest and possible edification. Enjoy! Story of Bahá’í girl’s martyrdom to be shot in Malta The true story of Mona Mahmudnizhad, the courageous young Baha’i teacher who was martyred in 1983 along with 10 othe...
by BruceDLimber
Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:33 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Baha'is/Babis in Iran after Baha'u'llah's banishment
Replies: 8
Views: 21814

Re: Baha'is/Babis in Iran after Baha'u'llah's banishment

Greetings! According to Muqaddama Nukta-tul-Kaaf . . . So sorry, but the Nuqtat'ul-Kaf is well known to be, at best, an extrememly questionable source! I quote Udo Schaefer (a member of the German National Spiritual Assembly and a well-known Baha'i author): "[A certain detractor of the Baha’i F...
by BruceDLimber
Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:51 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Great news from Viet Nam! :-)
Replies: 1
Views: 20990

Great news from Viet Nam! :-)

VIETNAMESE BAHA'IS REACH MILESTONE WITH ELECTION OF NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, 4 April 2008 (BWNS) -- The Baha'is of Vietnam have reached a historic milestone with the election - for the first time in many years - of a national Baha'i administrative body in that nation. ...
by BruceDLimber
Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:24 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Freedom from sectarian hatreds and other shackles
Replies: 28
Views: 121878

Brett, another issue related to what you quoted from The Advent of Divine Justice is the way we're advised to treat our enemies. The great problem here, of course, is the travesty of calling other Baha'is "enemies" in the first place! :-( I, for one, would never so use such a term! Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:16 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: A movement to help free the Baha'i spirit from its shackles
Replies: 8
Views: 29883

Re: A movement to help free the Baha'i spirit from its shack

jimhabegger wrote:I'd like to help organize the Internet to facilitate networking among all people who are working to spread peace, justice, fellowship, beauty and kindness.


And insofar as these are their goals, I'm sure we all enthusiastically support them! :-)

Peace,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:42 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Freedom from sectarian hatreds and other shackles
Replies: 28
Views: 121878

I named no names in my post, and indeed I have great respect for at least some of the individuals you named! Others I am not famliar with. But my point holds that certain individuals (not necessarily those you named) are unfortunately trying to promote division. And as the House and the US National ...
by BruceDLimber
Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:22 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: non-Bahai parents are not consenting to marriage
Replies: 6
Views: 20488

Re: non-Bahai parents are not consenting to marriage

Greetings. The short answer is, most definitely! Indeed, administrative rights may be removed FIRST with the promise of reinstatement IF AND WHEN the individuals in question have a proper Baha'i marriage that meets all the usual requirements. IOW, unless this happened inadvertantly out of ignorance ...
by BruceDLimber
Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:14 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Freedom from sectarian hatreds and other shackles
Replies: 28
Views: 121878

Re: Freedom from sectarian hatreds and other shackles

. . . that has stifled and defamed a liberation movement in the Baha'i community. A fine example of use of SLANTED LANGUAGE to paint what is--at best!--an extremely questionable "movement" as something noble and praiseworthy when it is, apparently, an attempt to undermine and subvert the ...
by BruceDLimber
Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:34 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Do the souls of the Prophets and Chosen Ones reincarnate?
Replies: 10
Views: 30245

Re: Do the souls of the Prophets and Chosen Ones reincarnat

WHERE in the Book of Certitude does it say reincarnation is not true? YOU brought that book up, not I! _I_ said Some Answered Questions addresses this. 'Abdu'l-Baha, in "Some Answered Questions" says that "human souls" do not return to this planet. The souls of the Prophets are ...
by BruceDLimber
Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:36 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Studying the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (website) www.TheAqdas.org
Replies: 10
Views: 26615

brettz9 wrote:I hope you used a digital copy that was already available, such as the one at this site or in Ocean.


I use the copies the project provides me.

I'm sure they have procedures in place to make sure they start with the best available copies!

Regards,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:07 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Proposal for a new study of the dialogue/Talisman chronicles
Replies: 18
Views: 47409

Re: "...leaving them free to pursue their own methods..

Steve wrote:Term limits would be a slight restriction....


Precisely!

Aka "the camel's nose coming into the tent!"

Thank you for proving my point.

Peace,

bruce
by BruceDLimber
Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:57 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Studying the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (website) www.TheAqdas.org
Replies: 10
Views: 26615

I do wish, though, that we Baha'is would research and collaborate more to save ourselves and others the work of duplicating efforts.... Well, there's at least some coordination underway! There are over 40 Baha'is currently working on the Baha'i Sacred Works Project, which prepares various Baha'i bo...
by BruceDLimber
Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:47 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Do the souls of the Prophets and Chosen Ones reincarnate?
Replies: 10
Views: 30245

Re: Do the souls of the Prophets and Chosen Ones reincarnat

The Book of Certitude nowhere says reincarnation is not true. Eminently irrelevant! BOTH The Book of Certitude and Some Answered Questions are Baha'i scripture, and the latter states explicitly that reincarnation doesn't exist and explains in detail why not! And spiritual "returns" have n...
by BruceDLimber
Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:11 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Do the souls of the Prophets and Chosen Ones reincarnate?
Replies: 10
Views: 30245

Greetings!

It's made quite clear in the Baha'i scriptures (specifically, The Book of Certitude) that the Divine Messengers are not reincarnations: each is a distinct person who shares the same investiture by the Holy Spirit.

Peace,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:43 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Who are twenty four guardians?
Replies: 5
Views: 18274

Re: Who are twenty four guardians?

Abdul Baha , in His book : Some answered Questions , page 67 says: In each cycle the guardians and holy souls have been twelve.... But in this glorious manifestation there are twenty-four, double the number of all the others, for the greatness of this manifestation requires it Does anybody know who...
by BruceDLimber
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:35 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: One Muslim has said that Bahaulllah's arabic was rubbish
Replies: 11
Views: 32806

Greetings, Gotha. I know Arab Baha'is, and contrary to your accusations, from their statements it seems they have no trouble whatever understanding the Writings of either the Bab or Baha'u'llah! So perhaps you need to speak to some folks of this background, who are clearly in a better position than ...
by BruceDLimber
Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:24 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: One Muslim has said that Bahaulllah's arabic was rubbish
Replies: 11
Views: 32806

Greetings! Baha'u'llah's Arabic is ... sweet, melodious, mellifluous and eloquent; however, it is just incomparable to the exalted majestic Arabic of the Quran which has given unrivaled literary prestige to Arabic. Anyone with good knowledge of Arabic will acknowledge this plain fact. I fully agree ...
by BruceDLimber
Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:17 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Proposal for a new study of the dialogue/Talisman chronicles
Replies: 18
Views: 47409

- examples of ideas that came out of the movement, that were later widely adopted in the community Meaning no offense, you still don't seem to be making any sense here. As I already pointed out, many of the propposals in the "Modest Proposal" stuff were antithetical to Baha'i administrati...
by BruceDLimber
Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:31 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Proposal for a new study of the dialogue/Talisman chronicles
Replies: 18
Views: 47409

Re: A more modest proposal

I wonder whether enough time has passed to allow the ideas dreamed up on Talisman to percolate through to the community and to become mainstream. If you read the discussion of Talisman on the bahai-library site you'll doubtless note the fact that many of the "proposals" promulgated on Tal...
by BruceDLimber
Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:17 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Bahiyyih Khanum
Replies: 13
Views: 30154

I do recall in a video the that Ruhiyyih Khanum explained how central the shrine of the Greatest Holy Leaf was to Shoghi Effendi's planning of the gardens.... It's almost literally so given that it's very nearly in the center of the Arc! (A short distance away from the center, but definitely the ne...
by BruceDLimber
Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:20 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Bahiyyih Khanum
Replies: 13
Views: 30154

Correct: the first structure had to have been the Shrine of the Bab because 'Abdu' l-Baha built it, while Bahiyyih Khanum lived into the 1930s.

Regards,

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:18 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: foamy aether theory
Replies: 3
Views: 11763

Greetings!

Ether has an additional meaning these days (long since its original meaning was refuted):

It's now used to refer to the space-time continuum generally.

Regards, :-)

Bruce
by BruceDLimber
Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:09 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: "orders of true faqír do exist"
Replies: 14
Views: 32445

I think there must be a basic Baha'i perspective on crusades.... Surely the general Baha'i s criptural prohibitions on warfare answer this!: “O people of the earth! “The first Glad-Tidings which the Mother Book hath, in this Most Great Revelation, imparted unto all the peoples of the world is that ...
by BruceDLimber
Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:09 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Administrative Order apostates
Replies: 5
Views: 16398

Re: Administrative Order apostates

Greetings! 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 ? Very simply, the proper response is that governments have NO BUSINESS trying to dictate religious beliefs to individ...
by BruceDLimber
Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:41 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Prophecy-Fulfilled website on BCI - very bad
Replies: 14
Views: 30406

Hi again! As I understand it, the Sabaean and Babi faiths still have a few followers and so count on the list. And the others you mention we generally see either as subordinate parts of the great religions like Buddhism or as secular philosophies rather than religions (Shinto would be an example of ...
by BruceDLimber
Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:40 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Prophecy-Fulfilled website on BCI - very bad
Replies: 14
Views: 30406

Hi, Loren! Thanks for your excellent comments! :-) As to the "nine religions," it should be remembered that in fact there are at present nine LIVING religions, i.e., religions that still have followers today! There have been many other Divine Revelations in the past that are now extinct, s...
by BruceDLimber
Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:22 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Prophecy-Fulfilled website on BCI - very bad
Replies: 14
Views: 30406

Greetings! While I'll happily stipulate that most (if not all) Mormons are wonderful people, in my view there are two fatal flaws in LDS teachings: The first is its historic racism. While this is something that has now apparently been rejected such that the church has move away from it, I can't see ...
by BruceDLimber
Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:51 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: call Bahaullah a prophet/messenger/founder/prophet-founder??
Replies: 1
Views: 8803

Hi!

I'm aware of no such guidance, and as you doubtless know, Baha'u'llah has many titles, all of which seem to be equally acceptable!

Best, :-)

Bruce

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