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- 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 ...
- 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
In the Baha'i Faith, no one is ever "forced" either to join or to leave!
"Freedom Hall" and all that . . .
Peace,
Bruce
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
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
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
Regards,
Bruce
- 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),...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
You can see his books at: www.globalperspective.org
Regards,
Bruce
- 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...
- 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
Peace,
Bruce
- 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
- 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
Bruce
- 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
- 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
Another title is Fozdar's Buddha Maitreya Amitabha Has Appeared.
Regards,
Bruce
- 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
Bruce
- 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!
Here you are:
www.bci.org/prophecy-fulfilled
Regards,
Bruce
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
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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. ...
- Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:24 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Freedom from sectarian hatreds and other shackles
- Replies: 28
- Views: 121878
- 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
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:36 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Studying the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (website) www.TheAqdas.org
- Replies: 10
- Views: 26615
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:11 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Do the souls of the Prophets and Chosen Ones reincarnate?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 30245
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:17 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Proposal for a new study of the dialogue/Talisman chronicles
- Replies: 18
- Views: 47409
- 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...
- 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...
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:20 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Bahiyyih Khanum
- Replies: 13
- Views: 30154
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:18 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: foamy aether theory
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11763
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:41 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Prophecy-Fulfilled website on BCI - very bad
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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 ...
- Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:40 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Prophecy-Fulfilled website on BCI - very bad
- Replies: 14
- Views: 30406
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:22 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Prophecy-Fulfilled website on BCI - very bad
- Replies: 14
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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 ...
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:51 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: call Bahaullah a prophet/messenger/founder/prophet-founder??
- Replies: 1
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