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- Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:32 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: First Baha'i BOOK publication
- Replies: 0
- Views: 34633
First Baha'i BOOK publication
Does anyone know what the First Baha'i BOOK publication was, particularly the first Baha'i book in England, also the year. Thanks for any help.
- Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:57 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Function of LSA Officers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 38243
Re: Function of LSA Officers
Brett, thank you for the above quotes. I was in hope of finding guidance from the UHJ or the BWC, specific to officers serving on Assemblies.
Edited for the reason stated in the first post. It occurred to me that the community might be identified by my prior posts.
Edited for the reason stated in the first post. It occurred to me that the community might be identified by my prior posts.
- Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:43 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Function of LSA Officers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 38243
Function of LSA Officers
Can anyone point to any authoritative document or compilation about the actual functioning of an LSA with particular reference to the officers. I have asked our LSA to put such an issue on the next agenda; when the topic comes up for consultation I want to be able to consult with both references and...
- Sun Jun 26, 2016 11:57 pm
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: Depression: No Respecter of Faith
- Replies: 3
- Views: 55908
Re: Depression: No Respecter of Faith
Thanks, Brett, it should also be noted, that in the writings, those suffering from mental "defect" are in a category apart and will be treated mercifully should they die by suicide as a result. In any case, back biting is forbidden under any circumstances, mental illness does not make anyb...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:09 pm
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: Depression: No Respecter of Faith
- Replies: 3
- Views: 55908
Depression: No Respecter of Faith
It has been suggested by some that when depression kills an afflicted person they would have survived their illness had they been one of faithful or lived a different life style. To stigmatize current or former patients in such manner is a great injustice. Major depression is no respecter of faith, ...
- Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:34 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Looking for spacific quote by Abdu'l-Baha RE Backbiting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 34848
Re: Looking for spacific quote by Abdu'l-Baha RE Backbiting
Brett, Thank You! That is it, exactly!
- Tue Jun 14, 2016 1:38 am
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Looking for spacific quote by Abdu'l-Baha RE Backbiting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 34848
Looking for spacific quote by Abdu'l-Baha RE Backbiting
I know I read it and can not locate it now. Abdu'l-Baha said (paraphrased poorly here) Ask if this serves any useful purpose or advances the cause of God... Can anyone remember what volume that advise is in. I want to learn the EXACT words and commit them to memory. Thanks for any help!
- Sat May 07, 2016 12:32 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Joy Stevenson
- Replies: 5
- Views: 49849
Re: Joy Stevenson
Thank You, Jonah, but I checked all of those Google links before coming here; all are the same UHJ notes being repeated. brettz9, that was a useful bit. I do have a phone number that I can try Monday. I will do that because I have run out of options at this pint. Thanks to both of you for trying to ...
- Fri May 06, 2016 7:46 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Joy Stevenson
- Replies: 5
- Views: 49849
Joy Stevenson
Can anyone direct me to a Bio for Joy Stevenson? My LSA has asked me to locate information about her for a memorial next week and I can not find anything beyond what the Universal House of Justice said in the letter about her passing on to the Abha Kingdom.I wrote to the NSA of Australia but have re...
- Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:57 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Kalimat Press ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 147034
Re: Kalimat Press
OK, I've got the general line now. Baha'is are free to read any bloody thing they like. To publish as a Baha'i, one must not, in any way, shape or form, bash the institutions because that would be, in effect, bashing the covenant Baha'is are sworn to uphold. The "Last Will and Testament" o...
- Sat May 09, 2015 7:44 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Kalimat Press ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 147034
Re: Kalimat Press ?
From UHJ: "Dear Baha'i Friend, Your letter dated 10 December 2014 seeking clarification regarding Kalimat Press was received by the Universal House of Justice and forwarded to our department for response. As a result of concerns that Kalimat Press was pursuing a particular editorial agenda, off...
- Sun May 03, 2015 3:16 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Compilation of Compilations
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29010
Re: Compilation of Compilations
THANK YOU!!
- Sat May 02, 2015 11:19 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Compilation of Compilations
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29010
Compilation of Compilations
Can the Compilation of Compilations be downloaded anywhere in either PDF or Word?
- Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:32 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Seeking quotations on the Faith from non-Baha'i sources
- Replies: 2
- Views: 32266
Re: Seeking quotations on the Faith from non-Baha'i sources
1900, Persia by a Persian, Rev. Isaac Adams, M.D.pg. 453 begins a long bit on the Bab and Babism. For the most part he is respectful of the Faith and most of what he has to say we would agree with BUT he is clearly a Christian missionary type and makes some glaring errors. Still, he teats the Baha'i...
- Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:48 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: What do Baha'is say about Exodus & 40 years wandering
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29295
Re: What do Baha'is say about Exodus & 40 years wandering
I don't think you'll find a satisfactory answer. They are stories with some factual basis but in which the point of the story is more important than factual accuracy, stories that tell who a people are, where they came from, where they're going and how they'll get there. As a result, they are true ...
- Wed Mar 04, 2015 4:27 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: What do Baha'is say about Exodus & 40 years wandering
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29295
What do Baha'is say about Exodus & 40 years wandering
There really is not much of evidence for the Moses story. I would like to find a Baha'i view. There seems to be lot of historical data in the OT Bible that simply proves incorrect in the science. How do we reconcile these stories with the Baha'i Faith?
- Wed Mar 04, 2015 3:34 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Backbiting for protection?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 45706
Re: Backbiting for protection?
I think we are always allowed to seek the help of an authority, that is not gossip unless you give false evidence, LSA, Priest, Police, Christian Ministers etc.
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:58 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Baha'iIQ
- Replies: 4
- Views: 39263
Baha'iIQ further
How do I contact the webmaster. There is a form for submitting suggested words to the Glossary and I wanted to suggest the names of the months could be added as they are not present.
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:56 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Baha'iIQ
- Replies: 4
- Views: 39263
Re: Baha'iIQ
Great! Thank you. A few of us were so happy to find that audio glossary and then promptly disappointed to lose it.Allah-u-Abha!
- Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:28 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Creating a deepening Format
- Replies: 1
- Views: 26246
Creating a deepening Format
Does any one know where I can find material or guidance on creating a deepening program. I have instituted a regular deepening on the subject of unity. It has resulted in vibrant but very loose discussions that tend to wander far from topic and though it is a wonderful social experience,I was lookin...
- Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:26 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Baha'iIQ
- Replies: 4
- Views: 39263
Baha'iIQ
Does anyone here know why the glossary at Baha'iIQ is giving me this message "Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'bahaiglossary'@'184.168.46.98' (using password: YES) in /home/content/17/4977417/html/glossary.bahaiq.com/index.php on line 6 Unable to select...
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:48 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Kalimat Press ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 147034
Re: Kalimat Press ?
emma: That does not tell me where the institution stands on the issue today. Have the Institutions now cleared Kalimat for clear conscience purchases? I think, not.
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:23 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Kalimat Press ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 147034
Re: Kalimat Press ?
I was not here 8 years ago and I did not see anywhere that the order was rescinded. Nor have I been enlightened as to the issues involved that made the order necessary. Why did they not simply give notice on the disapproved volumes.(I still have no idea what the objectionable material was or is) It ...
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:59 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Kalimat Press ?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 147034
Kalimat Press: All works passed review!
Why are we told not to purchase from them. Why not just warn us about the items that should not have passed review? It seems to me to be very strong medicine to put them out of business when through no fault of theirs, works are not acceptable After being OKed for publication. I do not undestand wha...
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:12 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Ocean
- Replies: 8
- Views: 51306
Thank You for Ocean link!
I now have it back and I was addicted to Ocean! ... Still am! I must use it several times a week and always for quotes in our community news.
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:34 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Nineteen Day Feast / Social portion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 36274
Re: Nineteen Day Feast / Social portion
Brett, " Can you elaborate more on the nature of the problems (without revealing individual behavior of course)?" The problem was one of voicing tremendous intolerance about people of an other faith and what we "should demand" of such "immigrants". When a couple of peop...
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:45 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Nineteen Day Feast / Social portion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 36274
Re: Nineteen Day Feast / Social portion
Many thanks for all those quotes.
- Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:17 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Nineteen Day Feast / Social portion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 36274
Nineteen Day Feast / Social portion
I need help finding quotes specifically to do with the social part of feasts. I looked through the compilation of compilations Vol. (19 Day Feast) But the quote I am looking for I failed to find. It was something to do with appropriate means and ways of socializing that are in keeping with the "...
- Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:41 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Ocean
- Replies: 8
- Views: 51306
Ocean
Can anyone supply me with a working link to Ocean download. I'm on a new computer and lost Ocean in the transition. The link I have is not functioning.
- Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:25 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Letter to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 23304
Letter to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
Does anyone know where this UHJ letter may be read?
- Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:49 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Reference in The Onion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29840
Re: Reference in The Onion
CLEARLY, A SOLUTION I CAN LIVE WITHOUT!!!
- Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:45 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Tablet of Visitation be read facing Qiblih
- Replies: 3
- Views: 35247
Re: Tablet of Visitation be read facing Qiblih
In most communities I have lived, on anniversaries of the Bab and Baha'u'llah we have made it a practice to stand Facing the Qiblih. Oddly, it was never discussed, we just all seemed to think it correct. Perhaps just because that is what we would do if we were able to visit the Holy Shrines for such...
- Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:35 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
... I feel it is essential to also read the Guardian thoroughly, and in order to keep up with understanding of the Faith in current events, letters from the Universal House of Justice,... Brett I do read the Guardian and the letters of the UHJ often, just as a matter of course.Many that are not com...
- Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:02 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 79508
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
MontanaDon: I would think it would be taken down pretty fast by the UHJ if that happened and one can always check the UHJ's website to confirm the validity of the letters posted.
- Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:57 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Israel must become more inclusive (?) cooperative (?) or
- Replies: 4
- Views: 36966
Reading the Bible RE: Zechariah, Isaiah & Jeremiah
Zechariah: 8:20-22 Isaiah 2: 2-4 Jeremiah 3: 15-18 Question: Are these the verses Abdu'l-Baha is referring to in Star of the West Vol. 10 pg. 196 Or are there more appropriate verses. I've been searching the Bible text but in that interview he did not give chapters & verses nor did he indicate w...
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:06 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 79508
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
Just an interesting note on Iranian culture from an Iranian believer:
" I just say it is cultural saying,..."
Apparently, her father was inclined to call her as man "because she could do anything a man could do"
" I just say it is cultural saying,..."
Apparently, her father was inclined to call her as man "because she could do anything a man could do"
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:32 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 79508
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
I have been searching in every way and format I can think of both for the publications referenced and the specific quotes and up to this point can find not a single one of them. If they were, in fact, real quotes, one would expect to be able to find the documents that contained them. Where did these...
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:13 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Israel must become more inclusive (?) cooperative (?) or
- Replies: 4
- Views: 36966
Re: Israel must become more inclusive (?) cooperative (?) o
Thank you. I suspect this is what I was looking for. No doubt what I had read previously was a bad paraphrasing.
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:41 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 79508
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
emma: I have read them now. I am rapidly coming to a point where I am afraid to read anything online with the exception of official institution websites. At the very least, if I read it in a Baha'i publishing trust book, I know it is officially accepted doctrine. I keep running into these kinds of c...
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:19 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 79508
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
"Presented in 1988 at the New Zealand Baha'i Studies Association Conference, Christchurch". So, was this presentation a "true" Baha'i teaching event? Who authorized it? The quotes are bogus, correct?
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:58 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 79508
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
So the references cited are yet covenant breaking B Crap?!
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:42 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Israel must become more inclusive (?) cooperative (?) or
- Replies: 4
- Views: 36966
Israel must become more inclusive (?) cooperative (?) or
I very recently read a quote by Abdu'l-Baha to the effect that Israel must become more inclusive or "fail". I can not, for the life of me, remember where I read this or the context and did not know how I might bring it up in Ocean. Now I am starting to think I might just be crazy. Has any ...
- Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 79508
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
These passages certainly give women a great deal to contemplate as per what is really meant in writings about the institutions! "http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol3/wmnuhj.htm Today the Baha'i women (lit., the leaves of the Holy Tree) must guide the handmaidens of the earth to the Lofty Horiz...
- Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:32 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
Brett, I just want to thank you for your very empathetic and considered input on this subject. It is really helpful to have a place to air and discuss one's quandaries as regards attempts to understand and remain strong in the covenant. Too often, on Baha'i online forums, people stray far from the s...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:59 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
" Dawn-Breakers, edited by Shoghi Effendi, Nabil quotes the Bab stating: "It is for God to test His servants, and not for His servants to judge Him in accordance with their deficient standards." (p. 61) " Though it is not for His servants to judge Him..., I think that He does wa...
- Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:43 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
"This, indeed, is a chastisement which ye, of your own will, have inflicted upon yourselves" , apparently, the writings and I are on the same page, where discipline is concerned. "According to the teaching of the Prophets, disease and all other forms of calamity are due to disobedien...
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:00 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
I raised my two sons to take responsibility for their own actions. (Logical or natural consequences) Sometimes it was exceedingly painful for me to watch their pain. Many people said my "punishments" were cruel but they were NOT MY PUNISHMENTS, they were the punishments my children brought...
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:17 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
"Again, I think it's very important not to suggest that most disasters are divine-sent punishment. That position is not taken in the Baha'i Writings from anything I have seen (and it would be ridiculous)" That IS my position. It does not seem to be the position Esslemont id presuming in t...
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 9:26 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
P.S. If many to be forgiven and blessed, why bother taking them in the first place? Sacrifice them to horrify the rest of us? So we are all horrified! and the bad guys continue on their evil way.
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 9:23 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
The randomness bothers me! I watched as SEVEN large tornadoes tore a path through my county. Many children died as did a lot of live stock. One 10 year old was decapitated as his mother watched and tens of dozens of horses dead! Ancient trees pulled from the ground roots and all. I won't bother with...
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 7:24 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
I can not tell you how really depressing that was to read. I'd been deluded, thinking the "God of Vengeance" was ancient history. I do wonder if the time will ever come when every learning curve is not a new challenge to my faith. I had never doubted God sat up a perfect system that had a ...
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:45 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" 1850
Why the quotation marks specifically around earthquake? An aside: Also, when you have that many years to find an earthquake then very likely you will, especially in an area pron to them. In fact, I do not believe earthquakes or any other natural disasters are a direct result of God's vengeance. I th...
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:56 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 89575
In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
What does "earthquake" mean in this quote from "God Passes By" (pg 53 my copy / pg 37 online PDF)
"In Shíráz an “earthquake", foreshadowed in no less weighty a Book than the Revelation of St. John"
There are no earthquakes recorded for Shíráz in 1850.
"In Shíráz an “earthquake", foreshadowed in no less weighty a Book than the Revelation of St. John"
There are no earthquakes recorded for Shíráz in 1850.
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:09 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Dying for God
- Replies: 3
- Views: 29341
Dying for God
I just finished reading this paper. It has occurred to me that a case could be made that the official opposition to the Baha'is in Iran are in fact a favor. I say this in light of chapter 3, "MARTYRDOM AND SUFFERING IN SHIISM". I know it sounds nuts, but is it not possible that the attitud...
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:40 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Obligatory prayers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 30765
Re: Obligatory prayers
What I meant to ask is in the performance of ablutions is there a formal ritual to apply to the washing of one's hands and face or is it simply washing of the hands and face as one might do for any other reason. I always wonder as I am applying the soap if this particular washing is formalized in an...
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:46 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Obligatory prayers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 30765
Obligatory prayers
Two questions:
1. is there a particular form ablutions take for spiritual cleansing?
2. Is it acceptable to offer more than one of the three in a day? For example both the long and the short.
1. is there a particular form ablutions take for spiritual cleansing?
2. Is it acceptable to offer more than one of the three in a day? For example both the long and the short.
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:41 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Kitab-i-Aqdas in the West
- Replies: 2
- Views: 27574
Kitab-i-Aqdas in the West
How does one know which laws are not yet applicable in North America? I have heard it said that we are not as yet bound by some of the laws and would like to know which ones.
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:55 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: God told me about baha'i
- Replies: 5
- Views: 38412
Re: God told me about baha'i
You should shut down the new religion you founded if you believe the truths of the Baha'i writings. That you have been inspired to recognize the Baha'i Faith is wonderful! Now you need to promote those teachings as given by Baha'u'llah and not create a new religion based on those scriptures.
- Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:48 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Baha'i Administration
- Replies: 1
- Views: 24999
Baha'i Administration
I served as a member of an LSA for 15 years but it has been quite a few years since I served in that capacity. At that time, we often opened LSA meetings with a brief deepening session using "The Principals of Baha'i Administration" as well as a few other texts. At that time, something tha...
- Fri May 23, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Joshua
- Replies: 1
- Views: 23130
Joshua
Is there anything in Baha'i writings regarding Joshua. I've always had a problem with him.
- Thu May 08, 2014 10:36 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: President of UHJ
- Replies: 4
- Views: 34449
Re: President of UHJ
NEVER MIND! MORE MISINFORMATION FROM THE FAKE UHJ SITE. These swine are everywhere, like ticks in a forest swamp!
- Wed May 07, 2014 1:14 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: President of UHJ
- Replies: 4
- Views: 34449
President of UHJ
Who is the present President of the UHJ? Are they a 10th member beyond the elected assembly?
- Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:19 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Read 8 Other Books for every Baha'i Book
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19753
Re: Read 8 Other Books for every Baha'i Book
I find the freedom many Baha'is take with their memory, publicly, on line and unsupported is frustrating. It seems to me if we are saying things in public we should do it with book in hand and give the reference. Far to much "hear-say" is happening in the unregulated world online.
- Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:20 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Read 8 Other Books for every Baha'i Book
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19753
Read 8 Other Books for every Baha'i Book
A Baha'i has said " I believe I remember that Shoghi Effendi said that we are to read 8 other books for every Baha'i book?" Has anyone seen this from Shoghi Effendi? What book, compilation, letter or text? I really would like to see that line in context! OR is this balderdash?
- Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:58 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Where would I look for the archived letters from the UHJ
- Replies: 1
- Views: 23921
Where would I look for the archived letters from the UHJ
I have missed a couple of years of them.
- Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:04 am
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: My rewrite of "Because All Men Are Brothers"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 27438
- Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:22 am
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: My rewrite of "Because All Men Are Brothers"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 27438
My rewrite of "Because All Men Are Brothers"
Because all men are brothers wherever men may be God’s love it will unite us forever strong and free No tyrant shall defeat us, no nation strike us down Our prayers they will protect us the whole wide world around My brothers are all others forever hand in hand Wherever people struggle, there is my ...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:28 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Writings about ID cards, please, I missed them some how
- Replies: 3
- Views: 23954
Re: Writings about ID cards, please, I missed them some how
"...unless the person came with a signature of 'Abdu'l-Baha's approval". I would have thought references from 3 different LSAs would fulfill that condition while one awaits a material card. I became a Baha'i about 1970 or 71. We were not issued ID cards after signing the declaration card. ...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 11:27 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Writings about ID cards, please, I missed them some how
- Replies: 3
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Writings about ID cards, please, I missed them some how
I did understand ID cards in North America were mandatory to vote, I never heard they were required to attend regular functions or that they were required the world over. I would love to read the messages from the Universal House of Justice on the topic of registration and ID cards and their use. Ma...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 11:21 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Returning to Faith
- Replies: 13
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Why the need
My point was Why would anyone need to "pose as a Baha'i" to benefit from "our reputation for hospitality and helpfulness"! It should be there for all. Paris Talks does make that very clear, "In this way,even if what you first suspected should be true,still go out of your way...