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... This is simply a name... Brett True .. to a certain extent ... The question is who has the Power to name ? does an individual have the power to name to a certain extent individuals do have the power to name one can name a rose by any other name and it would still smell as sweet but most individ...

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" The legislative body must reinforce the executive, ... " thus we have LSA'a not Houses of Justice since our Faith is a World Faith, not subject only to a certain region, sect a "National House of Justice" seems very out of place to us in fact ... other Nations may laugh/scorn s...

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... human society will never become fully mature. best wishes, Brett Wow ... hard to believe ... we contend that individuals within human society may never become fully mature, yet human society itself is mature otherwise we would have never signed The Universal House of Justice Constitution in oth...

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"There is one more law related to time and marriage" would be a more precise phrase ...

so ... thank you for adding to our knowledge

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... The views of God in Islam are almost identical to the Baha'i views but that God ceased to alter His religion for mankind, though he does cease to give us guidance. We are not aware that God has ever altered His religion the "Eternal Truth" can never be altered nor can guidance ever ce...

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What does being persian have to do with this law? it is only in the current application of this Law that being Persian has any significance. However ... on a personal note ... we would like to think that the next Manifestations will be "brought up in the Persian tradition, speak Persian, and a...

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slava_sz wrote: ...
There is one more law related to time: all ceremonies, religious and civil as well as the physical contact should be within 24 hours. ...

*smile* .... this makes sense ... yet ... we would like source documentation

thanks

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Hello Dean and all, ... The role of the Universal House of Justice, in the future, in removing the "temporary" appellation, would merely be applying the laws of Baha'u'llah according to the needs of the time, as it is charged to do--not arrogating to itself rights it did not possess (whic...

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scratch cotton gin

add the use of penicillin

*smile*

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Kyrgyzstan's restrictive new Religion Law is due to be voted on for the second and final time tomorrow (6 November), Forum 18 News Service has learnt. If the draft Law – whose exact text is unavailable for public discussion - is passed, it will go to President Kurmanbek Bakiev for signature. One hum...

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video presentation

Lettre d'Abdu'l-Baha au Professeur Auguste Forel le 21 septembre 1921

http://www.bahai-videos.com/videos/science.html

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We have updated the site http://greateventsinhistory.freeforums.org/ and updated our top 5 http://greateventsinhistory.freeforums.org/onepence-s-top-5-t5.html The Birth of Jesus The printing of the Bible Columbus voyage into the uncharted waters of the Atlantic Invention of the cotton gin The Signin...

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The Centrality of the Cross http://www.reformationtheology.com/2006/04/a_meditation_for_good_friday.php This unified purpose for history suggests a unified theme around which all of history is designed. What is the superlative way in which God might be displayed for who he is? Find the answer to tha...

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we have recently setup a free forum to discuss the great events in history http://greateventsinhistory.freeforums.org/ no registration required so all are welcomed to participate we may or may not continue upon this endevour we may or may not seek to contact various scholars to further our studies *...

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We do think it is possible that an independent and Sovereign Power, such as a President or King or Apostle, might one day call a current LSA or NSA a House of Justice, and as a matter of courtesy The Universal House of Justice might be able to respond in like matter , yet , in no way should such res...

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Hi brettz9, Thank you for your input and hopeful continuation of dialogue within this topic. you assert a belief that "The Universal House of Justice can, and no doubt will decide at what time in the future such a designation might change." we wish to know how you think this is possible. w...

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yes ... BritishBahai cited Text is directly one point ... Shoghi Effendi has indicated that this is a "temporary appellation" ... ... we assert our belief that there is no legal way to legislate an end to this "temporary appellation" because of the permanent vacancy of the Guardi...

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"There are varieties of ways in which history can be organized, including chronologically, culturally, territorially, and thematically. These divisions are not mutually exclusive, and significant overlaps are often present, as in "The International Women's Movement in an Age of Transition,...

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"The Guardian425 is only infallible in the conduct of his teaching office, i.e., in the interpretation of the scripture and revealed doctrine, and in questions relating to the protection of the Faith.426" //// dh note ... yes ... revealed doctrine ... that is why LSAs shall remain entitled...

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"The intermediate body, the “subordinate” or “national” House of Justice (Baytu’l ‘adl-i khus. u - s. i - or Baytu’l ‘adl-i milli - )381 was ordained by ‘Abdu’l-Baha - .382 In order to express the embryonic character of the local and national “Houses,” they are at present called “Spiritual Asse...

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"The international body, the Universal House of Justice is not named in the scripture of Baha’u’llah and can only be deduced by reference to the functions ascribed to it.379 The name “Universal House of Justice” derives from ‘Abdu’l-Baha - .380" 379. See Kita-b-i Aqdas 42; Qur’a - n 49, 50...

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"Baha'u’llah has expressly forbidden the confession of sins before human beings.Therefore, there is also no forum internum sacramentale: the sphere of conscience is an unlegislated area"

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"The local and national communities are not a formless assemblage of autonomous
associations, but divisional sections of a world community."

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"For Baha’is, salvation for humanity arises out of the Covenant, the
core of which is the Law."

http://www.udoschaefer.com/pdffiles/int ... ai-law.pdf

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Holy Places ... Ádharbáyján, Iran There are a number of Bahá'í holy places associated with the life of the Báb in this province. The ruins of the fortresses of Chihríq and Mákú where the Báb was imprisoned; the citadel in Tabriz where the Báb was kept and the public square where he was executed; the...

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"In 1907 a Bahá'í fund (sandúq-i khayriyyih) was established in Tehran to finance the full-time Bahá'í teachers (muballighs) and for the assistance of Bahá'í education and the support of orphans, the aged and handicapped (Rafati 458). From the early 1920s, Shoghi Effendi encouraged the developm...

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"In 1897 `Abdu'l-Bahá instructed the Hands of the Cause to begin the consultations that resulted eventually in the setting up in Tehran in 1899 of the Central Spiritual Assembly, consisting of the four Hands of the Cause and nine who were elected by special electors appointed by the Hands. From...

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"Another development was the evolution of a number of persons who taught the Bahá'í Faith on a full-time basis, either resident in a locality or traveling around the community. These individuals, called muballighs, reached their greatest importance at the end of the nineteenth century. Sadru's-...

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it would be interesting to know more about this "When copies of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (q.v.) reached Iran, some of the Bahá'ís of Tehran decided, in about 1294/1877, to set up a House of Justice in that city. As there are no instructions in the book regarding the establishment of this institution, ...

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we would also like to see a branch of history entitled "living history" or something like it ... *smile* based upon historical events/people that are specifically mentioned by The Three Central Figures of our Faith The Bab Baha'u'llah Abdu'l Baha basically living history will delve into ou...

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Tisha says the top five events in history are

freeing the slaves

establishing Bethune-Cookman college

life of martin luther king {america}

life of jfk {america}

and ???

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I believe there still need to be more LSAs/NSAs established before there's a name change in those institutions. I might have read that in Schaefer's Making the Crooked Straight . yes ... that sorta makes since ... without NSA of Persia ... the thought of any name change is rather insignificant ... ...

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I was actually thinking of this a while ago. I guess the only thing is that we have to wait for instructions from the Universal House of Justice, like everything else! yes ... something along those lines ... would be interesting to know if what the Universal House of Justice would do if an LSA , ow...

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we would add to our list

the life of Socrates

we also might wish to define history as
all things prior to The Birth of Baha'u'llah

after all for the believers
The Birth of Baha'u'llah represents Life
everlasting

and history represents that which hath pasted

*smile*

1
dh

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A while back ago ... we had the pleasure of downloading a massive amount of the spoken Word .... all sorts of recordings we recently listened to Communication: The Key to Expansion Roger Coe published in Baha'i News February 1986 written text is located here ... http://74.125.45.104/custom?q=cache:h...

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Just curious ... what are view points of when , how , and by whose Authority can LSA.s / NSA's be declared House of Justice ... say ... norway for example ... can the current NSA of Norway simply declare we wish to be known as a House of Justice ... ??? or ... some town like Berlin ... can Berlin LS...

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What do you mean by "veil the creations from the Creator."? hmmm .... we prefer to speak eloquently ... so please excuse this post as time restraints requires us to write bluntly ... congregational prayer . as in , take this cup in remembrance of Jesus and this is His Blood ... etc ... ha...

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1503. Prayers May be Recited in Unison "You have asked whether it is permissible for the friends to chant a prayer collectively. There is a difference between chanting a prayer collectively and congregational prayer. The latter is a formal prayer usually led by an individual using a prescribed ...

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Howard McNutt ...

yes/no ... ???

Ibrahim Kheiralla

yes/no ... ???

such debates/discussions always revolve around the eternal question
that is asked to every soul

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Nineteenth Century Islamic Mahdism in Iran and the Sudan A brief analysis of the teachings and influence of Ali Muhammad (The Bab) and Muhammad Ahmad (The Sudanese Mahdi) by Jason Illari http://bahai-library.com/index.php5?file=illari_mahdism_iran_sudan ... The word Mahdi is never mentioned in the K...

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"We have divided inheritance into seven categories: to the children, We have allotted nine parts comprising five hundred and forty shares; to the wife, eight parts comprising four hundred and eighty shares; to the father, seven parts comprising four hundred and twenty shares; to the mother, six...

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Wow. Madness. I guess they should buy seeds aswell (to plant their own fruit etc). But then again I dont know if thats possible (considering Iceland is a really cold country) hmmm ... after careful consideration ... we bought seeds for $20 usd here in central fl usa ... not for us ... mind you ... ...

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"a single world currency" banking money monetary crisis Dear Friends, We realize that the issue of a single world currency will be decided upon by Kings,Presidents,Rulers, and the Like, yet, as a commoner , we find it still interesting to think about to speculate upon , to dream sbout so o...

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of course ... another scenario ... we just thought of europe defaults on the dollar unkown what this would do to eur/jpy what would happen is $ would plummet ... usd/jpy would skyrocket that is to say ... if one had bought jpy on the fx one could then sell jpy on the market for many many $'s we actu...

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banking money monetary currency crisis a single world currency as noted before ... the only logical solution is to have a single world currency *smile* there are solutions besides simply let the market place decide ... we ... as a society ... through our representatives could dollarize the world :D ...

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Emerging markets, which benefited greatly from the boom in commodities demand and surging global expansion in the last three years, have started to tremble in recent days and Odinga said the consequences would be severe in Africa.

http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE49603Q.html

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Germany takes hot seat as Europe falls into the abyss http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/3141428/Germany-takes-hot-seat-as-Europe-falls-into-the-abyss.html ... Germany is now in the hot seat. The collapse of a rescue deal for Hypo Real Estate on Saturday threatens a €4...

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Iceland is on the brink of collapse. Inflation and interest rates are raging upwards. The krona, Iceland's currency, is in freefall and is rated just above those of Zimbabwe and Turkmenistan. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/05/iceland.creditcrunch Yesterday people were buying up supplies of...

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The Arkansas Securities Department moved Thursday against a company that the department alleges sold Iraqi currency to Arkansans without a license.

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http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/200 ... r/national

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``This is a fully-fledged currency crisis,'' said Carl Hammer, an emerging-markets analyst in Stockholm at SEB AB. ``Investors have lost confidence in the financial system ... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aIjig6x5M5FM&refer=europe such are the thoughts of one analysts ...

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Really quickly... Here's the Wikipedia article on the topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_currency best wishes, Brett there is also this http://singleglobalcurrency.org/about_us.html "The Single Global Currency Association was incorporated in June, 2003 in the U.S. State of Maine." ...

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AdibM wrote: ... I feel like I'm missing an important piece of information here.

The question would be ... Who influenced Remey in such a way as to convince him that he should go public with his claim ... ???

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"a single world currency" John Roberts is quoted as saying "So it is likely that a world currency, with its concomitants of greater economic and financial equality, will be the last stage in the process of global unity, not one of the first." we tend to disagree with this assumpt...

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BEIJING, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Threatened by a "financial tsunami," the world must consider building a financial order no longer dependent on the United States, a leading Chinese state newspaper said on Wednesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSPEK2402720080917?pageNumber=1&virtualBr...

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We are still seeking a dialogue in the practical and theoretical views of having a single world currency. We deem practical knowledge to include issues related to forex exchanges and stock markets. We accept thoughts about individuals choices about individual stocks and individual currencies. It is ...

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a single world currency what is there that can be said that will not be offensive to some ... all we wish to do is open a dialogue for discussion on this issue ... we have been told by no less that the Baha'i International Community that there will be a "psychological and social impact" to...

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Dear brettz9 and/or any other concerned individuals,

please feel free to move this thread to where ever it is deemed appropriate
including, if need be, the trash bin.

*smile*

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stock markets closed http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/18/business/EU-Russia-Economy.php In Russia the two main stock exchanges remain closed for a second day. 3:47 p.m. EDT Sept. 18, 2008 We believe that this could happen all across the globe ... not just Russia But Japan , China , Africa ... ...

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wow ... brettz9 ... we are often amazed at your knowledge ... we agree with what you have posted here ... our thoughts include the following The Baha'i Faith is not political in thought action origin or deed, therefore the policy being discussed is not politically motivated or driven. In essence, al...

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Lehman's dying hours

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/comment ... g.fortune/

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The last hours, minutes really, of one the world's largest investment banks make for a pretty unusual spectacle.

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sad to say
the item did not sell

perhaps somethings are just tooo personal

lol

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Dear Friends, We bring to your attention the following quote from Who Is Writing the Future? Reflections on the Twentieth Century http://info.bahai.org/article-1-7-3-1.html "It would be difficult to exaggerate the psychological and social impact of the anticipated replacement of the jumble of e...

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hmmm ... we searched and only found one other note ... you most likely are aware ... yet ... here goes Altass, Florence "Divine Alchemy." Poem in Response to the Revelation: Poetry by Bahá’ís (Bahá’í Studies, vol. 7). http://www.bahai-studies.ca/archives/jbs/masterlist.php please keep us i...

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Hold on tight! The world's first unicycle MOTORBIKE Last updated at 13:55 29 April 2008 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-562726/Hold-tight-The-worlds-unicycle-MOTORBIKE.html A young inventor has created a motorbike with a twist ? it uses two wheels but they are positioned right next to each o...

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MontanaDon wrote:NewDayCalendar apparently is kaput.

Don C

o

that is too bad

it is/was a cute little program

btw

we still are looking for computer programs for the Baha'i calendar
and/or any material related to the Baha'i calendars

tia

oneness,
dh

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http://cbs5.com/local/wachovia.bank.protest.2.809786.html SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ― A San Francisco Wachovia branch was under siege Wednesday afternoon by people on the verge of losing their homes. Those people accuse the bank of giving them mortgages that the bank knew they couldn't afford. Wachovia ...

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080907/ap_on_hi_te/games_micropayments South Korea's Nexon Corp. has based its entire $266 million business on giving away games for free and charging small amounts of money for little extras that enhance the playing experience, such as virtual clothes for online charact...

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yes ... Covenant-breaking ...a very sad subject ... often we are silent so as to not encourage Covenant-breaking activity odd though how fate and destiny is so intertwined ](*,) found a very interesting site http://covenantstudy.org/contents/ especially enjoyed What kinds of challenges will the Cove...

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Feds Poised for Takeover of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,417881,00.html The Treasury Department is putting the finishing touches to a plan designed to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal, a move that would e...

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System Requirements Mac OS X 10.4 or later http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/reference/newdaycalendarwidget.html http://images.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/reference/images/newdaycalendarwidget_20070608170558.jpg New Day Calendar Widget displays a full month calendar along with the current B...

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