Hi all
I upgraded the forum and the template, and inevitably, things got messed up. I think they're all fixed now.
If you encounter any problems, either post here or -- if you can't login or register -- email jonahwinters(at)gmail.com
Thanks! -Jonah
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- Thu May 20, 2010 10:42 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Is everything working?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 29893
- Tue May 18, 2010 1:46 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Testing browser support for embedding PDFs. Calling iPads!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 36685
Re: Testing browser support for embedding PDFs. Calling iPads!
Aha, speed of loading and crashes -- I hadn't thought about that. Can someone who has an iPhone, iPad, or netbook try viewing some of the latest PDFs, e.g. at Lights of Irfan volume 3 , and post here if your device handled them OK? If embedded PDFs crash devices, then yes, I'll have to post a link t...
- Mon May 17, 2010 10:56 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Help us by maintaining our Links page?!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 25919
Help us by maintaining our Links page?!
Dear friends of the Baha'i Library This is a simple task, but one that requires regular checking. An hour a month would be plenty! Can you help us maintain our links page, http://bahai-library.com/?file=links ? Here's the first thing that needs to be added to our list: http://www.bahailinks.org . Pl...
- Mon May 17, 2010 11:03 am
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Testing browser support for embedding PDFs. Calling iPads!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 36685
Testing browser support for embedding PDFs. Calling iPads!
Please see my PDF test page and let me know kind of computer/device you have and what worked best. I'm testing -- for now -- two methods. In the 1990s I used just the <embed> tag. It was not standards-compliant, having been introduced by Netscape, but a decade ago it had the best support across brow...
- Fri May 07, 2010 3:33 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Irfán Colloquia in Acuto Italy July 1-12 (Persian / English)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 38443
Lights of Irfán published online
Four years later -- I'm doing it now! I've posted the Tables of Contents and over the next two days will post the individual chapters, in PDF: So far, all the PDFs are online for the first five volumes, Books 1-5. http://irfancolloquia.org/lights1/ http://irfancolloquia.org/lights2/ http://irfancoll...
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:31 pm
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: Jonah's library of Baha'i books for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 25397
Time to make a deal!
Three weeks left before I have to donate anything that's left. I'll now accept HALF PRICE for items listed at http://www.bahai-library.com/jonahslibrary . Email me at jonahwinters (at) gmail.com to make a deal.
-Jonah
-Jonah
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:26 am
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: Jonah's library of Baha'i books for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 25397
Jonah's library of Baha'i books for sale
I have till November 25 to sell my library of academic and historical Baha'i books before moving to Ontario. After that, I'm donating anything that remains to the local Baha'is (Vancouver). I'm selling them through Amazon. Here's my bare-bones Amazon seller's page . My rates are less than that of th...
- Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:07 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Irfan Colloquia at Louhelen, Oct 8-11 2009
- Replies: 0
- Views: 40261
Irfan Colloquia at Louhelen, Oct 8-11 2009
IRFÁN COLLOQUIUM 2009 Louhelen Bahá’í School October 8-11, 2009 Challenges Facing Human Society “Some Answered Questions” Centers of knowledge and leaders of thought are searching for solutions for an increasing number of problems threatening our individual and collective well-being. A hundred years...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:32 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The Baha'i Faith on Buddhism & Taoism?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14108
Re: The Baha'i Faith on Buddhism & Taoism?
Oh, and this on Taoism: http://bahai-library.com/?file=cheung_chinese_bahai_teachings.html Phyllis Chew wrote a book on this, "The Chinese Religion and the Baha'i Faith". Out of print, but available online. Which reminds me, I have a copy and I'm selling my entire library of Baha'i books, ...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:29 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The Baha'i Faith on Buddhism & Taoism?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14108
Re: The Baha'i Faith on Buddhism & Taoism?
Here's part of my take on it: http://bahai-library.com/file.php?file=winters_momen_buddhism (I did my first thesis on Buddhism). Sorry for the annoyingly-academic tone of it. I was in grad school at the time and everyone wrote like that. Working as a professional editor cured me of that style, now I...
- Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:53 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Drinking alcohol
- Replies: 4
- Views: 21281
Re: Drinking alcohol
Because of the prohibition on teaching the Faith in Israel, I think it best that I lock this thread. In the meantime, I think pilgrimbrent's advice is most appropriate: contact the Office of Public Information at the Baha'i World Centre, opi@bwc.org
Thanks, -Jonah
Thanks, -Jonah
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:00 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Cannabis Use
- Replies: 7
- Views: 26899
Re: Cannabis Use
Thanks for your great answer! Being publically in a homosexual relationship. living with someout out of marriage. Actually, I think the most severe punishment for these offenses would be removal of voting rights. One has to actually undermine or challenge the Covenant itself in order to be declared ...
- Tue May 13, 2008 1:07 am
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: What happened to the forum?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 29093
Re: What happened to the forum?
The initial downtime was caused by a necessary upgrade. The longer downtime was caused by both editors (Brett and me) having no time.
Thanks for everyone's patience...
Thanks for everyone's patience...
- Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:02 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Forum problems? Can't login, or missing posts?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13859
Forum problems? Can't login, or missing posts?
Hi all Two people have told me they can't login, and one person said her posts from the previous forum are missing. If this has happened to you to, please email me at "jonah(at)winterswebworks.com". If it's happened to enough people I can try re-installing the forum and importing an archiv...
- Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:37 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: NEW forum now online!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11901
NEW forum now online!
Bear with us as we work on the template. I know it's ugly at the moment.
Any problems, suggestions, or whatever? Post them here.
-Jonah
Any problems, suggestions, or whatever? Post them here.
-Jonah
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:53 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Proposal for a new study of the dialogue/Talisman chronicles
- Replies: 18
- Views: 50750
I'm pretty out-of-touch when it comes to these matters, not having subscribed to an email list in almost a decade, but I was a member of Talisman 1 from near its beginning, and later its various offspring. I personally found it a most liberating experience. Like a large room full of multiple convers...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:39 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Irfan Colloquia 2008 call for papers and conference schedule
- Replies: 0
- Views: 21562
Irfan Colloquia 2008 call for papers and conference schedule
IRFAN COLLOQUIA 2008 CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS The main objectives of the Irfan Colloquium and its publications are to encourage, support and promote deeper and systematic studies in the Baha’i Writings and beliefs. This year’s theme is “Some Answered Questions” in commemoration of t...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:35 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: the nation-state has largely outlived its usefulness
- Replies: 2
- Views: 23953
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:43 pm
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: Islam academic, history, and language books for sale
- Replies: 0
- Views: 21973
Islam academic, history, and language books for sale
I'm selling my large collection of books acquired over the 10-year period when I was studying Shi'ism, Sufism, and Arabic in grad school. All books have been well cared-for in a smoke-free home. I never underline or dog-ear books. Most softcovers have clear book tape on the spine and edges of the co...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:40 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: call Bahaullah a prophet/messenger/founder/prophet-founder??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13745
From Ivan Loyd: Dear Friends, It is a misnomer to refer to Baha'u'llah as the Prophet-Founder of the Baha'i Faith. His station is much loftier than that as The Bab and Baha'u'llah are twin Manifestations heralding a new age called the Baha'i Era or the Age of Fulfillment. The Prophetic Era, also kno...
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:02 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Does the Faith teach the equality of the races...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13990
Locking this thread.
I'm locking this thread. Here's why. Mr. Evenson, you asked last week why we "keep" deleting your posts. I replied that we only delete spam, posts that clearly attack the Faith, or -- and this is the relevant point -- posts that have been posted before by the same person. You have posted y...
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:48 am
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: Beautiful Prayers Beads
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19777
- Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:56 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Kashf-al-Ghita (the Bahai Response to 'Nuqtatul-Kaf')
- Replies: 21
- Views: 47781
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:54 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Kashf-al-Ghita (the Bahai Response to 'Nuqtatul-Kaf')
- Replies: 21
- Views: 47781
Re: More about Nuqtat-al Kaf
There is a REASON why the full Bayan and the writing of Quddus will NEVER be published by Haifa. But if I told you, I would be banned from the Forum forever.... Darrick, please feel free to post your reasons. We have *only* banned people who posted attacks, pornography, spam, etc. We only delete po...
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:48 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Bab's declaration: What Quran verse did he unseal?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 20910
- Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:35 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The Bab and Shoghi Effendi on Abortion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16484
I'm locking this thread, because Mr. Evenson has had opportunity to discuss his views many times on this forum. I've allowed his discussions on each topic to appear once, but not to repeatedly bring up the same issues. His last discussion on abortion is here, where it can be continued if necessary: ...
- Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:06 pm
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: BahaiHub.com
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22808
Looks cool!
Wow, what a big project. I wish you the very best with it, and hope you get lots of sign-ups.
What CMS are you using to run it (i.e., what "backend")?
-Jonah
What CMS are you using to run it (i.e., what "backend")?
-Jonah
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:25 pm
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: Just curious about a deleted thread...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 20715
(Thanks for the great reply, Sean.) Richard, I deleted the post for a few reasons, including some of the ones Sean listed. The main one, though, is that Mr. Evenson has been posting these same articles on this forum for about 10 years. He has a handful of articles and he posts links to them about on...
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:06 pm
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: Ignorance & Apathy Contrasted--- and Overcome by Spiritu
- Replies: 1
- Views: 22282
Hi, Richard I'm sorry if your post got accidentally deleted. Due to the volume of spam, we have four moderators with the power to delete posts. It's possible that your post was removed in error. Please feel free to repost it. To our moderators: if you feel that Richard's post should be deleted, plea...
- Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:08 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: New book: The Baha'is of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies
- Replies: 0
- Views: 23151
New book: The Baha'is of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies
A new book by Dominic Brookshaw and Seena Fazel is out: Routledge are pleased to announce the publication of: THE BAHA'IS OF IRAN Socio-Historical Studies Edited by Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, University of Manchester, UK and Seena B. Fazel, University of Oxford, UK The first multi-author volume that ...
- Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:31 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Must a BAHA'I be a member of the Administrative Order?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15536
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:51 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: To Cardmaster: Are you a real person? Respond please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33303
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:49 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: link to a schedule/guide to study the writings in two years?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19034
Thanks for finding this link to Wilmette Institute. Programs are still running. Go to http://wilmetteinstitute.org/ and click on "register or login." It'll take you to the new site http://www.wilmetteinstitute.us.bahai.org/
-Jonah
-Jonah
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:20 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: The revelation of the next Manifestation of God.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 22078
the internet has gotten so disappointing lately Yes, it can be. Thank goodness for the help of our volunteer moderators like british_bahai who have noticed, and alerted us to, some of these spammers! That's the key to finding useful information on the internet: find a well-policed, well-maintained ...
- Wed May 02, 2007 3:13 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: To Cardmaster: Are you a real person? Respond please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33303
- Tue May 01, 2007 8:13 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: To Cardmaster: Are you a real person? Respond please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33303
To Cardmaster: Are you a real person? Respond please
I'm having a hard time figuring out if posts from Cardmaster are legit. They all are full of spam links -- most recently, links to jedicombat.com but last year they had links to some other gaming site in India. The posts appear to be from a human, but other than that they bear all signs of being a s...
- Tue May 01, 2007 8:01 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Photos of Baha'u'llah on this site
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8344
Hi, The photographs of Baha'u'llah were never available as part of the Baha'i Library, but I was at one time willing to share them privately, upon request, at a private password-protected site. However, the USBNC advised that I not even do that, so I'm afraid they are no longer available (from me) i...
- Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:41 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Anti-Baha'i site
- Replies: 22
- Views: 50548
OK, that's probably enough on this topic
Thank you for the interesting thread, folks. I'm going to lock it now, for a variety of reasons. And if Mr. Shaykh objects to his emails being posted publicly, or did not give permission, then we might have to delete them.
Thanks, -Jonah
Thanks, -Jonah
- Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:54 am
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: I want to make the big money ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 45809
The bots are back. New bots, that are getting through the captcha system -- which is still working. I've been deleting spammers that registered just today. But I see there's a new, probably final beta version of phpBB3, maybe I'll just move up to that. It says not to use in a production environment,...
- Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:36 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: "Seal of the Prophets"
- Replies: 60
- Views: 130749
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:43 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: alcohol in home
- Replies: 17
- Views: 34971
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:33 am
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: I want to make the big money ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 45809
more bots still posting I didn't want to take a chance on deleting active real users, so I only auto-deleted the users who had never logged in or posted. Spam-bots that have logged in I wouldn't have caught then. Thanks for keeping your eye out. And if they do start breaking through this phpBB regi...
- Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:47 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Muslims—Will the Qa'im OVERTURN Islam?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 70160
Juan Cole calls himself a Bahai, yet the UHJ have classed him as a covenant breaker For the record, Juan Cole was not declared a Covenant Breaker. He withdrew from the Baha'i Faith voluntarily. If anyone doubts this, I suggest they write to the US NSA to inquire. Thanks for locking this thread, Zaz...
- Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:34 pm
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: I want to make the big money ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 45809
- Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:26 pm
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: I want to make the big money ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 45809
Thanks, guys I discovered yesterday that the captcha upgrade (human-readable visual confirmation) I installed a couple months ago, to prevent bots from registering to the forum, had gotten reverted to the old template. I replaced the newer files, so our captcha system is back in place (you see it wh...
- Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:11 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Race, Racism, and "intellectual" vs spiritual pers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18038
- Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:16 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Intorduction of Bab's 1st Book & a crucial question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16104
- Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:11 am
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: This site is listed on an official site!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 23651
- Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:31 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: RESIST NOT EVIL, YEA, EVEN RETURN GOOD FOR EVIL
- Replies: 20
- Views: 48682
- Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:36 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: RESIST NOT EVIL, YEA, EVEN RETURN GOOD FOR EVIL
- Replies: 20
- Views: 48682
- Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:18 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Pilgrims notes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7612
- Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:51 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Throw away a piece of paper with a prayer written on it?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13894
- Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:46 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Gog and Magog.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11208
- Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:17 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: New site
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22715
- Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:13 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Dr. Lambden and Qayyumu'l-Asma
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8400
If that link above didn't work, try copying-and-pasting the entire thing -- the apostrophe in Dr. Lambden's URL caused it not to link correctly. Or try this link, from TinyURL, it works: http://tinyurl.com/yka73f I think it best that people not contact Dr. Lambden unless they have specific correspon...
- Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:07 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: New site
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22715
- Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:42 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: info on Sabianism
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13386
Off the top of my head, I thought of three spellings I've seen (there might be more). Click on these links to search for the keyword at this site. I know there's at least one document on the site specifically about Sabeanism, though I don't recall how it's spelled. http://google.com/custom?q=sabian&...
- Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:04 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Integrated, Coordinated, and Holistic Approach to Truth, Bea
- Replies: 8
- Views: 23540
- Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:43 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Forum upgrade
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8484
Forum upgrade
A flood of spam lately has spurred me to upgrade to the latest version of phpBB, which has added security features for registration. All old posts are still here, nothing's been lost and everything should be working. If you encounter any problems, post them here. If you're a new member and are havin...
- Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:28 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: mismanagement of this forum to be reported to the US NSA
- Replies: 4
- Views: 33832
BTW, I'd like to remind readers that only a couple months ago we lost an active contributor, Onepence, explicitly because of the fact that I declined to censor Eric's voice. Onepence was upset because of the presence of sometimes-antagonistic "ex-Baha'is" on the forum and because I would not post a ...
- Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:06 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: mismanagement of this forum to be reported to the US NSA
- Replies: 4
- Views: 33832
Argos, you caught me just in time -- feeling trigger-happy this morning, I was about to lock this thread too. But with your post, I'll leave it open. How about this, Eric et al.: I'll leave this thread open for any discussion of this matter, and from this point forward I'll delete (or just lock) suc...
- Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:01 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: mismanagement of this forum to be reported to the US NSA
- Replies: 4
- Views: 33832
I welcome third-party involvement. I was about to say "third-party arbitration," but I don't think there's anything to arbitrate. I have deleted none of the posts by yourself, BW, or Brett, so the entire history of the discussions is available for all to see. Unless you have some kind of immediate p...
- Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:02 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Are baha'is against individuality and freedom of thought?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 37872
Partly because I do not believe that "Baha'is [are] against individuality and freedom of thought", but mostly because I've locked enough threads today, I'm leaving this one open for now. Be nice, please. Feel free to stick to the question asked, re freedom of thought in the Baha'i teachings. No resp...
- Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:50 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: OVERCOMING THE CHAOS OF INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY
- Replies: 27
- Views: 65827
Jonah, have you modified your statement that this site is "independent" No, Eric, the site is under no-one's control but my own. Brett, Baha'i Warrior, and Zazaban have kindly agreed to help delete spam on this forum, and Brett works tirelessly behind the scenes to help with the programming, but ot...
- Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:39 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: THINKERS ANONYMOUS
- Replies: 12
- Views: 29822
Thank you to Richard for starting this very interesting discussion. It seems to me that this thread has run its course, and has veered into off-topic personal grievances. I'll lock it now. As Baha'i Warrior noted, we are always willing to allow people to express offensive viewpoints on this forum, i...
- Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:26 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Membership Roll
- Replies: 14
- Views: 26902
It seems to me that this thread has been "hijacked" (the slang term online for when someone/s with an agenda changes the topic of a discussion for their own purposes). Begging everyone's forgiveness, I'm going to lock it now. Further discussion of the "membership rolls" is welcome, just start a new ...
- Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:14 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: disable the ability to post images?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 22444
Thanks, BW Unfortunately it's not so easy to just ban images. I tried a module last year that would disallow HTML for anyone not registered, but it didn't work and permanently messed up the HTML for some users (even after restoring the original files). I could turn off HTML entirely, but I use it fo...
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:10 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: OVERCOMING THE CHAOS OF INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY
- Replies: 27
- Views: 65827
Dear Majnun, Earlier this year Brett and I emailed you, privately, about keeping a civil tone on this board. A couple days ago he warned you publicly, and you responded publicly, so my response will also be public. I'm placing your account on a 1-week temporary suspension. Please email or pm me if y...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:11 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Symbolic = Confusion????
- Replies: 44
- Views: 89524
Off-topic. Baha'i Warrior wrote: I am a new mod I'd like to thank BW for his participation, and I'll make it official: I asked BW to be our fourth spam-moderator (after Brett, Zazaban, and myself). BW has been active on this board for many months and has consistently given many insightful responses ...
- Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:26 am
- Forum: Non-Baha'i issues
- Topic: Please introduce yourself???
- Replies: 26
- Views: 103143