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I have to keep reminding myself it's up to the Universal House of Justice, instead of thinking "Well, it's ABOUT TIME!"

Newly translated prayers, tablets, and talks by Abdu’l-Baha to be published soon.

Okay, thank you. I’ll keep waiting.

Has anyone heard any rumors of a new prayer book that includes all the new ones?

Fruitless speculation: the birthdays of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh, and the Day of the Covenant, occur in three consecutive Baha’i months. I have long wondered if someday dedicating the entire months to Them will be a cultural practice no matter which days are the official observances.

just to nitpick (for the information of any non-Baha’is who visit here) the week begins sunset Friday.

Shoghi Effendi, leader of the Faith from 1921-57, appointed "Hands of the Cause of God" as his top assistants. Some were given this title upon their deaths as recognition of their outstanding records of service. The first living person he appointed was Mrs. Amelia Collins. And the one he called...

No Baha'i is allowed to say "I had a vision of Baha'u'llah, He said thus-and-so, and all Baha'is must agree with what He said in my vision." Doctrine is found only in our scriptures. But, yes, such visions and dreams do happen. If the person having the vision believes it's real, they should...

When I first heard, in the mid-1970s, of a pre-Tribulation Rapture my response was "I don't want to go, God. If this seven years is the worst period in human history then I want to stay here and be helpful." The issue is irrelevant, of course. I was then, and am still, a member of the Baha'i...

Just discovered that while I was getting my post ready someone beat me to it. Hi, Bruce. I've met you in AOL's Baha'i chat and you always could type a lot faster than me. :)

Baha'u'llah is the only way today and for the next 900+ years, but "final", "whole", "complete", and "unchangeable"? Absolutely not. Baha'u'llah promises we will get more Manifestations of God, with Their invaluable guidance, as long as mankind exists. "These people have imagined that the...

A portion of the cherished ideas surrounding Jesus is the result of two thousand years of theological thought, an attempt to fill in the gaps in Jesus' teachings. In the Baha'i Faith, however, Baha'u'llah did not give a verse or two on a given subject, He wrote extensively. One man, for...

Not impossible at all. We just need to learn how Buddhists think. It will take time, but the Baha'is are willing. Remember that we believe that the Blessed Lord Siddartha Gautama was ALWAYS right in whatever He taught. It's just that He was speaking to an audience with a different philisophical...

It's a bit more complicated than that. Our two co-founders did not claim to be God Incarnate. According to Baha'i teaching, God cannot incarnate His essence. Instead They called Themselves "Manifestations of the attributes of God". But to Baha'is, Moses, Jesus, the Bab, Baha'u'llah (and some...