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Things are heating up in Egypt again. You might recall that Egypt is in a modernization movement, where for example all citizens are to get identification papers. These papers are to list religious affiliation but the religious/cultural norms of the society allow for recognition only of Islam...

Things are heating up in Egypt again. You might recall that Egypt is in a modernization movement, where for example all citizens are to get identification papers. These papers are to list religious affiliation but the religious/cultural norms of the society allow for recognition only of...

Thanks Art! It's taken a while to come together with prior encarnations.... One of the things that really needs to be done is to read all of Maya's short stories and figure out which ones really do factor in the Faith strongly. I'm certain of two... plus her novels.... I'm also thinking about...

I've been helping to write a review of the Baha'i Faith in fiction (short stories and novels and such....) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahá%27í_Faith_in_fiction

OK. :-) Always a good choice. Right. True. A paraphrase of the Bible. More or less. John and Jesus are not equivolent. It depends on the term and which religion is referencing him. In my own words and understanding by a Baha'i definition of Prophet, yes He is specifically named as a...

A couple thoughts.... The rules and rituals, if that's the right word, the Baha'i Faith does have are for our benefit, not for God's. They are not in any way binding on Him. Exceptions for various things are explicit and specific as well as general... for example there are age and health...

Re: Baha'is are normal people... Indeed there are several compilations on music and the arts - (1) (2) (3) for example we have "We have permitted you to listen to music and singing. Beware lest such listening cause you to transgress the bounds of decency and dignity. Rejoice in the...

It is a most important question - and the best answer has always been to read it for oneself - in fact it is only just and respects our God-given nature. The Baha'i Faith makes many astounding claims. If they are true they change much of the way everything has been explained for a long time...

We're pretty well. My girl is talking up a storm and climbing cribs.... We're fairly broke for now so another adoption isn't on the horizon, at least worth planning on. The website has plenty of pictures!

There is no religion that does not make some amendment to the understanding of the religions which come before it. Christian understandings are not in keeping with Judaic understandings of the Old Testament (a term not even Jewish) and Moslem teachings of Jesus' Message and on down the line -...

In all endevors, some faith is required. The balance is how far does reason have to take you that faith can do the rest? Science does it and so on. Reasonable checks can exist as well. But there can be no end point of deriving all truth. See Godel's Theorem noting such contrasting aspects as...

And, I would add, is a position that resolves the conflict between Christianity and Islam on what happened to Jesus - on the one hand He was indeed crucified and died on the cross, and at the same time, His Spirit was untouched and His suffering was only the part seen by most people though to...

a Moslem prince wonders how we are all going to live with eachother.... "My question today is a simple one: "How Can We Live Together?" At a time when political and cultural conflicts threaten us like never before, with dangerous friction between religious communities and competition for...

I spent two years studying the Baha'i Faith and some years before that taking religion seriously, while in college. In college classes I could see that several religions I studied had a clear spiritual quality and they all seemed equally deep. I assumed no religion would let me live with that...

A NYTimes article summarizes and extends some recent coverage. And it mentions "The United States Congress is considering a resolution that would condemn the Iranian government for repressing Bahais and call on President Bush to make the abuse of Bahais a significant factor in United States...

Indeed - some good news in that some were released, mixed with news of confiscated computers and dozens more than I knew of over the last weeks.... I hope others can percieve the legitimacy of the situation and perhaps a concensus of thought could be arrived at. During such events writing...

So is all this banter about spam supposed to mean something? At the very least can't you take such chatter somewhere else? It's at least disrespectful, not to say demeaning that the treatment of Baha'is is to be mixed up with feel-good banter about how it's all just fluff. If we can't talk...

for all the questionable references on that issue, the broader reports, heavily seconded with personal accounts continues to mount. A family in the states with connections to a family in Iran reports that several women were arrested a few days ago with a large group of youth and young adults...

There is something of a controversy, with rumors of encouraging violence against Baha's brewing. Here's some links to read... An online news-magazine account to have a Baha'i marriage recognized. "A court ruling providing official recognition to Bahais has done little to ease the debate...

I kind of agree - 1914 doesn't figure in anything I've read - but it's not 1917 but 1918 that is the Battle at Miggido aka Armageddon. See http://bahai-library.com/bsr/bsr09/9B3_lambden_armageddon.htm However in general the whole period of 1780's through 1940's could be viewed as generally...