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Hello all, My request to withdraw from the Baha'i Faith with the understanding that I am withdrawing because: ' the Baha'i Faith as it currently exists meets the requirement of Abdu'l-Baha' of a religion which has become " a cause of dislike, hatred and division ", that it would be better...

Dear Art, The topic is triumphalism in the Baha'i Faith. I would argue that this triumphalism can be traced directly to the top administrative body in the Baha'i Faith Iself, the Universal House of Justice. I would argue as well that this triumphalism has been facillitated and fostered...

Dear Art, I would never pass judgement on the spiritual state or the spiritual identity of any person, including Universal House of Justice members. I point to actual facts of behavior and of words though, words which are in the public record. For example, Universal House of Justice's...

Howdy all, The main things which have confirmed for me that the Universal House of Justice is off kilter in left field, and no longer is center of anything let alone a Covenant between God and humanity, are that their words do not reflect their deeds, as well as the fact that it is only...

Re: Some discipline and some responsibility... Howdy Art, "All must seek guidance and turn unto the Center of the Cause and the House of Justice. And he that turneth unto whatsoever else is indeed in grievous error. The Glory of Glories rest upon you!" The Will and Testament of...

Hello Lunamoth, "didn't Baha'u'llah (pbuh) more or less say that division into sects would not be a part of His Dispensation and Covenant?" That was His intention, Abdu'l-Baha's as well. As the saying goes " the best laid plans of mice and men ". Shoghi was clear to differenciate between...

Hello Lunamoth, The cause of the discrepancy as you term I understand to be human nature based. Rob Preece elaborates on the dynamic which causes such dissonance and or discrepancy, from a Buddhist outlook. He uses Jung's architypes of Senex and Puer Aeternus religionists to describe the...

Hello ISFP, Triumphalism is fairly common in religionists, that some Baha'is fall victim to it should come as no surprise. Abdu'l-Baha' understood: " the Kingdom of God is in not in any Society ". He understood as well that: " Convictions and ideas are within the scope of the...

Hello Lunamoth, The causes for the forgetfullness you spoke of are of course broader than overidentification with the 'superstructures' of religion. As to religious identity Abdu'l-Baha' pointed out it is possible to be a Baha'i-Freemason, a Baha'i-Jew, a Baha'i Christian: 'A student of...

Hello Steve, I would agree that the Manifestations are not arbitrary members of the present through those religious Faith communities ( superstructures ) that bear Their Names, but that they are members of the present through Their 'original intention', which is ultimately one intention...

Howdy Art and Steve, 'Quite a dense post...' Indeed! I don't mean that in any derogatory sense either. What is more dense than that primordial particle from which this entire universe has evolved? Perhaps concentrated would be a better word. I have sometimes drawn the connect...

Namaste ! Having been a Baha'i for 35 years as well as having studied Buddhism for almost as long I know a little, with an emphasis on the little, about Buddhism. Comprehensive study of even one school of Buddhism can be a life long enterprise. The Baha'i claim that Buddhism has degraded...

Howdy smkollins, I'm curious if when you stated that " they are not arbitrary members of the present ", you were referring to the Manifestations Themselves, the religions They established ( which as Baha'u'llah taught are but one religion ), or the mutifarious administerial, churches and...