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Baha'is do not believe that history will repeat itself. We believe that this is a new age and eventually all the religions will voluntarily choose to unite under one common banner. After everyone has recognized Baha'u'llah for who He claimed to be the world will be completely different...

Patriarchy: a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=patriarchy+definition It is laughable to call the Baha’i Faith a patriarchy because women are not "largely excluded" from...

Baha'is do not believe the Baha'i Faith is going to rule the world. That is laughable as well as impossible given we are disallowed from being involved in politics, except to vote. “The Faith which this order serves, safeguards and promotes is … essentially supernatural, supranational...

No, Baha'is do not believe that any religion is going to govern the whole human race. Governments will do that.

I am not saying this is the reason that women cannot serve on the UHJ. I do not know the reason. Baha'is are not the religion that is stuck in a time warp like the older religions. The social teachings and laws of the Baha'i Faith are in keeping with the new age, but that does not mean that we...

I have found myself in what seemed like an impossible situation many times in my life, but had it really been impossible I would not still be here. To me, not being able to have sex is minor compared to so many other problems people face in life, but we are all different. To some people it...

I have an opinion as to why they keep pointing it out. They know nothing about the Baha'i Faith or how it operates so they illogically judge the whole religion based upon the UHJ being all male. They look at the older religions and they cannot dissociate those religions from a new religion...

I really do not know much about the World Order of Baha'u'llah and what is envisioned for the future. @ Truthseeker9 would know a lot more than me. I do not generally get into discussing politics, it is not an interest of mine. I also live fully in the present, not in the future. Not even the...

Sorry, you lost me. o_O Can you state that a little more clearly?

I do not want to argue either, but to call the Baha'i Faith patriarchal just because of the UHJ I think is an over-exaggeration. I got into this same discussion about the UHJ with an atheist on another forum. He is the nicest person you would ever want to meet, but he was not going to budge on...

Thanks for explaining that. I assumed that meant that only members could read my posts, not visitors, and I assumed that was because of the links in my posts since those were the posts that were moderated. Thanks @ RJM Corbet :) I guess that can only be one forum because I only go by...

The UHJ is the only Baha'i institution that is all male and we are told the the reason for that will be revealed to us in due time. I can already think of possible reasons. Gay marriage is not the issue, gay sex is the issue. All Abrahamic religions have prohibited gay sex so I accept that...

I also agree the work will be accomplished by sociologists and politicians although I believe they might adopt some of the principles set forth by my religion, and future governments might be patterned after the institutions the Baha'i Faith has established. Any changes that take place in the...

Yes, we would definitely discuss any questions we had with other Baha'is or we can consult with the Local Spiritual Assembly (LSA) who will give us advice. We normally would not contact the UHJ unless we had a pressing concern, as they are not there for the purpose of consulting with individual...

I would say that all Baha'is come into the Faith differently. Truthseeker9 and I both became Baha'is in 1970 and I think the way the Baha'i administration operated back them was different than now. All I had to do was declare my belief that Baha'u'llah was a Manifestation of God and sign a...

There were no contenders for leadership since the Guardian did not appoint anyone. Baha'u'llah made the provisions for the UHJ in His Writings so that is where the authority passed in lieu of a Guardian. I do not know the history as well as @ Truthseeker9 but I am sure he knows all the...

Yes, I think it refers to the same being, but I am not that familiar with these Tablets. On a related topic, have you read this Tablet? Tablet of the Holy Mariner (from the Persian)

They can say anything they want to say but the Covenant is based upon the wills and testaments of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha which were penned in their own hands, so it is incontrovertible to whom the authority was to pass after they died. It passed to the Guardian Shoghi Effendi and after...

I agree with that because heterosexual people can get married before having sex but gay people cannot always get married in order to have sex. Since sex is only allowed between a married man and woman in our religion, that puts gays in an impossible situation even if they are married. However...

Of course I would, because it is the right thing to do.