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Greetings! This is in part reiteration, but it's important to remember that we Baha'is reject ALL "traditional sources" as unreliable hearsay! This includes the Baha'i sources we call "pilgrims' notes" as well as any Islamic hadith not explicitly quoted in the Baha'i scriptures. Our Faith...

[continued] “But let us return to our subject. In the Divine Scriptures and Holy Books "return" is spoken of, but the ignorant have not understood the meaning, and those who believed in reincarnation have made conjectures on the subject. For what the divine Prophets meant by "return" is...

Hi, Paul; welcome to the neighborhood! :-) I see others have alreay answered most of your questions very well, so I'll just add this (from the Baha'i scriptures) to amplify the answer about reincarnation. Best regards, and do keep the questions coming: we LOVE 'em! :-) Bruce - - - -...

Sorry: One of the sites I posted got edited by the system to say the same thing as what Art has posted. The other site I wanted to mention is: www.bahai-library.org (click "Writings" there to see our scriptures). Bruce

Two other excellent sites are: Baha'i Reference Library (which is multilingual), and The Bahá'í Study Center (which also contains videos and talking books). Good hunting! :-) Bruce

Greetings! Precisely! And as we've pointed out repeatedly, this says that Muhammad is the Seal of the nabi, or minor prophets! It says nothing whatever about the Ras'ul, or major Divine Messengers, Who included Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, and now Baha'u'llah (the Founder of the Baha'i Faith)...

Fortunately, in the Baha'i view the Revelation of the Book of Certitude ranks as the unsealing spoken of in Daniel! Best, :-) Bruce

Hi, Seeker! It should be remembered that religious revelation is progressive over time. Just as a two-year-old is told "Stay out of the street!" and a five-year-old is told "Look both ways before crossing," so today's scriptures explain things like the afterlife in more detail than earlier...

Hi again! :-) I would say salvation means recognizing and endeavoring to follow our purpose here. And according to the Baha'i Faith, this purpose is twofold: As individuals, we are to acquire and develop the spiritual virtues we'll need both here and in the Next Life. In aggregate, we are...

Greetings, all! I'm heading off to Louhelen Baha'i School in Michigan for some serious Baha'i culture, art, and literature, with an extremely heavy component of SINGING!!!!! :-) :-) :-) So I may well be offline much or all of the next few weeks. Many regards, I'll see you around, and I...

Wonderful! I'm sure you'll love it, and wish you all the best! :-) :-) :-) Bruce

Peter, hi! It occurs to me that you might appreciate this quote: [I][COLOR=black][FONT='Courier New'][SIZE=4]

Quite possibly not, and we sincerely hope not! Peace, Bruce

Hi! I'm not sure, but I suspect it was still active and leading the Faith from the Guardian's death in 1957 until after the first election of the House of Justice in 1963. Best, :-) Bruce

Greetings, Scott! Indeed, for anyone who bothers to read Ezekiel 18, inheritance of sin is totally foreign to Judaism and Christianity, too (little as many individuals realize this)! Cheers, :-) Bruce

Greetings, Dave! Please note that the passage you quoted DOES NOT restrict spiritual progress only to those who have recognized Baha'u'llah: the Baha'i scriptures make it clear this is available to all who turn to God, through whatever path! I quote again a famous passage you've doubtless...

Art, hi! You unfortunately omitted an important part of the story, viz.: When the executioner came for the Bab the first time, He was in the midst of a conversation with His secretary, and said (paraphrasing) "Until I finish what I'm telling him, no power on earth can touch me!" He was...

Hi! I wouldn't say Baha'u'llah taught that culture "clouded religion," but rather that culture in its proper place is fine! Certainly culture or any other desire or attraction can interfere with religion IF IMPROPERLY USED, but I don't think there's any ipso facto problem with anything not...

Hi, Sean! Here's yet another aspect to consider: As to capital punishment, it should be noted that there are more nuances to it than most people realize!I think this passage from the Baha'i scriptures is noteworthy:152. “As to the question regarding the soul of a murderer, and what his...

Hi, Seeker! One of the reasons why not is that we Baha'is are specifically discouraged from creating or instituting rituals in the Faith, and this would be an example of one! There are extremely few rituals in the Faith (only five, in fact), and Shoghi Effendi (head of the Faith from...