Do you sincerely believe that Baha'u'llah is the Messenger of God for this time? If so, have you read the Book of Certitude? All of it? All the way through? And have you prayed to understand what you've read?
The third time I read it I understood it much, much more than the first times and I...
It is more accurate to identify the Baha'i Faith with the "new name" mentioned at least twice in Revelations by which the return of the Spirit of Christ will be known, as well as His followers: "I..will will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth...
A very close Baha'i friend of mine was elected by a write-in campaign (because he would not "run" and was not a member of a political party) to his city council and, through rotation of the council members, became mayor. I don't know of anyother Baha'i in the US who has been mayor of their...
NO! Even the Quran states explicitly: "Let there be no compulsion in religion." It's a shame though that few people pay attention to it.
Baha'u'llah says each soul is responsible for itself. We can and should be helpful to each other, but judge - definately not!!
Each Baha'i is an individual with their individual understandings. I told my oldest daughter that I didn't want her to be a Baha'i like me. She was shocked. I explained that I wanted her to find her own, authentic way of being Baha'i. To imitate me would be to lie.
I will state the subject of...
With each Messenger of God, time begins anew, and the way of marking time is also renewed. There is a Jewish calendar, a Christian calender, a Muslim calender, a Baha'i calender, etc. Some (the Jewish and Muslim are based on the phases of the moon), others (Christian and Baha'i) are based on...