It is the belief of Shi Islam that a day will come when the Mahdi will appear along with Jesus and fill the earth with peace and justice once and for all.
Regardless of your current beliefs, if such an event occurred and the Prophecies were clearly fulfilled along with the supernatural events...
According to Baha'i law, shaving one's head and allowing hair to grow longer than the lobe of the ear is forbidden:
"Shave not your heads; God hath adorned them with hair, and in this there are signs from the Lord of creation to those who reflect upon the requirements of nature. He, verily, is...
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Baha'is deny --on the basis of science-- the supernatural events and miracles recorded by other religions. Do they also deny that Jesus or the Holy Spirit can cure the Leper or the blind?
How should we judge a religious leader that on one hand states that if religion is not in conformance with science it is superstition:
"Religion must be in harmony with science and reason. If it does not conform to science and reconcile with reason, it is superstition."
and on the other hand...
The official Baha'i party line on Noah's flood sums down to this: Noah's flood is a fantasy, it never existed, and whatever has been mentioned in religious books about the flood is symbolic. This can be deduced from Shoghi's statement about this matter:
"The statement in ‘Seven Days of...
What I have understood from Baha'is debating on this forum, is that they do not consider any text scripture unless it has an authorized translation. Regardless of how much I consider this attitude unreasonable, if one were to accept this statement, there arises a whole new set of dilemmas when...
According to the first verse of the Most Holy Baha'i book, if you do not Believe in Baha'u'llah and do not follow his orders you are astray even if you perform every righteous of deed:
"The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His...
Baha'is claim that their leader has put forward a new principle that no one had thought of before them:
"Another new principle revealed by Baha’u’llah is the injunction to investigate truth—that is to say, no man should blindly follow his ancestors and forefathers. Nay, each must see with his...
I extracted some points after reading a few statements uttered by Abdu'l-Baha -the second Baha'i leader- that describe the behavior of some animals. These are the points:
Domestic animals live in flocks and herds.
Domestic animals love and associate with each other.
Sheep, cows and horses...
Mirza Yahya Subh-i Azal was Baha’u’llah’s half-brother and the executor of the Bab’s will. He was regarded as the successor to the Bab until Baha’u’llah succeeded in sending him to the sidelines. He is greatly hated by Baha’is and regarded as one their greatest enemies. To put it in a nutshell...
This is what Baha'is narrate about Baha'u'llah's attitude towards those who wanted to harm him:
"As He was approaching the dungeon, and old and decrepit woman was seen to emerge from the midst of the crowd, with a stone in her hand, eager to cast it at the face of Bahāullāh. Her...
Bahaullah says:"Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute."
Bahaullah, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahaullah, p. 163.
Science has already proven the falsity of this claim. We will leave it to the readers to...
`Abdul-Baha says:Thou hast written regarding the four canine teeth in man, saying that these teeth, two in the upper jaw and two in the lower, are for the purpose of eating meat. Know thou that these four teeth are not created for meat-eating, although one can eat meat with them. All the teeth...
I will present here the Baha'i version of how America was discovered. Abdu'l-Baha says:This spirit has the power of discovery; it encompasses all things. All these wonderful signs, these scientific discoveries, great enterprises and important historical events which you know are due to it. From...
Using a reasonable amount of metaphors in statements is acceptable and applicable in most instances, but it amazes to what extent someone is willing to go to destroy the meaning of a quote and present it in a metaphorical sense to hide its meaning. You might have stumbled on the thread I posted...
Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa’i and the Penis Tree
Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa’i was widely regarded a heretic by Shia scholars. Baha’is try to portray him as one of the forerunners to the Bab and Baha’u’llah who was hated by the Shia clergy because of his connections with the Babi and...
This is the Baha'i law for adultery/fornication:
"God hath imposed a fine on every adulterer and adulteress, to be paid to the House of Justice nine mithqāls of gold, to be doubled if they should repeat the offence . . . Although the term translated here as adultery refers, in its...