Good stuff Kat-Kat. So many great teachings in the Baha'i Faith, but there's a few things that might be problematic. Sex is one of them. They might go so far as saying that even playing with yourself is wrong. If the Baha'is don't post that reference, I'll look it up. It came from a book called "Unrestrained as the Wind".
The Baha'is are way too conservative for me. But so are conservative Christians. Liberal Baha'is or liberal Christians or liberal anything usually take a... well a liberal, more modern view. And I think there is a liberal vs. conservative side to the Baha'i Faith. The first Baha'is I met were vegetarian nudists. That was back in the early 70's and I was just a wandering hippie kid looking for the truth. I had a great time staying with them. Then I met the conservative Baha'is. It totally changed my view of the Baha'is. Then, in the late 70's, lots of Iranian Baha'is came to the U.S. They also were very conservative. But their kids, they started acting and dressing more like the other kids around them. So I wonder how far their liberalizing will go? Anyway, let me make a few comments on some of the posts. Thanks again Kat-Kat for being real.
Thus I see 100% of what Baha'u'llah offered from God, will unfold and Science will confirm, it is just not at this specific time.
So science that disagrees with Baha'u'llah is wrong? So what happened to religions that don't fit with science are superstitious?
Yes I understand perfectly what homosexuality is but as it is forbidden in our religion then so is it’s spread and promotion forbidden within our communities. Our writings say it is not normal or natural and we should try and overcome it even with medical assistance.
Forbidding it will put gays and lesbian back in the closet. What good is that going to do? Your going to have Baha'is that have a "secret" life. And I think the ones that try to "get medical help" will become neurotic messes.
Homosexuality is not something that can be spread, you make it sound like it’s contagious.
I think that because it is more open now, more people are giving it a try. I've even relaxed my views and actually enjoy watching two women enjoying themselves. I know. I'm sick for thinking like that. May God forgive me. Until the next time I do it.
A number of sexual problems such as homosexuality and transsexuality can well have medical aspects, and in such cases recourse should certainly be had to the best medical assistance. But it is clear from the teaching of Bahá'u'lláh that homosexuality is not a condition to which a person should be reconciled, but is a distortion of his or her nature which should be controlled and overcome.
So a person should not let the "condition" continue unchecked... but should seek help? The Christians even had the devil to blame for getting the demon of gayness into people's head. And it didn't work. People still choose being gay. And how many people's lives were totally destroyed because they couldn't cope with what the Church was telling them and what they felt inside and how they choose to live... as a closet gay?
Becoming a Baha’i is voluntary so if one prefers that sexual orientation then there’s no point in joining a religion which forbids it.
So here we have the new, wonderful truth from God. Christ has returned. And if you're gay, there is something wrong with you. So if you don't like it. Don't join? No, God wants them. But God wants them to change?
So basically, I'm not going to be harsh on
@loverofhumanity as quite frankly, he really is telling us what the Baha'i faith seems to say.
I wish it wasn't true. And I'll now have to rethink my religious beliefs and go from here. But I still appreciate having the facts.
That's sad. To know that you have to change what is in your heart and head to fully become a Baha'i. Knowing that we all have problems. There's going to be Baha'is child molesters, adulterers, embezzlers, liars and all sorts of "sinful' people that aren't going to change, unless they get caught. But a gay person that is honest is expected to change?
I want you to know that it was gay Baha’is who saved my life.
So why did they join a religion knowing that being gay is forbidden? Yet, they were maybe more loving and kind to you, then the more "perfect" straight Baha'is? Anyway, I shouldn't be so harsh to you either. Obviously, you are a much better person for having become a Baha'i. But, how are your gay Baha'i friends doing? Have the conservative Baha'is tried to get them to get "straightened" out?
What are the penalties in the Baha'i faith of unrepented sin?
Yes, what are they? Christians say confess it to Jesus and he will forgive you. But, it kind of implies that you repent and don't do it anymore.