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| User: | ljbahai (348912) The LJ Baha'i Community
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| Name: | The Baha'i Faith | ||||
| Website: | The Baha'i Faith- Official Site | ||||
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| About: | Talk amongst yourselves...YOU ARE ALL WELCOME!! :-) Disclaimer: We are not an "official" site of the Baha'i Faith. See The Baha'i Site for official information. The opinions on this site are those of the individual members and are not reflective of the Baha'i Faith (unless they are the Holy Writings and marked as such). The Baha'i Faith encourages the independent investigation of truth, and there are links below to help you in this search. MODERATORS: Sholeh ( ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sholeh) and Paul (euqsam).______________________________________________________________________________ Teachings of the Baha'i Faith: - The abandonment of all forms of prejudice - Assurance to women of full equality of opportunity with men - Recognition of the unity and relativity of religious truth - The elimination of extremes of poverty and wealth - The realization of universal education - The responsibility of each person to independently search for truth - The establishment of a global commonwealth of nations - Recognition that true religion is in harmony with reason and the pursuit of scientific knowledge ______________________________________________________________________________ THE RULES of LJBahai: 1) Unity, Understanding, & Support 2) No Slander 3) If you act in an unseemly manner, you will be removed. 4) Moderators retain the right to remove users who do not conform to the rules, harass other members of the community in any way, or for reasons that may be undisclosed to the community at large but that have been consulted upon for the community's good. 5) Please post information/questions/etc relevant to the Baha'i Faith. Thank you! 6) DO NOT post links to Covenant-breaker websites. If you are unsure, please consult the moderators. 7) If you are answering a question about something, please try to post a quotation from the Writings (The Bab, Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha, Shoghi Effendi, The Universal House of Justice). Actual quotations aren't necessarily warranted (e.g., paraphrase with citation is fine as well). There are links below that direct you to sites that have the Writings. Also try to provide an explanation as to why you chose that quote if possible. 8) Attacking the Manifestations of God (Baha'u'llah, The Bab, Christ, Muhammad, Moses, etc), Abdu'l-Baha, Institutions of the Faith (the Guardian, Universal House of Justice, etc) is not going to be tolerated. Genuine questions are fine. 9) See the memories section below if you have questions. Your question may already have been answered! Baha'i Reference Library (The Writings of The Baha'i Faith) Baha'i Research Online (quickly provides access to the texts of the major Faiths of the world!) United States Bahai Site USA Baha'i Distribution (buy Baha'i Books) *Download Ocean here* Baha'i Academic Resource Library Baha'i Prayers Planet Baha'i Forum! Bahaiyouth.com Bahá’í Network on AIDS, Sexuality, Addictions and Abuse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting. (Baha'u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The aim of Bahá'u'lláh, the Prophet of this new and great age which humanity has entered upon -- He whose advent fulfils the prophecies of the Old and New Testaments as well as those of the Qur'án regarding the coming of the Promised One in the end of time, on the Day of Judgment -- is not to destroy but to fulfill the Revelations of the past, to reconcile rather than accentuate the divergences of the conflicting creeds which disrupt present-day society. (Shoghi Effendi, Summary Statement - 1947, Special UN Committee on Palestine) "Founded a century and a half ago, the Bahá'í faith is today among the fastest growing of world religions. With more than five million followers in at least 232 countries and dependent territories, it has already become the second-most widespread faith, surpassing every religion but Christianity in its geographic reach. Bahá'ís reside in more than 116,000 localities around the world, an expansion that reflects their dedication to the ideal of world citizenship. The Bahá'í Faith's global scope is mirrored in the composition of its membership. Representing a cross section of humanity, Bahá'ís come from virtually every nation, ethnic group, culture, profession and social or economic class. More than 2,100 different ethnic and tribal groups are represented. Since it also forms a single community, free of schism or factions, the Bahá'í Faith comprises what is very likely the most diverse and widespread organized body of people on earth. The Faith's Founder was Bahá'u'lláh, a Persian nobleman from Teheran who, in the mid-nineteenth century, gave up a princely existence of comfort and security for a life of persecution and deprivation. Bahá'u'lláh claimed to be nothing less than a new and independent Messenger from God. His life, work and influence parallel that of Abraham, Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Christ, and Muhammad. Bahá'ís view Bahá'u'lláh as the most recent in this succession of Divine Messengers. "This is the Day in which God's most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been infused into all created things." --Bahá'u'lláh The essential message of Bahá'u'lláh is that of unity. He taught that there is only one God, that there is only one human race, and that all the world's religions have been stages in the revelation of God's will and purpose for humanity. In this day, Bahá'u'lláh said, humanity has collectively come of age. As foretold in all of the world's scriptures, the time has arrived for the uniting of all peoples into a peaceful and integrated global society. "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens," He wrote. The youngest of the world's independent religions, the Faith founded by Bahá'u'lláh stands out from other religions in a number of ways. It has a unique system of global administration, with freely elected governing councils in more than 18,000 localities. The Faith's most distinctive accomplishment by far, however, is its unity. Unlike every other religion--not to mention most social and political movements--the Bahá'í Faith has successfully resisted the perennial impulse to break into sects and sub-groups. It has maintained its unity despite a history as turbulent as that of any religion of antiquity. In the hundred years since Bahá'u'lláh lived, the process of global unification for which He called has become well-advanced. Through historical processes, the traditional barriers of race, class, creed and nation have steadily broken down. The forces at work, Bahá'u'lláh predicted, will eventually give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and assist in the creation of this new world." Taken from http://www.bahai.com/thebahais | ||||
| Memories: | 77 entries | ||||
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| Maintainers: | 3: euqsam, sholeh, smoderator | ||||
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