The Baha'i Temple or Mashriqu'l-Adhkár:

[arthra]

Originally Posted by Bandit

This is one looking up in Chicago I just found.
I am wondering what does it say the greatest name of God is?

Yes the one you posted is an enlargement of the one i posted earlier... The Greatest Name is in Arabic calligraphy and sounds like "Ya Baha'u'l-Abha" translated meaning is 'Oh Glory of the All Glorius".

An essay "Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name"
is available by Hand of the Cause of God A.Q. Faizi that explains it's signigficance at:

http://bahai-library.com/books/greatest.name/

[BruceDLimber]

Originally Posted by Bandit

This is one looking up in Chicago I just found.
I am wondering what does it say the greatest name of God is?

Hi, Bandit! :-)

The Greatest Name symbol is a calligraphy of the Arabic phrase "Ya Baha'u'l-Abha!" which means "O Thou Glory of Glories!"

Best, :-)

Bruce

[Postmaster]

If this faith is suppose to be the fiath of the future why are they following the mistake of othe religons and spending so much money on there buildings when there are people starving in Affrica?

[arthra]

Originally Posted by Postmaster

If this faith is suppose to be the fiath of the future why are they following the mistake of othe religons and spending so much money on there buildings when there are people starving in Affrica?

Thanks for your post "Postmaster"!

If you're famliar with the Baha'is you note we have no clergy...that means all the resources of the Baha'i community are designated for the community. Not having clergy means there are no "professional Baha'is", i.e., no clergy as opposed to lay people. We also have no paid missionary staffs. No churchs to support means we don't have to pay for clerical and administrative expences in every town.

There are a few Baha'i Centers and we have about eight Houses of Worship around the world which the Baha'is themselves have paid for. We don't accept any contributions from non-Baha'i sources or from governments. The Houses of Worship are open to everyone and so peoples of all religions can come and enjoy them. Each House of Worship will eventually have a free university and hostel as well as hospital around it open to the public.

The Holy Land around Mount Carmel and Bahji you will find our archives and world administrative center again supported solely by the Baha'is around the world. The World Center has set up foundations to educate women and train people for work from Tanzania to Nepal to Mongolia.

See the following:

http://www.bahai.com/thebahais/larageimages/p64b.jpg

And this:

http://www.bahai.org/article-1-8-0-1.html

- Art

[BruceDLimber]

Originally Posted by Postmaster

If this faith is suppose to be the fiath of the future why are they following the mistake of othe religons and spending so much money on there buildings when there are people starving in Affrica?

Greetings!

As has already been pointed out, funds operated and spent by the Baha'i Faith come SOLELY from enrolled Baha'is, never from anyone else!

And what you overlook is the fact that we already have over a thousand socioeconomic development projects in progress around the world of many different sorts, from secondary schools to vocational and literacy training, to eradication of disease in areas needng this! So it's hardly fair to accuse us of merely building edifices.

Nor are these only for our own use, as every one of them is optn to the peoples of the world every day! The spiritual must be nourished as well as the physical, please note!

Peace,

Bruce