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The words you underlined are not there in the original. It reads, at this point, و حضرت بهاء اللّه تأسيس سنوحات رحمانيّه باکمل وجوه فرمود دين ابداً تغيير ندارد زيرا حقيقت است و حقيقت تغيير و تبديل ندارد which is to say, "Baha'u'llah endorsed the foundations of divine guidance in toto...

In your assumptions about the meaning of "progressive revelation" for Bahais, you are not taking the Bahai Faith as it views itself. The Bahai Faith teaches that some of its teachings are the eternal path, and some are adaptations to the time and place, and of the latter, some can be changed by...

This may help in explaining the "progressive revelation" doctrine. It's from Abdu'l-Baha, translated from Persian notes that he authenticated: " The religion of God consists of two parts. One is the very foundation and belongs to the spiritual realm; that is, it pertains to spiritual virtues...

You said, ""Progressive revelation", an axiom of the Baha'i Faith, is refuted by the Perennialists as a metaphysical error..." Could you clarify? Which Perennialist, and what was their argument?

Abdu'l-Baha said, " “…the breezes of Christ are still blowing; His light is still shining; His melody is still resounding; His standard is still waving; His armies are still fighting; His heavenly voice is still sweetly melodious; His clouds are still showering gems; His lightning is still...

and a third group just think sideways about everything. My approach is that the present exclusion of women from the Universal House of Justice is one problem we have: a problem of consistency with our own principles of justice and equality, specifically for women. A second problem we have is...

Hmmm... he doesn't seem too happy about it. Would it be possible to contact the video maker and point him to the "Service of Women" research paper? The Service of Women on the Institutions of the Baha'i Faith. There is more research on this, more texts that have been translated, but in a very...

You can give yourself a break so far as the Prophet Muhammad goes. He did not take worldly power, he respected it and set a good example of the separation of religious and worldly authority. But history is written by the victors. The Sirah and most of the Hadith, the accounts that give us the...

What you describe is a recognized pattern. Established religion ("church") doesn't like new religion ("cult') and seeks out apostates from the "cult." They have a mutually beneficial relationship (there is such a thing as the apostate career). The apostate contributes an insider narrative of the...

I've put a book chapter, "Houses of Worship in all the lands" on my Academia page. https://www.academia.edu/127257191/Houses_of_Worship_in_every_land_Preamble Ask me anything

My latest YouTube video centres on a 2019 letter on behalf of the Universal House of Justice, which says that sometimes the letters of secretaries have been confused with those written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, and gives one criterion for telling which is which. The letter is online here...

The link works for me - it's not about Noel Coward. Oscar Wilde is pictured as he is the author of the quote, " ‘A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.’" The article is about a research publication, "The Cynical Genius Illusion: Exploring and Debunking Lay...

Reason applied to rubbish produces rubbish - GIGO. How do you know what is good evidence? - by reason. For example, the authoritative evidence of Bahai teachings is the life and works of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi (with nuances omitted), but then we use reason to see that a...

The true Bahai teachings are found -- progressively and continually -- by each person by turning to the sources of doctrine: the person of Baha'u'llah, so far as we "know" that, his writings, etc... (as explained previously). There is no guarantee of unity of doctrine, at any given moment...

No evidence will alter an opinion composed of suspicions rather than evidence. Abdu'l-Baha explained why the name "house of justice" was changed: When Abdu'l-Baha says that the Assemblies/houses of justice will not "at any time ... interfere with governmental affairs," you or anyone else is...