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Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 12:04 pm
I never heard of it until I came across this forum.
Baha'i Faith
Quote:The Bahá'í Faith (Persian: بهائی Bahā'i) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.[1] Established by Bahá'u'lláh in 1863, it initially grew in the Middle East and now has between 5 and 7 million adherents, known as Bahá'ís, spread out into most of the world's countries and territories, with the highest concentration in Iran.[2][3]
Of course, I do not place any more stock in Baha'i than I do other religious faiths, but the forum I mentioned above has a good number of people following the Baha'i Faith and posting about it.
It makes me wonder if we have ever had a Baha'i post here on our forum.
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RE: Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 12:06 pm
Met some when I was in the Navy. Don't remember anything but the name. Never was too impressed.
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RE: Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 1:14 pm
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2017 at 1:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Thin veneer of civility on top of the same old horrid shit....with the added bonus of cult behavior not often found in other arbahamic spinoffs. Muslim Mormons. Yeah, we've had em.
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RE: Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 1:17 pm
We had one kid/family in town when I was growing up that claimed Bahai. He tried to explain his religion to me at one time and when he got to the "miracle of the execution" that's when I stopped paying attention.
Wish he would have started with it.
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RE: Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 1:20 pm
Never met one, but there used to be a San Diego Padre baseballer that subscribed to the faith. I've never understood what they are about.
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RE: Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 1:21 pm
Yes, I read most of their scriptures.
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RE: Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 1:33 pm
I've heard of it.
More shitheads.
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RE: Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 2:10 pm
Yes I have heard of it, but really doesn't matter to me which one someone is claiming, "faith" is the willful act of not questioning, and our species never would have left the caves if we didn't question.
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RE: Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 2:17 pm
By a strange coincidence, there's a new video in my YT subscriptions called "What do Bahá'ís believe?" I haven't watched it yet. Am I missing much?
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RE: Baha'i Faith, have you heard of it?
October 22, 2017 at 2:18 pm
Their way over explicit nature of scripture made me appreciate the implicit wise nature of the Quran.
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