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[OneWorldBore]

If you read the words of Baha'u'llah in your "most holy book," and the disdain, contempt, and rage he expresses towards all sorts of waywardness or corruption, a Baha'i should have the same attitude toward gays. Baha'is teach a fake program that is basically Marxism posing as a religion.

[BAchoHAl]

@chandra3311 No no no no....just because the teachings dont allow for sex outside of marriage and marriage has to be between men and women in marriage DOES NOT MEAN THAT BAHAIS HAVE ANY SPECIAL THING AGAINST PEOPLE WITH HOMOEROTIC TENDENCIES...see what the teachings say about FAMILY, desire, lust and wordiness in its context...LOVE AND PEACE--

[chandra3311]

AFTER LEARNING SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT THE BAHA'I FAITH I WAS IHEARTBROKEN TO LEARN THAT THIS EXPANSIVE LOVE DID NOT INCLUDE GAY PEOPLE, IF IN AM MISINFORMED PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME......CHANDRA

[BookOfFlaws]

"that they may inhale from you the sweet fragrance of God."

This from dirtmouth over here.

[BookOfFlaws]

Much, much tougher stuff there than going to a pot luck every 19 days and spouting inanities like "God is one, man is one, all the religions are one."

[BookOfFlaws]

Meanwhile, the rihis of the vedas asked men to:

-- Fast (for real, not the fake Baha'i fast). Fast means "no food" for as many days as possible. (I've only gone 16 days, but Jesus and others went over 40)

-- Practice strict celibacy (brahmacharya)

-- Live in seclusion (becoming content only with God-meditation)

-- Master the wandering mind by directing it to one thought (the most difficult human attainment)

-- Develop subtle perception

-- Merge in transcendental perceptions and bliss.

[BookOfFlaws]

""Know of a certainty that in every Dispensation the light of Divine Revelation hath been vouchsafed to men in direct proportion to their spiritual capacity".

So then why does the scowling vouchsafer ask so little of mankind these days when the rishis asked much more difficult spiritual attainments in times of yore? That is, the B-Faith asks very little: Live like everyday materialists, go to a get-together once every 19 days, spout shallow bromides. No biggie.

[waiotahi52]

@BookOfFlaws "Know of a certainty that in every Dispensation the light of Divine Revelation hath been vouchsafed to men in direct proportion to their spiritual capacity".

"Little wonder, then, if the treatment prescribed by the physician in this day should not be found to be identical with that which he prescribed before. How could it be otherwise when the ills affecting the sufferer necessitate at every stage of his sickness a special remedy?"

Baha'u'llah

[waiotahi52]

@BookOfFlaws Consort with all religions with amity and concord, that they may inhale from you the sweet fragrance of God. Beware lest amidst men the flame of foolish ignorance overpower you. All things proceed from God and unto Him they return. He is the source of all things and in Him all things are ended.

Baha'u'llah

[BookOfFlaws]

The Hindu and Buddhist religions consider the state of "samadhi" (God union) to be the goal and purpose of religion. What can Baha'is teach about samadhi? Back when I was a Baha'i a Native American Canadian handed me a copy of the book "Autobiography of a Yogi." After I read it I realized: "I knew nothing about religion at all."

If a Bahai' will read that book, or something like "Miracle of Love" (on the Hindu saint Neem Karoli Baba) he will have to conclude: "I knew little about religion."