tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021317.post110857043751056372..comments2023-10-17T03:46:54.909-07:00Comments on Karen's Thoughts: Introductory Website on Baha'u'llahKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15915968995957299554noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021317.post-1110231675399061592005-03-07T13:41:00.000-08:002005-03-07T13:41:00.000-08:00I'm very interested in becoming a Baha'i mystic. t...I'm very interested in becoming a Baha'i mystic. tell me, what are the qualifications? Must I have my voting rights taken away or can i be in good standing? Can I disagree with the HOJ and realize there are more important battles to fight or must i bow to fundamentalism like a martyr?<br /><br />do i have to experience a huri or just know they exist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021317.post-1109329256461393632005-02-25T03:00:00.000-08:002005-02-25T03:00:00.000-08:00No, you might not find yourself preaching Catholic...No, you might not find yourself preaching Catholicism, but you might find yourself preaching Jesus. Just because you are disillusioned with the organization doesn't mean you have ceased to believe in the Founder. Fundamentalists want the two to be inextricable, but the lived reality of faith for a lot of us is that we believe in Baha'u'llah, we just have major problems with the current administration's policies.<br /><br />And, yes, the openness that has come about because of the Internet will, in the long run, be healthier for the Baha'i Faith -- even if painful in the short run.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915968995957299554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4021317.post-1109314784103601192005-02-24T22:59:00.000-08:002005-02-24T22:59:00.000-08:00Yeh, but does it honestly make sense to still prea...Yeh, but does it honestly make sense to still preach a religion from which you are disaffiliated, for whatever reason? I am a lapsed, estranged, very non-practising Catholic, and could hardly see myself teaching basic Catholicism on the internet! lol<br /><br />Then again, maybe the Baha'i faith (in its spiritual, not institutional dimensions) will actually benefit by this democratization/cybernization... Is "cybernization" a word? Yikes! lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com