Comments on: It’s a little known fact. . . [3]

By: snorkle

snorkle — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:35:57 +0000

Yes, the bubble wrap and sugar candy approach to consultation definitely sucks, baquia, and I do agree that many Baha'is try exactly that but it ends in tears, sooner or later.

By: snorkle

snorkle — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:35:57 +0000

Yes, the bubble wrap and sugar candy approach to consultation definitely sucks, baquia, and I do agree that many Baha'is try exactly that but it ends in tears, sooner or later.

By: Baquia

Baquia — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:56:38 +0000

snorkle, totally agree – let's wrap our ideas in bubble wrap and then sugar candy so that they never ever clash, lest they create a spark of truth.

By: snorkle

snorkle — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:13:41 +0000

I had never encountered a covenant breaker (or even thought much about them) but finally did and this is what happened: at an Assembly meeting the secretary informed us a Baha'i couple had just moved into our (small) town because the wife had a job. The husband, we were informed, was going to take a year off to "teach the Faith". I thought "Oh, I'll just be inactive for a year". On the way out of the meeting, I mentioned to a couple of the Baha'is, "I'm going to be inactive for a year". They asked why and at that point I realized it was the husband in our new Baha'i couple. Never met the guy. Never would. Simple as that. You will, perhaps, guess the rest. The husband turned out to be an "associate" of covenant breakers.

This was a profound experience for me. I have never, before or since, felt so certain about anything. I didn't feel fear but nothing on earth could have dragged me to a meeting with this guy. The wife turned out to be fine, several of us knew her with no problems.

So, while I do know that reading CB material is not forbidden, I don't do it. My choice.

Personally, I think there is much more going on in life than we give it credit for. Science and reason are great stuff but other things matter as well. It's is not meant to be simple.

This is my first post on bahairants and I'm looking forward to being here. I am a bit of an outcast in the Canadian Baha'i community because I say what I think and believe. I used to think I was "right" to do so but lurking here has been interesting -- I would not want the Baha'i community to be this contentious so perhaps I will become convinced of the need for the repression of ideas in the Baha'i world. I still won't like it though.

By: Baquia

Baquia — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:02:49 +0000

Brent, so you agree with me then, that Baha’is are not forbidden to read anything and everything. As for the analogy of poison: from cyanide to snake-poison, many varieties are used in medicine to cure and heal.

By: Baquia

Baquia — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:02:00 +0000

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Boycott of Kalimat — Wed, 30 May 2007 09:00:35 +0000

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Yes Virginia, Gay Baha’is Do Exist — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:24:16 +0000

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By: The Biggest Mistake Baha'is Make

The Biggest Mistake Baha'is Make — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:54:24 +0000

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