Comments on: Ruhi Redux

By: farhan

farhan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:35:37 +0000

Grover wrote: The “healing message of Baha'u'llah” hasn't helped the Baha'is very much.

Grover, Baha'is are far from perfect, but I believe that a person who has been in contact with Baha'i teachings is liable to a better understanding of our world. In any case, I am convinced that had I not been in contact with the Baha'i teachings, I would be a far worse person than I am now.

By: farhan

farhan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:28:08 +0000

Greg, door knocking, bell ringing, E Mailing, poster painting, singing in the subway or on the radio, letter writing... are mere means of inviting people of our neighbourhoods into existing community activities. To invite people we first have to have activities to invite them to. The LSA can decide where at what time the community can gain or loose from such a procedure.

Once enough tutors, regular children's classes, junior youth activities, devotionals, fire sides, etc have been established, the community can open up from individual teaching to mass teaching, i.e. to larger numbers or “troops” of new people instead of sitting around in a closed community and finding an occasional hearing ear.

Door knocking is one way that has produced results, including in France where traditionally, peoples homes are considered as a sacred sanctuary, but where in fact every one hopes to find a way out of solitude. People can avoid it or try it, before adopting or abandoning it.

By: farhan

farhan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:35:37 +0000

Grover wrote: The “healing message of Baha'u'llah” hasn't helped the Baha'is very much.

By: farhan

farhan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:28:08 +0000

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By: Grover

Grover — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:17:00 +0000

I think the next innovation will be hand clapping at the musical firesides ;P

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:59:51 +0000

You have it about right when you said “Door knocking won’t ever produce entry by troops, but probably end up recruiting a bunch of weak-minded lonely dysfunctional people as a lot of the charismatic churches do now. All door knocking will do is make Baha’is the pariah of the normal people like the Mormons and JWs are now.”
And just for the record I came from an athieist background…..and on a regular basis had ding dong arguments with a Jesuit ( you may or may not like Jesuits…. but they are not totally stupid people) so I can say for myself … I not totally scared of being close the cutting edge….but as I sit here I cant help but wonder what other little surprises does the Ruhi school of mass conversion hold?? We have seen Home Visits out of Book 2 turn into door to door sales pitch?? Now that I think of it ….. could it be possilbe that some had aidea or even a seris of ideas ( door knocking included) and built the uhi Books around them …. in order to door knocking etc etc started???
Cheers
Greg