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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thames_sider who wrote (7617)	3/6/2001 12:53:23 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I am not personally a Bahai, though I have known many Bahais over the years and have good thoughts about the religion. (Interestingly, on that religions quiz that was linked to here, I think, some time back, Bahai came up as one of the top three options for me, along with my own faith (whew!) and Judaism!). For a number of years I worked at a private school which rented its grounds to a Bahai summer school every summer, so I got to know some of them well. I was always welcome to sit in on any classes or sessions I wanted to, but there was absolutely no pressure at all on me to convert or adopt any of their beliefs, and absoutely no sense that the was anything wrong or condemnatory about my not adopting their faith. Here is the central web site for the Bahai faith. bahai.org The central tenent of their faith is stated as: The central theme of Bahá'u'lláh's message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. God, Bahá'u'lláh said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification. Thus, as you can see, it is an inclusive, not exclusive, faith. They don't seek to convert by traditional methods -- no Bahai has ever come to your door dropping literature, for example, and I have never seen a single advertisement for Bahai -- but by the example of the lives they lead which will bring others to want to understand the faith these people have. I have never known any Bahai who felt anything negative about non-Bahais or felt they were wrong, or bad, or should be condemned to some punishment for not adopting Bahai. There may be some out there, but I have never come across one, and it is certainly not a tenent of their faith.