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Posted by Sen on March 30, 2010
Reza Shah's Mausoleum
Posted in Defence of the Faith | Tagged: anti-Bahaism, Bahai Faith, Bahai World, Horace Holley, Iran, Pahlavis, religious minorities, Reza Shah Pahlavi, بهائی, بهائیت | Leave a Comment »
Posted by Sen on January 10, 2010
This posting briefly explains two different ways in which the Enlightenment and its fruits in Western societies can be viewed, in relation to the goal of building a Bahai society. It argues that our attitude to the political philosophy of individualism will influence the Bahai communities we build, and suggests that it is possible to see the individualisation of society, individualism and other aspects of the Enlightenment as positive elements of the new order, rather than as signs of the breakdown of the old order. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Community, History, Political science | Tagged: collectivism, communitarianism, democracy, Durkhiem, Enlightenment, Fauconnet, Horace Holley, Ibrahim Kheiralla, Individualism, individuation, Jean-Marc Lepain, John Huddlestone, Moojan Momen, Piaget, political theology, social differentiation, Who is Writing the Future?, world views, بهائی | 3 Comments »
Posted by Sen on December 2, 2008
A person investigating the Bahai Faith had encountered theocratic ideas among the Bahais she met, and asked if these were correct, and where they came from. But in fact, she seemed to know already that these ideas must be wrong. She wrote:
> I have to say that the idea of a one-world government run by a
> religious institution of any sort whatsoever, is what I can only
> call a total nightmare. I cannot believe for one second that this
> is what Bahaullah envisaged,
She was quite right. This is certainly not what Baha’u'llah envisioned!
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Posted in Church and State, History | Tagged: A Traveler's Narrative, Abdu'l-Baha, Bahai, Bahai Faith, Bahai lore, bahai theology, Church and State, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Hippolyte Dreyfus, Horace Holley, Kitab-i Iqan, Luke 20:20-26, Mark 12:13-17, Matt. 22:15-22, millenialism, one-world government, render to Caesar, Risaleh-ye Siyasiyyah, Sermon on the Art of Governance, Shoghi Effendi, Supreme Tribunal, The Promised Day is Come, theocracy, Universal House of Justice, World Order of Baha'u'llah, بهائیت, شوقی افندی, عبدالبهاء | 15 Comments »
