Treading the spiritual life with practical feet.
Treading the spiritual life with practical feet is about, exploring the mystical and practical application of being a Bahá’í, a personal perspective. One of the things I always loved about the Bahá’í Faith is the way it relies on the community in support of an individual’s spiritual life. Here are ordinary people who have taken […]
Read MoreThe Essential Harmony between Science and Religion.
The essential harmony of science and religion is a core principle of the Baha’i teachings. Although this principle makes for a profoundly interesting topic in philosophy, it is far more than that. Current events should make clear the crucial importance of articulating the extent and warrant for belief in scientific knowledge, and trust in each […]
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The Essential Harmony of Religion and Science
The essential harmony of science and religion is a core principle of the Baha’i teachings. Although this principle makes for a profoundly interesting topic in philosophy, it is far more than that. Current events should make clear the crucial importance of articulating the extent and warrant for belief in scientific knowledge, and trust in each […]
Read MoreThe Great Spirit Speaks: Voices of the Wise Ones!
Baha’i scriptures offer a treasure trove of wisdom. The sheer wealth of these texts staggers the imagination; For Baha’u’llah, nearly 20,000 unique works have been identified, comprising over six million words. For the Bab, over 2,000 unique works have been identified, comprising almost five million words. For Abdu’l-Baha, over 30,000 unique works have been identified, […]
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“The Great Spirit Speaks: Voices of the Wise Ones”
Baha’i scriptures offer a treasure trove of wisdom. The sheer wealth of these texts staggers the imagination; For Baha’u’llah, nearly 20,000 unique works have been identified, comprising over six million words. For the Bab, over 2,000 unique works have been identified, comprising almost five million words. For Abdu’l-Baha, over 30,000 unique works have been identified, […]
Read MoreLife on Other Planets
In the vast and endless universe where countless galaxies and an infinitude of solar systems, each with planets that might be capable of producing life, there must surely be other human civilizations in various stages of physical and social evolution. In the light of such a context, is it logical for us to imagine that […]
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Life on Other Planets
In the vast and endless universe where countless galaxies and an infinitude of solar systems, each with planets that might be capable of producing life, there must surely be other human civilizations in various stages of physical and social evolution. In the light of such a context, is it logical for us to imagine that […]
Read MoreHow the Book of Genesis showcases progressive revelation
The enlightenment brought progress to Western Civilization. Humanism, Historicism and Realism in Western, European traditions, gave way to Modernism and then Postmodernism. Along the way, the primacy of one of Western Civilization’s foundational documents, the Bible, was eroded and supplanted, to the point that it is not only ridiculed as irrelevant, and a source of […]
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How the Book of Genesis showcases progressive revelation
The enlightenment brought progress to Western Civilization. Humanism, Historicism and Realism in Western, European traditions, gave way to Modernism and then Postmodernism. Along the way, the primacy of one of Western Civilization’s foundational documents, the Bible, was eroded and supplanted, to the point that it is not only ridiculed as irrelevant, and a source of […]
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Humanitas: Images of Perfection
In the figure of `Abdu’l-Bahá we can look to the world outside and follow a living, historical, ‘perfect Exemplar’, this “…most perfect bounty… sent…down in the form of a human temple.” Images of perfection distilled in one man. We can observe and marvel at this ‘Orb of the beauty of the great’. `Abdu’l-Bahá embodied, in […]
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