Dear Susan, Might we say that for 'Abdu'l-Bahá, random processes and natural selection could never produce a new species essence (*naw' *or* naw`íyah*)?...
Zoroastrianism - an ancient religion of Persian origin - was the world's first global religion. It promoted the idea of one god of all living things and of...
Hi, Just wondering if this seems good Susan - there was a surprise or two circa 1950 for me. And from what I've read there isn't a survey summary of the broad...
Dear friends, Hav e you read President Obama’s acceptance speech at Oslo? I recommend reading Brook’s editorial in today’s NYT, then clicking on Oslo: ...
With the season coming the Planetariums are gearing up this show and there are updates on info worth taking note of. But I've always wondered about an...
Dear Bahá'í Friends, Nightingale Press is back with the new Bahá'í Diary for the year 2010-11. Nightingale Press has been producing Bahá'í Diaries for...
There is an arabic chant that the Persian Baha'is do frequently. It is by the Bab and was used at Shaykh Tabarsi. It has the word Quddus (purest) near the...
Lot's of quote of the day and there's a news service, but how about 100 years ago today for the Faith? It would have to dip into Star of the West but would...
Today and lunch all the staff members here at Green Acre had a very heated discussion about the role of comedy and making fun of serious or offensive subjects....
I was just thinking today about some crimes making the news - a mother prostitutes her child-daughter who was recently found killed along a country road. It's...
There is something quirky going on, Iain. When I search your profile in Facebook and click on it, it opens on the Info page, which appears blank to me. The...
Friends, I've had a couple of e-mails from Baha'is who tried to access my pilgrimage photos via Facebook but were having difficulties. They asked to be listed...
Friends, I have put several albums of photos from pilgrimage last month on Facebook. If you are on Facebook you can see these, you don't need to be a "friend"...
IÂ think no matter what we get in Health Care in the U.S. it will be less costly than now because of competition.Also, it will be a starting point to be...
Dear Susan, I have been informed that "Reform Bahai" is a group of covenant breakers attempting to recruit Bahá'ís and others to their group. Coincidentally,...
Friends, Thomas Egan, writing in today's NYT ("The Betrayal"), argues that Americans feel the social contract has been broken. In Brazil, the most unequal ...
The Bahai Revelation (Free downloadable Audiobook) by Thornton Chase "LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA. LibriVox provides free audiobooks from...
Dear friends, I have heard by the Bahá'í grapevine that the Master predicted the dollar would lose force and gold would make a comeback. (Can anybody confirm...
... The problem is what to do about it. The USA tried outlawing it, but it just made organized crime rich and powerful and did not noticeably reduce...
Dear friends, Here's the latest on the campaign originally launched by Dr. Forel for adoption of research-based policies against alcohol. Professor David Nutt,...
Friends, I would like to share these words from a young Portuguese friend. Robert Book 8 – The Covenant (Sam Hadji) Many of you have been asking me about...
Recently (in Oct., 2009) scientists have uncovered 4.4-million-year-old human remains in Ethiopia. Likewise, in the 1970s, scientists also have found...
This was read at our latest 'Reflections' meeting: The Purpose of Core Activities In the course of the consultations, Dr. Mohajer posed a thought-provoking...