Looks Aren’t Everything
Bahá'u'lláh in Edirne, Turkey As a young Bahá’í on pilgrimage, I remember not being delighted by the photograph of Bahá’u'lláh that only pilgrims and janitors are permitted to see. Having grown up with...
View ArticleThe Dread Jensens
Back around the close of the 1970s, my friend next door showed me a newspaper article that seemed to be about my father. It was about a Bahá’í chiropractor—a Dr. Jensen—who was making prophecies about...
View ArticleYour Tax Dollars at Work
The latest target of BIGS Legal I recently decided that I didn’t really want to say any more about the Rocky Mountain Bahá’ís, that is, the O’Bahá’ís (Orthodox Bahá’ís) of New Mexico and the BUPCees...
View ArticleUnitarian Baha’is?
Who are these “Unitarian Bahá’í” we’ve been hearing about? If a theological unitarianism is meant, why use the term “Unitarian Bahá’í” at all? Have you ever met an avowed trinitarian Bahá’í? The...
View ArticleThe Lost Prophet of the Millennium
Remember the old Y2K scare? We generally look back at that anxious time as an anticlimax, understanding that nothing much happened at the turn of the millennium. I remember how the Bahá’ís expected...
View ArticleAnnual Update
It’s been over thirteen months since I last posted to this blog. There’s a good reason for my absence: I haven’t had much to say about Bahá’í matters. Perhaps this is because not much is going on—I’m...
View ArticleMessiah as Man
“the more fallible the mammal, the truer the example.” —Christopher Hitchens I wasn’t brought up Christian, but I was brought up to believe in a holy trinity of sorts. I was taught that a certain few...
View ArticleA Protestant Revival in 19th Century Iran
We are all familiar with the “Jesus is coming” meme, and many of us are aware that Jesus isn’t the only savior on the way. Some religions are given to hopes of saviors in the future. It’s no surprise...
View ArticleMy Life as a Fanatic
When I was a young man, I turned toward the Qiblah and prayed to Allah. I fasted for a month every year, and I refused all alcoholic beverages. I exchanged Arabic greetings with my fellow believers. Of...
View ArticleBahá’í Calendar Redux
The Bahá’í Calendar, arguably the least lunar calendar there is, has recently been given a lunar calculation of its own. Because the founders of the Bábí and Bahá’í religions were reported to have been...
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