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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Our Daily Bread: Six Steps To World Order
September 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pm » Comments (0)
"... to be followed by its establishment and recognition as a State religion, which in turn must give way to its assumption of the rights and prerogatives associated with the ...more »Our Daily Bread: Not Purely Pure
September 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)
Bahá'u'lláh's letter to Mánikchí Ṣáḥib is noteworthy for being one of his few "pure Persian" compositions, but it is not purely pure. In fact, the closing passage, a prayer for ...more »Gimme that Old Time Religion
September 24th, 2008 at 10:26 pm » Comments (0)
Yeah, that's right, I consider myself a Mazdean, among other things. I'm sure that there are a lot of Mazdeans who would not consider me a Mazdean, but that doesn't ...more »Religious Tolerance in Ancient Persia
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm » Comments (0)
The Vendidad is the Zoroastrian book of laws that was supposed to have been authored, if not written down, roughly around the time of Christ. The content, though, seems quite ...more »Love, Sympathy, and Value
September 19th, 2008 at 3:24 pm » Comments (0)
The September 13 episode of the Philosopher's Zone podcast really struck a chord with me. I spent most of the episode mumbling non-verbal cues of non-committal acquiescence, but by the ...more »Our Daily Bread: Mazda in the Shadows
September 19th, 2008 at 1:20 am » Comments (0)
The Bahá'í religion, though Islamic in its fundamentals, retains a remarkable wealth of Zoroastrian residue from its Iranian heritage. The Most Great Peace In spite of all the prophecies of doom that ...more »Our Daily Bread: Relativistic Revelation
September 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm » Comments (0)
Today's relatively inspiring slice is from the pages of "The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh", by the fifth leader of the Bábahá'í revelation, Shoghi Effendi: ... the fundamental principle which constitutes the bedrock ...more »Our Daily Bread: Idols ‘r’ Us
September 17th, 2008 at 2:32 pm » Comments (0)
Today's slice of enlightenment is our first contribution from the pen of `Abdu'l-Bahá', the son of the second, greater Bahá'í Manifestation: If you seek immunity from the sway of the forces ...more »Our Daily Bread: Partners of God
September 16th, 2008 at 11:34 pm » Comments (1)
Anyone who claims to be on God's side is a polytheist. To be a true monotheist, one must be either a strict determinist or an agnostic (with regard to the ...more »Midnight in Paradise
September 15th, 2008 at 6:23 pm » Comments (0)
The Greyhound bus turned into the old Los Angeles depot near 7th & Main, and bottles rolled and rattled across the back once more, signaling arrival, and Mehrzad stretched to ...more »