tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post42869438907298034..comments2020-03-16T20:12:23.165-04:00Comments on Baha'i the Way: Wait a Momen: Part 2 with PrefacePriscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post-47359192095095075042013-05-31T20:40:33.780-04:002013-05-31T20:40:33.780-04:00This link: http://bahai-library.com/price_culture_...This link: http://bahai-library.com/price_culture_learning_paradigm ....will take you to a book on the Baha'i culture of Learning. It is a book which began as a response to Momen's essay on the Baha'i paradigm.-Ron Price, AustraliaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13459686900548904521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post-74822431153975358412013-05-31T09:10:53.173-04:002013-05-31T09:10:53.173-04:00Anonymous RonPrice said...
It has been severa...Anonymous RonPrice said...<br /><br /> It has been several years since I dropped-in to your site, Priscilla. I have, as you suggested, posted my essay elsewhere and will post a link here, as you also suggested.<br /><br /> I thank you for your referring to me a gentle person. I like to think I am, and I like to think my essay(now a book)reflects that gentleness.<br /><br /> I hope you Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13459686900548904521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post-82606310987493207592012-01-17T17:48:27.144-05:002012-01-17T17:48:27.144-05:00"I'd like to see the idea of entry by tro..."I'd like to see the idea of entry by troops tossed in the dustbin". Pricilla, this really struck my heart with Truth. I see this as a place where my faith started to wane... back in 2000 when we were supposed to see the explosion of "entry by troops" and like the Y2K catastrophe that never happened, neither did the EBT event. This brought on the whole Ruhi movement whichMrs.Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849673836587051245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post-31040267563446473432008-01-19T12:34:00.000-05:002008-01-19T12:34:00.000-05:00The following links to responses to Momen's aposta...The following links to responses to Momen's apostasy article appeared on my sidebar for a couple months and I'm moving them here. Many more responses have been made since. Alas, I'm not up to the work of listing and linking to all. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/baahith/Momenslist.html" REL="nofollow">Baha’i Angst is back.<BR/></A>“Dr. Moojan Momen (he really is a medical doctor) Priscillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post-56774823005266194352007-12-17T00:52:00.000-05:002007-12-17T00:52:00.000-05:00Dear Priscilla, Nur 'Aleykum (the Light be upon yo...Dear Priscilla, Nur 'Aleykum (the Light be upon you),<BR/><BR/>First, if that is your picture, you are quite an attractive Person. That out of the way...Yes, I take my public apostate designation with much, much pride. It also runs in our family: on my mother's father's grandfather's mother's side, the Great Apostate Tahirih Qurrat'ul-'Ayn and on my father's father's grandfather's side the N. Wahid Azalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303632116768632915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post-78844130623584263272007-12-16T10:18:00.000-05:002007-12-16T10:18:00.000-05:00nice analogy about passivity. Actually in our fami...nice analogy about passivity. <BR/><BR/>Actually in our family we have decided that we want the 'sense' of community in our worship and so we do it ourselves and invite friends who tend to see this as an arty-spiritual and often fun experience. <BR/><BR/>So my take on what's missing in Bahai activities, is 'community', which in your posting is about touch + focus on the individual. <BR/><BR/>We sonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567328924497865674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post-50947804713486581522007-12-10T19:34:00.000-05:002007-12-10T19:34:00.000-05:00Excellent. Penetrating points about passivity and ...Excellent. Penetrating points about passivity and top-down control. Never let it be said that the Baha'i Faith has no clergy. How ironic that they keep the constrictive, authoritarian aspects of clergy and abandon the supportive role of clergy. Baha'is are so coldly, pitifully maneuvered by their, er, "administration". The very word ought to send us running for the hills. So often it seems that kaweahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13110699161070618600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post-34091305942515107592007-12-01T15:49:00.000-05:002007-12-01T15:49:00.000-05:00I second Steve's comments. It seems the Baha'i adm...I second Steve's comments. It seems the Baha'i administration has been taken over by HR consultants - it comes out in the language.<BR/><BR/>It's ironic that at the same time that real individuality and initiative is heavily censured in reality - that Baha'is are being lambasted for not being individuals of initiative. <BR/><BR/>One of the reasons I did turn to Islam (not the primary reason, butAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995190282265650.post-15689865776734728752007-12-01T02:42:00.000-05:002007-12-01T02:42:00.000-05:00What a very intelligent article. As much as I have...What a very intelligent article. As much as I have "issues" with the Baha'i Faith myself, I really wanted to see it succeed. But, it's as if this sense of tribalism has infected its followers, and its institutions. It's this sense that the Baha'i Faith can do no wrong. It's all everyone else's fault. We did everything we had to. The people were just not receptive. We gave them the message. They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com