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View submission: Quick Questions on the Baha'i Faith
Quick answers, though I'm sure I'm going to be corrected.
1. No, since they are all different aspects of God, they are all looked at as equally important. Much the same way your 1st grade teacher is no more or less important than your 7 th grade teachers.
2. There are currently 8 Mashriqu’l-Adhkár[1] but we as a whole seem to feel that more at this time would be an inappropriate allocation of desperately needed funds.
1: https://bahaikipedia.org/Mashriqu%E2%80%99l-Adhk%C3%A1r
3. I dunno.... better, but I don't think everyone will become Baha'i, just a large plurality, possibly a majority of people.
4. The simplest way to resolve it is that prior messengers were teaching as best they could. Humanity as a whole didn't have the ability to investigate truth for themselves until recently. This is a primary reason for the emphasis on education.
5. I am not qualified to answer this, as I have no opinion on it.
As u/TheLurkerSpeaks said. These aren't quick, and there is a lot more that probably would need clarification, as a Baha'i raised by Baha'i's, I'm not sure where to start.
Comment by rememberjanuary at 25/06/2017 at 23:01 UTC
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There are currently 8 Mashriqu’l-Adhkár but we as a whole seem to feel that more at this time would be an inappropriate allocation of desperately needed funds.
I actually had a really heated debate with some Baha'is on this. Our group was split.
Essentially there are two types of houses. A dedicated, modest house in a city no where near Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, and of course the aforementioned.
In any case they are supposed to serve as the nucleus of the community with schools, hospitals, et cetera.
I know the UHJ right now is really big onto the grass roots stuff and as an anarcho-sympathist I definitely see the merit. The only problem is the Faith right now is wasting resources on trying to proselytize (albeit hidden behind a thin veil) instead of doing as Abdul Baha said and to move onward with our actions and not just our mouths. This despite the fact that Baha'u'llah forbid proselytizing. It feels like a smack to his face.
So I think that the grass roots is good, but it is a clash of systems. The top down organization from the UHJ is not really made for grass roots.
Comment by chicagoshufflin at 26/06/2017 at 00:08 UTC
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I love your teacher analogy answering the first question, that's a really great way to frame that thought. Thanks for the answers.