Trailblazer
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A Fireside is an event held in a Bahá'í home to teach the Bahá'í Faith.
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Who Was Baha’u’llah, and How Can We Evaluate His Claims?
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Trailblazer
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No, I believe that He was Messenger of God so I choose to accept whatever he says.
No, I do not assume, I believe that God is all-good. God is not subject to being moral as only humans can be moral. God sets the standards for morality, He is not subject to them.
Morality is the belief that some behaviour is right and acceptable and that other behaviour is wrong.
A morality is a system of principles and values concerning people's behaviour, which is generally accepted by a society or by a particular group of people.
Morality definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
I could not give a tinker's damn what society accepts, I only care about what God accepts.
Modern society accepts all kinds of immoral behavior.
Trailblazer
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I said that Hinduism is a religion of God, I did not say polytheism is true.
I do not know what happened to Hinduism.
I never said that I believe in those religions to cover my bases.
I believe in those religions because it is a Baha'i belief that they are true religions.
This has nothing to do with sincerity. It is about what is actually true. Since there is only one true God monotheism is true, according to my beliefs.
Trailblazer
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Trailblazer
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No, that is not what I did.
sexism: prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex.
sexism is - Google Search
Since you do not have a clue as to why they cannot serve on the UHJ, you cannot know it is sexism. You do not know that the reason that women cannot serve on the UHJ is because of prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, that is just YOUR personal opinion, but you are so blinded by your personal opinion that you cannot even think in a complex fashion.
Excluding women from a job on the basis of their gender is not always sexism. It might be or it might not be, but you do not know if it is in the case of the UHJ.
But you are going to believe whatever you want to believe, just like everyone else. It is always easier to toss labels around then to find out the truth.
Ella S.
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That is your claim, but, as I already pointed out, it is baseless because we have never observed something begin to exist.
"I" am an abstraction of a particular grouping of matter. Each individual constituent pre-existed me and will exist after I cease to be. In a metaphysical sense, "I" do not exist apart from the matter which composes me.
So, no, I never began to exist.
No, because if my food did that then I would have an example of something that began to exist, which is what you're advocating for. This is a point against your own argument.
I never claimed that anything came into being from nothing. In fact, I am claiming that we have never observed anything come into being at all, so we have no frame of reference for claiming what is required for something to come into being.
Ella S.
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In that sense, causality requires a temporal dimension, and so there cannot be a Creator of the universe because "the universe" includes spacetime itself.
There can't be something before T=0, because for something to exist at all it needs a position in both space and time.
What we often colloquially refer to as "the universe" outside of this framework, which is the fundamental forces and matter, was caused by the Big Bang.
Any way you look at it, there's not any room for a Creator God.
These are also Maximum Penalties. The Universal House of Justice has the mandate to set other penalties and fines. The maximum penalty does not have to be given.
I also see a time when people will accept that a Maximum penalty is fair and just.
If you have intentionality killed people by fire, then by loosing your life to fire, is not unjust. The Writings say the punishment is an atonement for the crime.
Regards Tony
God is outside creation, God does not need room, as God does not descend into creation.
Regards Tony
Trailblazer
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I already do. If there were no other reason to believe in Baha'u'llah, the Laws would be enough.
Ella S.
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You can apply as many attributes to God as you want, but that weakens your argument by adding additional assumptions. It also still leaves us without any evidence for God's existence, so it's irrelevant to the point of discussion.
samtonga43
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What could possibly be the reason for a woman disrupting duties? Would they arouse so much passion in the men that they (the men) could not think straight? Are they reluctant to provide a women's restroom? Do they fear that women will display the common sense they lack?
Yes.
What is it?
ppp
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You think that matters? Let's say that for every woman who serves on your supreme council that a random child would be abducted by squids every day. It would still be a sexist system because the system is constructed in a way that excludes women.
samtonga43
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Nor do you. Therefore, you are committing the fallacy of jumping to conclusions when you jump to conclusions without facts.
ppp
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You personally see your male privilege as a bounty to those who don't enjoy it. How magnanimous.
samtonga43
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A woman's place is in the home. Didn't you know this?You personally see your male privilege as a bounty to those who don't enjoy it. How magnanimous.
ppp
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. Or as Tony intends.
I see it explains how God is seen in Creation, exactly as God has chosen for us to see God.
It allows us to consider the evidence as provided from God.
Regards Tony
Trailblazer
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Getting pregnant and having to care for a baby. Given the importance the Baha'i Faith places on child-rearing and family as the most vital unit in society, having to do both, if it was even possible, would create a conflict.
Do you know any men who can get pregnant?
If you do not know what those duties are and why they cannot be disrupted you are shooting in the dark.
What females have been on the Supreme Court?
The United States Supreme Court is the highest level of the judiciary branch. Out of 115 justices that have served on the court, only five have been women. Three are currently serving: Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Amy Coney Barrett. Did you know?
Supreme Court - RepresentWomen
Is the Supreme Court sexist, or might there be another reason it has almost always been men serving?
No women on the Supreme Court have ever been of childbearing age. Since the UHJ is democratically elected, not appointed, how could it be ensured that a woman of childbearing age was not elected?
I am just guessing why women are not allowed to serve on the UHJ, only Baha'u'llah knew the reason since it was His stipulation.
I don't know. Catholicism is not my religion.