Brent,
This servant offers one perspective on the ramifications of this verse:
If we take Baha'u'llah literally when He says to be detached from all
things, we put things into a different perspective.
Likewise, when we disregard all things current amongst men, we perceive
that all that is
She, unconsciously, holds to the just world theory. In 1991 when I had a
heart attack and in 2001 when I had a stroke, she subtly sent the message to
me that if I only followed Jesus, these bad things would not be happening
to me. She is convinced that I am having these bad things happen to me
Is this statistic about Bahai divorce rates accurate? Were there any
follow-up studies done or alternative explanations for the statistic?
Pecae
Gilberto
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from http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/3016/divorce.htm
This Article written and posted by Juan Cole in the
talk.religion.bahai
Is this statistic about Bahai divorce rates accurate? Were there any
follow-up studies done or alternative explanations for the statistic?
Dear Gilberto,
There was a study done during this period which indicated that the American
Baha'i divorce rate was no better than that of the society around
At 12:01 -0400 6/28/05, Gilberto Simpson wrote, quoting Juan Cole:
An internal Baha'i household survey done in 1987 found that the
divorce rate in the U.S. Baha'i community was higher than that in
American society as a whole. The report was never released to the
public.
I think it may have
Baha'i divorces in the mid 80's
became an epidemic. As a result, the compilation from the Writings
on Discouraging Divorce was sent to all local Assemblies.
Dear Don,
That much is true. The Universal House of Justice itself demanded that there
be more deepening on this subject.
While I'm sure
Far far more of what we see in the Baha'i Faith with reference to social
conduct mirrors
our surrounding society. While the Baha'i Faith in general has adopted
the need to
create a new world order, a new conduct that has the appearance of
something more
unique in our Baha'i communities still
At 17:32 -0500 6/28/05, Susan Maneck wrote:
in my opinion, the reason for the spike in divorces in
the 80's was primarily a result of the influence of secular feminism.
Ooh. Now you are really asking for a fight! So if Baha'i women hadn't
insisted on taking the notion of equality of women and
At 16:56 -0600 6/28/05, Brian Williams wrote:
Far far more of what we see in the Baha'i Faith with reference to
social conduct mirrors
our surrounding society. While the Baha'i Faith in general has
adopted the need to
create a new world order, a new conduct that has the appearance of
