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other 14 centuries fighting satana ahriman

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Among some of the other Baha’i scripture, one can see some here.

I became a Baha’i at 17 years of age, I am 70 years old, still with the same enthusiasm, the same love for that Faith that started in Iran. (I hope a little more wise). They can not imagine how in spite of the horrible persecutions the Bahá’í Faith has gone around the world. Only by the will of God and not by why they say, that it is a political or a zionist organization. It is a pitty that they are so blind.

But they ran into trouble when they tried to reconcile the rigors of politics with the inflexibility of their religious beliefs. The compromise that is inherent in politics is hard to reconcile with the uncompromising nature of dogmatic belief. So, for example, as a politician, you may want to cut the Baha’i some slack, but as a religious leader, how can you do that and still stay true to the tenets of your relious beliefs? It’s like trying to mix oil and water.

Politics requires the give and take that are inherent aspects of real life. It’s a nasty business. Just look at the U.S. Presidential campaign. Religion is about your relationship with God, and if you consider that relationship absolute, and unforgiving, then you have no choice but to stick to your guns.

And it’s not just Islam that has this problem. The Inquisition took some 600 years to play itself out. Why? Because the Church tried to have it both ways; to be politically in charge, while at the same time to be the unholder of the faith. What a fiasco to see priests trying to come up with ever more clever ways to torture people. They would torture you until you confessed your crime. Once you confessed, you were killed. If you didn’t confess, guess what, you were killed. A hell of a choice if you ask me.

Islam must find a way to separate Church from State, while respecting the dignity of both, and while using both, as Mohammad Memarian argues, to help to transition toward peace, prosperity, and freedom, toward a democratic rule of law.

I am sure the Ayatollah Montazeri did not want Iran’s government to become what it has today.

as said in an earlier post, I can hardly believe in the sincerity of such gestures. In Khomeini – Montazeri conflict, what would have been likely to happen if Montazeri had won and put Khomeini under home-arrest? in that case, I think, Ayatollah Khomeini could turn into a reformist figure. I do strongly believe that some of the reformist figures of today Iran (whose hands were cut off power) only exploit some beautiful, democratic slogans to pressure the regime and current officials. and its hard to see Ayatollah Montazeri an exception.

Therefore to solve the problem of Bahai Discrimination, we have to invest in People. According to Nissim,

instead of trying to convince the religious leaders to think otherwise, and to behave more rationally, it may make more sense to convince the people directly.

Religious figures, however, can still play a role. But lets find some more reliable ones.