200 people killed in Jos, Nigeria over religious differences. Muslims versus Christians.
Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul. If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it would be better to be without it, and to withdraw from such a religion would be a truly religious act. For it is clear that the purpose of a remedy is to cure, but if the remedy only aggravates the complaint, it had better be left alone.
~'Abdu'l-Baha
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Thank you for the brilliant quotation.
I am curious, being a non religious person who is a sexual minority: Do you diverge from the official doctrine against homosexuality? (see
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_bah.htm
I had high hopes for Bahai being a truly tolerant religion till I researched their policy on gays and lesbians.
Baha'is define themselves as spiritual beings, therefore do not define themselves in terms of physical descriptions such as sexual preferences.
That's the short answer.
http://bahairants.com/yes-virginia-gay-bahais-do-exist-250.html
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