Contradictions in the Bahai Faith!

Abbas Effendi – The Joker Without a Cause (A must read!)

Husayn Ali wrote: It hath been ordained that obligatory prayer is to be performed by each of you individually. Save in the Prayer for the Dead, the practice of congregational prayer hath been annulled. He, of a truth, is the Ordainer, the All-Wise. (Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 23)

Abbas Effendi himself gives one meaning to the word “congregational”, though it may be contradictory to the above statement itself:19.

Save in the Prayer for the Dead, the practice of congregational prayer hath been annulled. # 12

Congregational prayer, in the sense of formal obligatory prayer which is to be recited in accordance with a prescribed ritual as, for example, is the custom in Islam where Friday prayer in the mosque is led by an imam, has been annulled in the Bahá’í Dispensation.(Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 172) So it is forbidden to attend an Islamic congregrational prayer, especially to attend the Friday noonday prayer at the mosque. But Shoghi Effendi tells us that Abbas Effendi did attend the Friday noonday prayer at the mosque:

Till the very last day of His earthly life ‘Abdu’l-Bahá continued to shower that same love upon high and low alike, to extend that same assistance to the poor and the down-trodden, and to carry out those same duties in the service of His Father’s Faith, as had been His wont from the days of His boyhood. On the Friday before His passing, despite great fatigue, He attended the noonday prayer at the mosque, and distributed afterwards alms, as was His custom, among the poor; dictated some Tablets… (Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 310)

So, here again another contradiction. Abbas Effendi, having understood Husayn Ali’swords, even going to lengths to elaborate on it, and then he goes to the mosque “to attend the noonday prayer” on Friday. But maybe Baha’is will have another ‘allegorical’ explanation for it soon. ;-)Furthermore, he is the “perfect examplar”. So Baha’is should emulate his rebellious ways. Father says no, son does it anyway! Even after understanding and explaining it to others!

Marriage of a Bahai with non-Bahais:
Bab has stated in his book Bayan, Vahid 8, chapter 15, “If both the parties (man and woman) are not the followers of the Bayan, then marriage between them is not permissible. And if one of them happens to be a Babi, and the second a non-Babi, then it is unlawful for the Babi person to marry the non-Babi or to establish any relationship of husband and wife between them”.

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Hypocrisy of the Bahai Faith – Established Again!

Mirza Husayn Ali Baha’u’llah spoke/wrote these words. Can anyone deny this?

“Whatsoever hath led the children of men to shun one another, and hath caused dissensions and divisions amongst them, hath, through the revelation of these words, been nullified and abolished.”
(Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 95)

Mirza Husayn Ai-Baha’u’llah actually counselled his followers to shun his own half brother Azal as well as Azal’s family, children included. Can anyone deny this?

It is Mirza Husayn Ali’s own words and actions which make him a hypocrite, ONe cannot make him anything that his own words and actions do not prove all on their own.

So the words and actions of Abbas Effendi-Abdu’l-Baha’ themselves indict him:

“Let them see no one as their enemy, or as wishing them ill, but think of all humankind as their friends; regarding the alien as an intimate, the stranger as a companion, staying free of prejudice, drawing no lines.”
(Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 1)

Abbas Effendi actually counselled his followers to shun his own half brother Muhammad, to see him as well as his family, children included, as enemies. Can anyone deny this?

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19 Questions for the Bahais

The Bahai Faith teaches that we should search for the truth and do an independent investigation. How about doing a quick investigation of the Bahai Faith? Let us ask a few questions to the Bahais and hope they realize the truth.

1. On p 293 of Ishraqaat Bahaullah declared that Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) is the LAST Prophet and Messenger, then who was Bahaullah?
2. Since when did Bab become the Prophet herald of Bahaullah, when during his lifetime he claimed to be the door to Imam Mahdi (pbuh)?
3. If Bab was the forerunner for Bahaullah, then why did he appoint Bahaullah’s brother as his successor and not Bahaullah?
4. Why did Bab’s successor and most of the special companions of Bab (Huruf-e-Hayy) not accept Bahaullah’s claims?
5. Bahais preach so much about Unity then why are there so many sects in the Bahai Faith?
6. Why are the Orthodox Bahais called Covenant Breakers when they are closer to Bahaullah’s teachings than the mainstream Bahais?
7. The constituents of Universal House of Justice are all fallible, then how does the House of Justice become infallible? 1 monkey + 1 monkey = 1 elephant?
8. Do the Bahais need a clergy with such a dictatorial House of Justice and other Assemblies?
9. Why is no woman allowed to become a member of the Universal House of Justice?
10. If the Bahai Faith is a universal religion, why are the Bahais not allowed to preach in Israel?
11. If the Bahai Faith preaches peace, then why is the early Bahai writings and history full of bloodshed?
12. What is that one universal language that Bahais want to establish?
13. When religion and science are to be in harmony, why are so many ideas in the Bahai faith contrary to science?
14. If independently investing the truth is an important principle, why are the Bahais not allowed to question the Bahai beliefs?
15. Are the Bahai activities worldover being restricted because they are spreading falsehood in the society?
16. Why are the number of Bahais stated by the Bahais always a multiple of the actual and those reported by independent agencies?
17. If Bahai Faith is a religion, why does it function like an organization?
18. With so many distortions made in Bahai books, can we trust the Bahais?
19. If The Bahai faith is a true religion, then why are the Bahais hiding the truth?

Source: www.thebahaitruth.com

Prof. Juan Cole on Baha’i Faith

Professor Juan Cole, February 23, 1999:

“There is nothing to be puzzled by. Right wing Baha’is only like to  hear the sound of their own voices (which are the only voices they  will admit to being “Baha’i” at all). Obviously, the world is so  constructed that they cannot in fact only hear their own voices. They  are forced to hear other voices that differ from theirs. This most  disturbs them when the voices come from enrolled Baha’is or when the  voices speak of the Baha’i faith.

The way they sometimes deal with the  enrolled Baha’is is to summon them to a heresy inquiry and threaten  them with being shunned if they do not fall silent. With non-Baha’is  or with ex-Baha’is, they deal with their speech about the faith by  backbiting, slandering and libelling the speaker. You will note that  since I’ve been on this list I have been accused of long-term heresy,  of “claiming authority,” of out and out lying (though that was  retracted, twice), of misrepresentation, of ‘playing fast and loose  with the facts,’ and even of being ‘delusional.’ I have been accused  of all these falsehoods by *Baha’is*, by prominent Baha’is. I have been backbitten by them. This shows that all the talk about the danger  a sharp tongue can do, all the talk about the need for harmony, for  returning poison with honey, for a sin-covering eye, is just *talk*  among right wing Baha’is. No one fights dirtier than they when they  discover a voice they cannot silence and cannot refute….”

http://www.fglaysher.com/bahaicensorship/Cole71.htm