Dan Jensen

Dan Jensen

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14 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Teaching vs. Proselyti... · 1 reply · +1 points

Oh that's called legislation, Pey. ;-)

14 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Teaching vs. Proselyti... · 0 replies · +1 points

Great quote, Pey. I'd just like to add that this line of thinking is intrinsically Unitarian, inasmuch as it emphasizes a spiritual (heartfelt) message over doctrines and personalities. Unitarians don't want Jesus or even verbal idols getting in the way of what Jesus was trying to teach. This is really fundamentally averse to the whole notion of creeds and confessions of faith—or in the Baha'i case, signatures.

14 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Teaching vs. Proselyti... · 1 reply · +1 points

It seems pretty obvious to me that knocking on doors and trolling neighborhoods are forms of "undue pressure"—and utterly undignified as well, yet this does not seem to be considered "proselytizing" by the Baha'i international community. Baha'i authorities do not seem to mind at all having their ground troops lumped together with Mormon missionaries and Jehovah's Witnesses.

15 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Rainn Wilson's Soulpan... · 0 replies · +1 points

"Ruhi, and the Baha'i Faith is whatever you make of it. "

Rebekah, did mean to make the Baha'i Faith sound like an extension of Ruhi?

But you're right. One is certainly free to define "the Baha'i Faith" however one wishes to define it; but of course in doing so one risks being tossed out of the BIGS group and one also risks being sued for trademark infringement by the US-NSA.

But keep it to yourself and you'll be fine.

15 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Rainn Wilson's Soulpan... · 0 replies · +1 points

Farhan, you may indeed know Rainn Wilson's inner motivations better than I do, but I am inclined to doubt that he is not still in the 1970s. He sounds like a walking time capsule to me.

Oh, I nearly missed that. Farhan is trying harder to express his passion to others than Dan is. That's quite a startling insight. :-)

15 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Rainn Wilson's Soulpan... · 1 reply · +1 points

That link didn't work for me, Frank.

I bet you didn't know the inner significance of this verse:

"Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me. "

Clearly this indicates that in one respect, Bob is God.
"God Dylan," as my son once said.

15 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Rainn Wilson's Soulpan... · 0 replies · +1 points

Well said, Frank. I'd just like to add that I (for one) am not even sure that I'm criticizing Rainn Wilson. I cannot say that I trust him or understand him, but I think his enthusiasm for the arts as a spiritual expression is something that ought not be ridiculed; it ought to be admired and pursued.

15 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Rainn Wilson's Soulpan... · 0 replies · +1 points

Oh, I nearly missed that. Farhan is trying harder to express his passion to others than Dan is. That's quite a startling insight. :-)

15 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Rainn Wilson's Soulpan... · 0 replies · +1 points

That would be tre cool, Norma. I would love to see Oprah declare. I consider it highly unlikely, but don't think that's because I wouldn't like to see Oprah encounter the Baha'i establishment as a committed believer.

15 years ago @ Baha’i Rants - Rainn Wilson's Soulpan... · 3 replies · +1 points

Frank, I wonder why Rainn is so evangelical, presuming that he knows what he's saying is quite heterodox. Does he think he can draw in a wave of young liberal converts that might influence the course of the Baha'i Faith from within, or is he just bottom-fishing for suckers? He clearly wants people to hear about *his* religion. What is he up to?