The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionExplore the history, teachings, structure and community life of the world-wide Baha'i community-what may well be the most diverse organized body of people on earth-through this revised and updated comprehensive introduction (2002). Named by the Encyclopedia Britannica as a book that has made "significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding" of religious thought, The Baha'i Faith covers the most recent developments in a faith that, in just over 150 years, has grown to become the second most wide-spread of the independent world religions. |
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Page 109
It is by harmonizing our spiritual and physical natures that we achieve
completeness . If we do not make the effort to adapt our physical resources to our
spiritual nature , we can be taken over and dominated by physical passions . We
can ...
It is by harmonizing our spiritual and physical natures that we achieve
completeness . If we do not make the effort to adapt our physical resources to our
spiritual nature , we can be taken over and dominated by physical passions . We
can ...
Page 112
Certain qualities and natures innate in some men and apparently blameworthy
are not so in reality . ... Then , it may be said , good and evil are innate in the
reality of man , and this is contrary to the pure goodness of nature and creation .
Certain qualities and natures innate in some men and apparently blameworthy
are not so in reality . ... Then , it may be said , good and evil are innate in the
reality of man , and this is contrary to the pure goodness of nature and creation .
Page 113
If a tiger kills and eats another animal , this is not evil , because it is an
expression of the tiger's natural instinct for ... or unhealthy way , then we may
distort our true nature and generate within ourselves new appetites incapable of
genuine ...
If a tiger kills and eats another animal , this is not evil , because it is an
expression of the tiger's natural instinct for ... or unhealthy way , then we may
distort our true nature and generate within ourselves new appetites incapable of
genuine ...
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| Title | The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion |
| Authors | William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin |
| Publisher | Baha'i Publishing, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1931847061, 9781931847063 |
| Length | 253 pages |
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