Breaking the Baha’i Code
Written by ry on April 5th, 2005A friend just dropped me a link to a Southern Baptist manual titled:
“BREAKING THE BAHA’I CODE: UNDERSTANDING AND EVANGELIZING MEMBERS OF THE BAHAI FAITH”
It is quite an impressive document, and Cky J. Carrigan, Ph.D, certainly did a thorough job in it’s preparation. His summary of the history and basic teachings of the Faith are among the most accurate I’ve seen (though not perfect) and he even offers a pronunciation guide for common Baha’i terms at the end of the article. And interestingly enough, his overall impression of the Baha’is seems to be quite positive:
While no generalization is entirely accurate, as a rule, Baha’is in the United States are often professional people who have thought carefully about their religion and tend to be heavily involved in social and political causes like civil rights, world peace and poverty issues. Baha’is are often people who are inclined to use their minds, support causes and articulating their beliefs. Because the Baha’i Faith is a relatively new religion, Baha’is usually join this religion deliberately. It is rarely the case that Baha’is in the United States join the Baha’i Faith only on the basis of their association with the Baha’i culture in the absence of an attraction to the teachings of Baha’u'llah. Most Baha’is become Baha’is because they are attracted to the teachings of the Baha’i Faith and reject the exclusive claims of Christianity, or Islam, or some other major world religion.
Certainly worth a read.
For those of us who came into the Baha'i Faith through the ever popular 
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A good hint for my next post.
I hope you don’t mind…
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