True Bahá'í

What do Orthodox Bahá'ís believe?

What do Orthodox Bahá'ís believe? 1) We are the "true Bahá'ís" We have not altered the true Faith of God. We believe just the same as all Bahá'ís believed before 1957 that the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh requires obedience to the... Read more →

A Faith alive with the Holy Spirit

Bahá'u'lláh said: "We behold you from Our realm of glory, and shall aid whosoever will arise for the triumph of Our Cause with the hosts of the Concourse on high and a company of Our favored angels."(1) I always wonder... Read more →

A Spiritual Branchhood: DNA is not the carrier of divine guidance

The fundamental disagreement between the sans-Guardian Baha'is and those who remain loyal to the living Guardians of the Cause, has to do with the interpretation of Aghsan. That is, the Sons of Baha'u'llah, and the question of whether the Guardians... Read more →

As ye have faith so shall your powers and blessings be (1)

One of the questions the Orthodox Baha'is have been discussing lately is the power and efficacy of prayer and supplication. In light of the pending court action by the sans-Guardian Bahais against the Orthodox Bahá'ís, it raises the spectacle of... Read more →

Response to Dr Maneck re activation of 2nd International Bahai Council

by Jeffrey Goldberg Dr. Susan Maneck, an internet mouthpiece for the sans-Guardian Baha'is now occupying Haifa/Wilmette, on talk.religion.bahai, had this to say to challenge Joel B. Marangella's claim to the Guardianship: "I'm more interested in the fact that these [court]... Read more →

WHO IS A COVENANT BREAKER?

A covenant breaker is a Baha'i who fully understands and grasps the significance of the Covenant and recognizes the Center of the Cause, the Living Guardian, but who rejects and betrays the living Guardian for compelling personal reasons. The Bahá'í... Read more →

More thoughts on the spiritual battle with the forces of darkness

In my last article, I spoke about the spiritual warfare that is going on between the forces of darkness and the Army of Light, and about how so many people misunderstand this concept, erroneously confusing spiritual battle with physical methods... Read more →

The spiritual battle with the forces of darkness

I have been writing critical pieces about the sans-Guardian Bahai organization that is presently headquartered in Haifa and Wilmette, and some of its critics have tried to make the point that the paranoia and oppression exhibited by that organization had... Read more →

Three Approaches to Understanding the term "Aghsán"

The division of Baha'is into several different sects came about because of the differing interpretations of the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha. In that holy and sacred Document, Abdu'l-Baha created the Institution of the Guardianship as the Center of the... Read more →

Understanding the Bahai Revelation

Very few people in the world today demonstrate an understanding of the Bahai Revelation, the body of teachings revealed by Baha'u'llah that are the divine remedy for the ills that plague mankind today. Orthodox Baha'is proclaim and teach their Faith,... Read more →