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"Read the Baha'i books with a open heart" Well Winnie that is exactly
what I did. I read every Baha'i book I could get my hands on, most of
them several times. I read Taherzadeh I read Balyuzi, I studied and I
prayed. What became clearer and clearer to me was that the many
obvious contradictions that I was seeing in Baha'i teachings were not
as a result of me misinterpreting all that I'd read, all that I'd
studied. What became clear to me was that these many contradictions
were an integral part of what the Baha'i Faith was from day one, what
the Baha'i Faith had evolved into, and the true reason why, till this
day, the Baha'i Faith continues to dysfunction. Sadly, it is these
contradictions which are at the heart of Baha'i, not the oneness of
humanity, not the full equality of women with men, not the full
equality of all humanity regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality,
religion, gender, religious interpretations and yes sexual
orientation. What is at the heart of the Baha'i Faith is a Covenant
which not only allows this contradictory dysfunction to continue it
forces this contradictory dysfunction to continue. Thankfully I was
able to deprogram from this dysfunctional cult think, this mind set
which I had been indoctrinated into as a young child, a mind set that
not only allows such contradictory religious teachings to be
perpetuated it forces the perpetuation of these contradictory
teachings. Where it is seen to be fine to say: "I am a Baha'i I
believe in the oneness of humanity", when exceptions are made to this
reality because the founders of the Baha'i Faith made exceptions to
the oneness of humanity themselves and after all they were infallible.
Such cognitive dissonance has no place in a healthy mind, in a healthy
soul, thankfully I was able through the independent search for the
truth to see that I was fine and that it was the Baha'i Faiths
contradictory nature that was truly flawed. Thankfully I have left
this contradictory religion and it's contradictory teachings behind.
It is as though a pall was lifted from my heart, from my mind.
Cheers
Larry Rowe