- BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:56:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Blessed Are the Peacemakers https://bahaiteachings.org/blessed-are-the-peacemakers/ https://bahaiteachings.org/blessed-are-the-peacemakers/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88387 Blessed Are the PeacemakersIn Matthew 5:9 we read,  “Blessed are the peacemakers; God shall call them His sons.”  This statement is so familiar to us that, like all things familiar, we tend to...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/where-is-hell-anyway/feed/ 0 Do You Believe in Free Will — or the Will of a Creator? https://bahaiteachings.org/believe-free-will-or-will-creator/ https://bahaiteachings.org/believe-free-will-or-will-creator/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=67976 In the study of our universe, physicists have managed to construct models that describe the behavior of things, from fundamental particles to galaxies. Of course, large and obvious parts are...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/believe-free-will-or-will-creator/feed/ 3 What’s Respectful this Halloween? https://bahaiteachings.org/whats-respectful-halloween/ https://bahaiteachings.org/whats-respectful-halloween/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=44850 Typically this time of year children, youth and families conjure up the most creative, elaborate and oftentimes scary costumes for Halloween. Walking around our neighborhood on all hallows eve has...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/whats-respectful-halloween/feed/ 3 We Need to Replace Money as a Measure of Success https://bahaiteachings.org/need-replace-money-measure-success/ https://bahaiteachings.org/need-replace-money-measure-success/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=48580 Humanity needs a new yardstick to measure achievement—today we quantify it with money and material gain, the worst possible way to evaluate actual success in life. Money serves as such...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/need-replace-money-measure-success/feed/ 12 How a Short Baha’i Book Changed My Spiritual Life https://bahaiteachings.org/how-short-bahai-book-changed-my-spiritual-life/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-short-bahai-book-changed-my-spiritual-life/#respond Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66574 How a Short Baha’i Book Changed My Spiritual LifeIf you haven’t already gotten to know Baha’u’llah’s short book “The Hidden Words,” then you might want to get a copy. And if you’re already familiar with it but haven’t...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-short-bahai-book-changed-my-spiritual-life/feed/ 0 If We Want War to End, We Need Women to Lead https://bahaiteachings.org/we-want-war-end-need-women-lead/ https://bahaiteachings.org/we-want-war-end-need-women-lead/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78812 On the passing of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II, the entire world reflected on her reign, generally acknowledging that she loyally served her subjects and duties for an amazing...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/we-want-war-end-need-women-lead/feed/ 3 The Myths of Hell and Eternal Damnation https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/ https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=52312 The Myths of Hell and Eternal DamnationI left the Lutheran church at the age of twelve, rejecting any God who would send souls to an eternal torture chamber named Hell. Then, curious and a little fascinated,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/myths-hell-eternal-damnation/feed/ 7 Do Baha’is Believe in Life After Death? https://bahaiteachings.org/do-bahais-believe-in-life-after-death/ https://bahaiteachings.org/do-bahais-believe-in-life-after-death/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=18948 Question: Do Baha’is have an idea of an afterlife? If so what does it consist of? The answer to this question – a very definite and emphatic yes – flows...

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