Tests - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/tests/ 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 Where is Hell, Anyway? https://bahaiteachings.org/where-is-hell-anyway/ https://bahaiteachings.org/where-is-hell-anyway/#respond Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=21138 Where is hellNumber four on the list of 5 Astounding Hellacious Things: Hell is a real place. You can visit. Well, at least hell used to be a real place. Okay, maybe...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/where-is-hell-anyway/feed/ 0 Overcoming Adversity by Building Resiliency https://bahaiteachings.org/overcoming-adversity-building-resiliency/ https://bahaiteachings.org/overcoming-adversity-building-resiliency/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82539 Suffering – pain, misfortune, and misery – has always been a basic, essential, and unavoidable fact of human life. People experience three kinds of suffering:  internal, intentional, and natural. The Pain...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-are-divine-confirmations/feed/ 6 Does Suffering Have a Purpose? https://bahaiteachings.org/does-suffering-have-a-purpose/ https://bahaiteachings.org/does-suffering-have-a-purpose/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=29970 This is the rainy season. If the rain does not pour down, if the wind does not blow, if the storm and tempest do not rage, the soul-refreshing springtime will...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/does-suffering-have-a-purpose/feed/ 1 Prayer and Problem-Solving https://bahaiteachings.org/prayer-problem-solving/ https://bahaiteachings.org/prayer-problem-solving/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=47738 Achieving our true spiritual station and practicing justice is a tall order, and will be extremely difficult to achieve without prayer. Prayer has the power not only to transform our...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/prayer-problem-solving/feed/ 2 Human Suffering: Avoidable or Not? https://bahaiteachings.org/human-suffering-avoidable-or-not/ https://bahaiteachings.org/human-suffering-avoidable-or-not/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79701 In this world, everyone suffers. We all experience some pain as we go through life: physical illness, emotional distress, mental health issues, loss and grief, trauma, abuse, discrimination, and social...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/human-suffering-avoidable-or-not/feed/ 2 Is God Mad at Us? https://bahaiteachings.org/god-mad-us/ https://bahaiteachings.org/god-mad-us/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=38621 Is God Mad at Us?Do natural disasters mean that God is mad at humanity? This subject is too big for a text conversation, yet a friend and I began sharing some random thoughts via...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/animal-helped-heal-ptsd/feed/ 2 How to Spiritually Deal with Workplace Bullying and Backbiting https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-spiritually-deal-with-workplace-bullying-and-backbiting/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-spiritually-deal-with-workplace-bullying-and-backbiting/#comments Tue, 27 May 2025 01:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=27765 How to Spiritually Deal with Workplace Bullying and BackbitingHave you ever had a terrible boss or colleague, one who had obviously forgotten they were no longer in middle school? Workplace bullying sadly happens on a different level than...

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