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• 00:02, 21 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Category:HTML templates (Created page with "Category:Templates")
• 23:03, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Oneness of God/study questions/polytheism (Created page with "== Study Questions: Polytheism and the True Meaning of Divine Unity == === I. Polytheism, Idol Worship, and the Nature of Shirk === {{Details|According to the Bahá'í Writings, how is polytheism (associating partners with God) broadly defined beyond merely worshiping multiple physical idols?|'''Potential answer''': Polytheism or ''shirk'' includes not only the literal worship of tangible idols or false deities, but also inner spiritual attachment—such as exalting one...")
• 22:35, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Existence of the soul/Paris Talks/Dialogue (+page)
• 22:25, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Existence of the soul/Paris Talks (Created page with "==Background and outline of proof on the existence of the soul== While the passage from ''Paris Talks'' is phrased around prayer rather than physical hunger, it relies on the exact same logical premise as such a proof (the teleological argument from desire/instinct): 1. '''The Premise''': No natural or spiritual capacity/instinct in creation is created in vain or without a purpose. 2. '''The Observation''': Humans possess a universal, innate spiritual instinct that pr...")
• 19:44, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Bounties of God/SAQ 61/outline (+page)
• 19:43, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Bounties of God/SAQ 60/outline (+page)
• 19:39, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Bounties of God/SAQ 48/outline (Created page with "== I. Introduction and the Materialist Position (Paras. 1–3) == * '''Context (Para. 1):''' Continuation of prior discourse regarding the nature of the spirit. * '''The Materialist Viewpoint (Paras. 2–3):''' ** '''Equivalence with Animals:''' Asserts that man is fundamentally an animal, sharing identical physical elements, powers, and bodily senses. ** '''Degree of Complexity:''' Argues that human distinction is merely due to a more balanced and complete combination o...")
• 19:33, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Bounties of God/Some Answered Questions, Chapter 15/outline (+page)
• 19:27, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs moved page Course:Meetings for teaching/Bounties of God/SAQ 15 to Course:Meetings for teaching/Bounties of God/Some Answered Questions, Chapter 15
• 19:27, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Bounties of God/SAQ 15 (+page)
• 18:56, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Immortality of the soul (+page)
• 18:54, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Suffering of the innocent (Created page with "==The mind of man cannot fathom the trials of the innocent== "the trials of the innocent are indeed heartrending and constitute a mystery that the mind of man cannot fathom." :(Universal House of Justice, ''Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86'', no. 425.2, p. 661) ==Recompense in the next world== ===Embryos, infants, children, or weak ones afflicted by oppressors will be recompensed=== "As to the subject of babes a...")
• 18:44, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Personal God (Created page with "==Personal God== ===God is a personal God=== "Within a compass of two hundred pages it [the Kitáb-i-Íqán] proclaims unequivocally the existence and oneness of a personal God, unknowable, inaccessible, the source of all Revelation, eternal, omniscient, omnipresent and almighty..." {{gpb|139}} ===What is Meant by a Personal God--God is Not Anthropomorphic=== (Also under heading "Meaning of Personal God: Value of Religion", in ''Lights of Guidance'', no. l...")
• 18:42, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Interventionist God (Created page with "==God is capable of intervening (for us)== "Again with regard to your question relative to the birth of Jesus: He wishes me to inform you that there is nothing further he can add to the explanation he gave you in his previous communication regarding this point. One thing, however, he wishes again to bring to your attention, namely that miracles are always possible, even though they do not constitute a regular channel whereby God reveals His power to mankind. To reject m...")
• 18:33, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Bounties of God (+page)
• 16:30, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Divine incarnation (Created page with "==God cannot incarnate His Essence== "Know thou of a certainty that the Unseen can in no wise incarnate His Essence and reveal it unto men. He is, and hath ever been, immensely exalted beyond all that can either be recounted or perceived." :(Bahá'u'lláh, ''Gleanings'', sec. 20, p. 49) ==Divine incarnation a crude and fantastic theory; God Who could incarnate would cease to be God== "The human temple that has been made the vehicle of s...")
• 16:27, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Polytheism (Created page with "==Beware of joining partners with God== "And now concerning thy reference to the existence of two Gods. Beware, beware, lest thou be led to join partners with the Lord, thy God. He is, and hath from everlasting been, one and alone, without peer or equal, eternal in the past, eternal in the future, detached from all things, ever-abiding, unchangeable, and self-subsisting. He hath assigned no associate unto Himself in His Kingdom, no counsellor to counsel Him, none to com...")
• 16:20, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Implications of the Oneness of God (Created page with "==Believer in unity of God will view God as exalted above all comparisons== "He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him. He hath erred grievously who hath mistaken these comparisons and likenesses for God Himself. Consider the relation between the craftsman and his handiwork, between the painter and his painting. Can it ever be ma...")
• 16:15, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Oneness of God/study questions (Created page with "== Study Questions & Sample Answers == === 1. Transcendent Reality and True Belief === {{Details|'''Questions:''' According to Bahá'u'lláh (''Gleanings'', sec. 93), what distinguishes a true believer in the Unity of God from one who has erred? How does this alter human attempts to imagine or describe the Divine Essence?|'''Sample Answer:''' A true believer regards God as One who is immeasurably exalted above all human comparisons, likenesses, and mental constructs. An...")
• 15:57, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Existence of God/Main body (Created page with "==Need for belief in== "...Bahá'ís should firmly believe in the existence of God and in the immortality of the soul and in many other fundamental teachings which the Bahá'ís share with the adherents of many other religions." :(On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, ''Light of Divine Guidance (vol. 2)'', p. 18) ====See also==== * Need for belief in God * Need for belief in soul ==Need for proving existence== ===One must develop ideal virtues, as...")
• 15:52, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Oneness of God (Created page with "==Oneness of God== ''This section is particularly for polytheists'' # ''Read all quotations from the following page'' # ''Remember the main implications of Divine Unity, correlating them to the parts of the ringstone symbol'' * Implications of the Oneness of God ''Review the following, remembering what kinds of polytheism and idolatry there are.'' * polytheism * Divine incarnation ''See also:'' * Not pan...")
• 15:47, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Category:Readings (Created page with "Category:Writings")
• 15:46, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Existence of God/Long course (Created page with "# ''Read the talks providing the '''proofs''' on the Existence of God page.'' # ''Study the '''outlines''' at Existence of God proof study outlines (at least one proof of each type). Break into groups and select at least one talk as a basis for selecting or making an outline, and then using it to remember the essential argument of the talk. If there is more time, memorize at least the skeleton of each of the arguments of these proofs...")
• 15:42, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Box (Created page with "<div style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 10px">{{{1}}}</div>")
• 15:38, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Readings - Some Answered Questions, Chapter 1 (+page)
• 15:36, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs moved page Existence of God proof study outlines/Teleological proof outlines - Alternative/Some Answered Questions, Chapter 1 to Course:Existence of God proof study outlines/Teleological proof outlines - Alternative/Some Answered Questions, Chapter 1
• 15:35, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Existence of God/Short guided course (Created page with "==Teleological proof example== === Read ''Some Answered Questions'', Chapter 1 === === Teleological proof outline for Some Answered Questions Chapter 1 === {{Existence of God proof study outlines/Teleological proof outlines - Alternative/Some Answered Questions, Chapter 1}} === Proof dialogue === {{Course:Meetings for teaching/Existence of God/Teleological/Dialogue}} === Read and answer study questions 1 and 3 === {{Course:Meetings for teaching/Exis...")
• 15:26, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Existence of God/Teleological/study questions/SAQ 1-6 (Created page with "=== 3. On Cause and Effect (Some Answered Questions, Ch. 1, Par. 6) === {{Details|'''Questions:''' Explain the "root and branch" argument in plain language, including how to respond to the objection that "branches grow fruits that roots don't have."|'''Sample Answer:''' The argument states that a cause (the root) cannot produce a capacity in an effect (the branch) that is fundamentally absent from its own nature. While a physical branch may bear fruit that t...")
• 15:20, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Existence of God/Teleological/study questions/SAQ 1 (Created page with "=== 1. On Types of Order (Some Answered Questions, Ch. 1) === {{Details|'''Questions:''' What is the difference between simple self-organizing patterns (like snowflakes) and the "interdependent coordination" 'Abdu'l-Bahá describes in nature? Why is this distinction crucial for proving a Conscious Creator?|'''Sample Answer:''' Simple patterns like snowflakes occur through basic, repetitive physical forces acting on uniform elements. Interdependent coordination...")
• 15:14, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Category:Study questions (Created page with "Category:Question")
• 15:14, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Existence of God/Teleological/study questions (+page)
• 15:09, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Category:HTML simulation templates (Created page with "Category:Templates")
• 15:07, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:Details (Created page with "<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; padding: 8px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><div style="font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block;">{{{1|Click to expand}}}</div><div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 8px; border-top: 1px solid #a2a9b1; padding-top: 8px;">{{{2|}}}</div></div><noinclude> {{Documentation}} </noinclude>")
• 14:48, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Existence of God proof study outlines/Teleological proof outlines - Alternative/Some Answered Questions, Chapter 1 (Created page with "== ''Some Answered Questions'', Chapter 1 (Pars. 1–7) == === Pars. 1–5 & 7: The Teleological Proof from Universal Governance === # '''Nature defined:''' Nature is that condition or reality which outwardly is the source of composition and decomposition (life and death) of all things. # '''Nature exhibits perfect organization and inviolable law:''' ## Nature is subject to a sound organization, inviolable laws, a perfect order, and a consummate design....")
• 14:40, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Course:Meetings for teaching/Existence of God/Teleological/Dialogue (+page)
• 14:19, 20 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Existence of God proof study outlines/Teleological proof outlines - Alternative (+page)
• 20:58, 6 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs deleted page User:Brettz9/test7 (content was: "{{kap|30}}")
• 01:26, 5 August 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs deleted page Template:PartialInventory (content was: "{{ProvisionalTranslation|{{{1|}}}| This translation belongs to [https://bahai-library.com/inventory/{{{2|}}} Partial Inventory ID {{{2|}}}]}}<noinclude>Category:Text authenticity templates</noinclude>", and the only contributor was "Brettz9" (talk))
• 14:50, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Service to loved ones is service to God (Created page with "==Servitude to God lies in servitude to the friends== "Servitude to God lieth in servitude to the friends. One must be the essence of humility and the embodiment of meekness. One must become evanescence itself and be healed of every disease of the self, in order to become worthy of thraldom to the Threshold of the Almighty." :(From a Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá—translated from the Persian; in ''Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones'', no. [https://bahai-libra...")
• 14:31, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Preference for recognizing God even over parents and children (Created page with "==After recognizing the oneness of God, the fruit best befitting the tree of human life is regard for the rights due to one's parents== "The fruits that best befit the tree of human life are trustworthiness and godliness, truthfulness and sincerity; but greater than all, after recognition of the unity of God, praised and glorified be He, is regard for the rights that are due to one's parents. This teaching hath been mentioned in all the Books of God, and reaffirmed by t...")
• 14:26, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Revelation like a sword (Created page with "==The heavenly sword separates believer from infidel, father from son== "And further He saith: "Out of his mouth goeth a two-edged sword." Know thou that since the sword is an instrument that divideth and cleaveth asunder, and since there proceedeth from the mouth of the Prophets and the Chosen Ones of God that which separateth the believer from the infidel and the lover from the beloved, this term hath been so employed, and apart from this dividing and separating no ot...")
• 12:08, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Speaking and the Holy Spirit (Created page with "==The breathings of the Holy Spirit will loosen thy tongue== "Rest assured that the breathings of the Holy Spirit will loosen thy tongue. Speak, therefore; speak out with great courage at every meeting. When thou art about to begin thine address, turn first to Bahá'u'lláh, and ask for the confirmations of the Holy Spirit, then open thy lips and say whatever is suggested to thy heart; this, however, with the utmost courage, dignity and conviction. It is my hope that fr...")
• 10:49, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Evil spirits (Created page with "==Evil influences both in this world and the next but there are no evil spirits== "In regard to your question concerning evil spirits and their influence upon souls, Shoghi Effendi wishes me to inform you that what is generally called evil spirit is a purely imaginary creation and has no reality whatever. But as to evil, there is no doubt that it exerts a very strong influence both in this world and in the next. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in the 'Some Answered Questions' giv...")
• 08:01, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page The workers are few (+page)
• 04:09, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Healing (+page)
• 04:02, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page No need to seek elsewhere when the Manifestation of God is present (+page)
• 04:01, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:ABPartialInventory (Created page with "{{ProvisionalTranslation|{{{1|}}}}} :('Abdu'l-Bahá, provisional translation, [https://bahai-library.com/inventory/{{{2|}}} Partial Inventory ID {{{2|}}}]) <noinclude>Category:Text authenticity templates</noinclude>")
• 03:57, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:PartialInventory (Created page with "{{ProvisionalTranslation|{{{1|}}}| This translation belongs to [https://bahai-library.com/inventory/{{{2|}}} Partial Inventory ID {{{2|}}}]}}<noinclude>Category:Text authenticity templates</noinclude>")
• 03:52, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Template:ProvisionalTranslation (+page)
• 03:35, 16 July 2026 Brettz9 talk contribs created page Sinners are called rather than the righteous (Created page with "==The one who views themselves a sinner is seen as acceptable== {{PilgrimsNote|Our Lord: "We ought to pray for Miss X, that she may become just as God wishes her to be. If she be so, it will be very good, because God always loves those who repent and are sorry for what they have done. Such people are ashamed before God and become very humble. "Once a Pharisee and a Publican entered the Temple to pray. The Pharisee said: 'Thank God I am not as other men.' The other said...")