I haven't posted anything for a long time, there is too much else to do.
I find it strange that some people criticize Baha'is for things they don't understand, or know little about. Why the rush to judgment or condemnation? Are they so unhappy with their life that they have to attack someone else, anyone else? There are some who attack the decision to build the House of Worship in Santiago, Chile that is in process now.
Are they ignorant of the hundreds and hundreds of educational, medical and agricultural projects that Baha'is are engaged in all over the world to help people improve their daily lives? There are hundreds of thousands of churches, mosques, synagogues and other places of worship around the world. Do they attack those also?
Why can they not appreciate the fact that every Baha'i House of Worship, no matter where it may be, is open to all people? They are a gift to every other human on the planet. How many other places can the same be said of?
Frankly I'm excited about the possibility of seeing another House of Worship. We have so few. I long for the day when every city has one, if there are Baha'is there and they want one.
A Baha'i House of Worship is unique in that all people can enter as equals. No one is distinguished by the rituals or ornamentation, because there are none. Everyone can find peace when they are inside one.
Just, physically, the Baha'i Houses of Worship provide a new kind of structure to look at. What else looks like them? If nothing else, they can be seen as decorations for the planet.
Their very existence expands people's consciousness to accept something new. Such an expansion of consciousness is essential if we, the human race, are to think in new ways to solve the problems we face. Old solutions certainly aren't working.
Maybe those people simply enjoy complaining. I don't know. I don't see that their complaining adds much to the world.Sincerely,dlh...