Clearwater Baha'is

The Clearwater Bahá’í Center is located off Highway 60 West in Clearwater Florida, adjacent to the Tampa Bay Coastal waters. The Clearwater Bahá’í Community is comprised of many different spiritually minded people from many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. All humanity was created by one God and is part of one human race. Work performed in the spirit of service is a form of worship. The soul, created at the moment of conception, is destined by God to reach the afterlife, where it will continue to progress until it attains the presence. The purpose of life is to know and worship God, to acquire virtues, to promote the oneness of humankind, and to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.

Cameron Lee Cowan returns for episode 50 to discuss capitalism, the Enlightenment philosophy, and its interposition with the Protestant/Confucian work ethic. A remarkable milestone episode on our ever-growing series promises to be an invigorating debate addressing the issues around how our modern economy came to be. Thank you for sticking around and being an essential part of this journey!

"The Purpose of Creation," is a compilation by Kambiz Hakim that illustrates the Love relationships between God and Humanity with the Manifestation of God as the central point and connection between us to our Creator. In this Part 1 of 3, we will discuss the 4-Loves: 1.)Love of the Creator for His Creation. 2.)The Love of the Creation for its Creator. 3.)The Love of the Creation for the creation. 4.)The Love of God for His own Self, that is, the love of the Creator for His own attributes reflected in His creation as an image in a mirror. This will be a deep dive into the Mystery and Beauty of the spiritual reality of Creation and we hope it will illuminate some of the misconceptions current, "AMONG US," in present society. Download Document here - The Purpose of Creation.

The Mosaic economic system included laws and regulations designed to promote social justice and economic equality. How far ahead of its time was it? If applied today, would the Mosaic economic system create a just and equitable society?

We are going to explore how to create a world that exhibits moral traits, where these moral traits are needed more and more today. www.clearwaterbahais.org www.bahai.us www.bahai.org

"The Purpose of Creation," is a compilation by Kambiz Hakim that illustrates the Love relationships between God and Humanity with the Manifestation of God as the central point and connection between us to our Creator. In this Part 1 of 3, we will discuss the 4-Loves: 1.)Love of the Creator for His Creation. 2.)The Love of the Creation for its Creator. 3.)The Love of the Creation for the creation. 4.)The Love of God for His own Self, that is, the love of the Creator for His own attributes reflected in His creation as an image in a mirror. This will be a deep dive into the Mystery and Beauty of the spiritual reality of Creation and we hope it will illuminate some of the misconceptions current, "AMONG US," in present society. https://clearwaterbahais.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Purpose-of-Creation.pdf

We are going to explore how to create a world that exhibits moral traits, where these moral traits are needed more and more today. www.clearwaterbahais.org www.bahai.us www.bahai.org

Can we organize our world differently? Individual Collectivism holds that when we create systems that help people do better, it benefits society and vice versa. When people do well, society does well. When we invest in people, society benefits as a whole. A failure of anyone is a collective responsibility that we would do well to remedy wherever possible.

We are going to explore how to create a world that exhibits moral traits, where these moral traits are needed more and more today. www.clearwaterbahais.org www.bahai.us www.bahai.org

Storytelling Sunday #12 for this Sunday 21 May 2023 will cover little-known stories from the early life of the Báb all the way to His Declaration, in honor of the Holy Day of the Declaration of the Báb on Wednesday 24 May 2023. The stories will be taken from the new illustrated chronology by Violetta, the Primal Point, and will cover parts I through IV, which include the Báb’s childhood, His youth as a merchant, His pilgrimage to Iráq in his 20s, His wedding to Khadíjih Bagúm, the birth and death of their child and His Declaration.

The Clearwater Bahá’í Center is located off Highway 60 West in Clearwater Florida, adjacent to the Tampa Bay Coastal waters. The Clearwater Bahá’í Community is comprised of many different spiritually minded people from many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. All humanity was created by one God and is part of one human race. Work performed in the spirit of service is a form of worship. The soul, created at the moment of conception, is destined by God to reach the afterlife, where it will continue to progress until it attains the presence. The purpose of life is to know and worship God, to acquire virtues, to promote the oneness of humankind, and to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.

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Join us for an intriguing presentation on the claim that Bahá’u’lláh is the return of Christ. This presentation will provide a detailed analysis of various prophecies from the Bible and the Quran, and how they relate to the appearance of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. We will discuss the criteria to determine the authenticity of such a claim, as well as the ancient mathematical prophecies in the Bible. We will also explore various prophecies from the Bible and the Quran that predict the appearance of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. This presentation will be thought-provoking and encourage participants to consider the implications of these prophecies for their own lives and beliefs. Join us for an engaging discussion on this fascinating topic.

The Clearwater Bahá’í Center is located off Highway 60 West in Clearwater Florida, adjacent to the Tampa Bay Coastal waters. The Clearwater Bahá’í Community is comprised of many different spiritually minded people from many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. All humanity was created by one God and is part of one human race. Work performed in the spirit of service is a form of worship. The soul, created at the moment of conception, is destined by God to reach the afterlife, where it will continue to progress until it attains the presence. The purpose of life is to know and worship God, to acquire virtues, to promote the oneness of humankind, and to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.

In episode 46, Cameron Cowan discusses escaping that sheltered world, the role of homeschooling, lessons learned along the way, and a revised definition of faith. Cameron is an author and creator of The Cameron Journal, making observations and profound conversations about the world around us. He grew up as an evangelical, bisexual, and biracial individual in Denver. With a vintage flair in much of his work, his music, religion, business, and political expertise has provided the background for his broad writing approach.

Wade Fransson participated in the City of David Archaeological expedition - the site to which David brought the Ark of the Covenant. He'll discuss Baha'u'llah's prediction that "Erelong will the Ark set sail" by looking thousands of years backward, as well as looking at the present and future, through the lens of Divine Revelation, as recorded in the Bible, the Quran, and the Bahá'í Holy Writings. Come join us on a fascinating exploration of this far-reaching topic. www.clearwaterbahais.org

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The complexity of COVID and public policy... Do mandates work? How do we quantify the costs? Host Daniel Sanderson welcomes Tyrone Keynes, a System Dynamics Practitioner, and Independent Researcher, on Episode 45. Using systems thinking to understand the world around us, his model entitled "A Feedback Perspective: Susceptible-Infected-Recovered, Social Stress Model" was presented at the 2022 System Dynamics Conference, exploring the adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions and the subsequent resistance to government policies. Exogenous lockdown orders in the model are simulated in real-time to illustrate the endogenous public behavior and the social stress caused by mandates.

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Don't miss Episode 44 of Created In The Image Of God, where Wade Fransson interviews Allan Rabinowitz, Guide of the City of David Archaeological Park. They will delve into History, Archaeology, Biblical Prophecy, and the Independent Investigation of Truth during their discussion.

Eileen will present Part 2 of her presentation on the prophet Ezekiel. She will focus on Ezekiel’s depiction of Gog and Magog from three points of view: Ezekiel’s presentation; evangelical Christian belief; and the Bahá’í perspective. The ancient narrative will be fleshed out with information from scholars of the Bahá’í Writings, the Book of Revelation, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. www.clearwaterbahais.org www.bahai.us www.bahai.org

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We are going to explore how to create a world that exhibits moral traits, where these moral traits are needed more and more today. www.clearwaterbahais.org www.bahai.us www.bahai.org