http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2325 Documenting the Persecution of the Baha'i Community in Iran Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:45:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2325/comment-page-1#comment-1773 Irani Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:10:16 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2325#comment-1773 Bahai teachings stand for Unity, Independent search for truth and knowledge. These are all dangerous for the survival of clerical rule. They need to keep masses obedient, ignorant and frightened. Bahai teachings stand for Unity, Independent search for truth and knowledge. These are all dangerous for the survival of clerical rule. They need to keep masses obedient, ignorant and frightened.

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2325/comment-page-1#comment-1761 Mark Obenauer Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:55:16 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2325#comment-1761 The Iranian officials have not really explained their position: it rings out without finality as the same charges. When will they give some charges that make sense rather than excuses for incarceration? The Iranian officials have not really explained their position: it rings out without finality as the same charges. When will they give some charges that make sense rather than excuses for incarceration?

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2325/comment-page-1#comment-1760 Sangi Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:54:48 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2325#comment-1760 So well said, Mark. And by the way, thank you for your kind words on the other post. Your apologies were not needed! You are most kind. I appreciate your posts always. So well said, Mark. And by the way, thank you for your kind words on the other post. Your apologies were not needed! You are most kind. I appreciate your posts always.

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2325/comment-page-1#comment-1759 Mark Obenauer Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:46:56 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2325#comment-1759 How far will Iranian authorities attempts to control people’s consciences go? How far will the authorities go in trying to get at what lies within the inmost soul? If there is a technology that will go to hidden thought, will they attempt to utilize it in their attempts to re-program dissidents? Is the spirit of Domitian that attempted to make Christians and Jews worship the statue of Caesar still upon us centuries after John of Patmos revealed the Revelation? Arrested for copying books in the privacy of their homes? And whom are they harming by their copying of books? And what ideology is so harmful that the authorities feel the need to cleanse it from the land of its birth? And is forcing people to embrace an ideology also a form of idolatry, no figuratively different than the idol of Domitian, because it has been elevated about G-d, the great I AM? This is sad because the idol of Big Brother is alive and well. What next? How far will Iranian authorities attempts to control people’s consciences go? How far will the authorities go in trying to get at what lies within the inmost soul? If there is a technology that will go to hidden thought, will they attempt to utilize it in their attempts to re-program dissidents? Is the spirit of Domitian that attempted to make Christians and Jews worship the statue of Caesar still upon us centuries after John of Patmos revealed the Revelation? Arrested for copying books in the privacy of their homes? And whom are they harming by their copying of books? And what ideology is so harmful that the authorities feel the need to cleanse it from the land of its birth? And is forcing people to embrace an ideology also a form of idolatry, no figuratively different than the idol of Domitian, because it has been elevated about G-d, the great I AM? This is sad because the idol of Big Brother is alive and well. What next?

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