{"id":7224,"date":"2021-04-11T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T09:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7224"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T09:30:41","slug":"religious-orders-that-contradict-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7224&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"B\u0100B\u2019S RELIGIOUS ORDERS THAT CONTRADICT REASON AND COMMON-SENSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=2160&amp;lang=en\">B\u0101b<\/a> and his book, Bay\u0101n hold a special importance for Baha\u2019i\u2019s. This is what <a href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=4127&amp;lang=en\">Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h <\/a>says, about the book of Bayan:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Refer to it, for a letter from it will suffice the entirety of the people of the earth. And surely God has stated all things in the evident book.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Asad-All\u0101h F\u0101\u1e0dil M\u0101zandar\u0101n\u012b, Asr\u0101r al-\u0101th\u0101r khu\u1e63\u016b\u1e63\u012b, vol. 2, p. 102.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">He also says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>I [swear by] He who in His hand is my soul and my essence, a single letter from the Bay\u0101n is dearer to me than everything that is in the heavens and the earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Asad-All\u0101h F\u0101\u1e0dil M\u0101zandar\u0101n\u012b, Asr\u0101r al-\u0101th\u0101r khu\u1e63\u016b\u1e63\u012b, vol. 5, p. 333.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Even though Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h abrogated the book of the Bay\u0101n, he had stresses many times that he had no intention to do so. Rather, he had stated that he intended to reinforce its decrees:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Say: The polytheists thought that we might want to abrogate what was revealed unto the Point of Bayan (Nuq\u1e6dat al-Bay\u0101n which means the Bab). Say: By my Merciful Lord, even if we had intended [to do] what they had thought, no one was allowed to object to God who has created everything . . . but God has desired by this manifestation [meaning Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h himself] to reinforce what has been revealed by the Point of Bayan . . . thus we will reinforce his decrees and will prove his writings [or signs] on earth with power and authority.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Bad\u012b`, p. 390.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This is while many of the laws that have been put forth by the Bab in the book of Bayan are unacceptable to any sound mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">\u0622\u0646\u0686\u0647 \u062f\u0631 \u0627\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0647 \u0645\u06cc \u062e\u0648\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u062f<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7224&#038;lang=en\/#Books_Writings_and_Teaching\" title=\"Books, Writings, and Teaching\">Books, Writings, and Teaching<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7224&#038;lang=en\/#Food_and_Medicine\" title=\"Food and Medicine\">Food and Medicine<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7224&#038;lang=en\/#Going_on_Journeys\" title=\"Going on Journeys\">Going on Journeys<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Books_Writings_and_Teaching\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Books, Writings, and Teaching<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Teaching a book other than the book of Bay\u0101n is not allowed unless it has in it what is related to speculative theology (kal\u0101m). [Teaching] those [sciences] which have been invented such as logic (man\u1e6diq), principles of jurisprudence (u\u1e63\u016bl), and other [sciences], are not permitted for those who have faith.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: The B\u0101b, Farsi Bay\u0101n, unit 4, chap. 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>You have been prohibited in the Bay\u0101n from having more than nineteen books. If you do so, you will be fined 19 mithq\u0101ls (Every mithq\u0101l is equal to about 3.6 grams) of gold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: The B\u0101b, Arabic Bay\u0101n, unit 11, chap. 7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Do not argue but by the verses [of the Bay\u0101n] for whoever does not argue using them has no knowledge, and do not mention any miracle [but this book]!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: The B\u0101b, Arabic Bay\u0101n, unit 6, chapter 8.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">The best trade is to acquire all of the B\u0101b\u2019s books. Once this is fulfilled sustenance will flow down like rain:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>If possible acquire all the writings of the Point (meaning the B\u0101b) even if they are in printed form (not hand-written) for sustenance will descend upon those who possess these like rain. Say O my servants, this is the best trade!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: The B\u0101b, Arabic Bay\u0101n, unit 9, chap. 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">And finally some very disturbing words:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Say O Mu\u1e25ammad, my teacher. Do not hit me before my age finishes five even for a moment for my heart is very very soft. After that discipline me but not more than I can bear. If you want to hit me do not [hit me] more than five times. And do not hit me on my flesh (la\u1e25m) unless there is a covering over it. If you exceed [these guidelines] your wife will be illegal for you for nineteen days. If you forget and if you don\u2019t have a companion, then you must give in charity for every beating nineteen mithq\u0101ls of gold if you want to be faithful.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: B\u0101b, Arabic Bay\u0101n, unit 6, chapter 11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">These words are very disturbing because he is giving orders to his teacher to do something not in the future, but in the past! He is telling his teacher to not hit him until his age passes five. These words were uttered when the Bab was about 29 years old! He then threatens the teacher that if he surpasses these orders he will make his wife illegal for him for nineteen days (!) or if he doesn\u2019t have a companion (wife) he would have to pay nineteen mithq\u0101ls of Gold. Are these words in conformity with reason and science?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Food_and_Medicine\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Food and Medicine<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Using medicine is forbidden:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>You must not possess, buy, sell, or use medicine, intoxicants, and higher than those!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: The B\u0101b, Arabic Bay\u0101n, unit 9, chap. 8.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Drinking donkey milk is also forbidden and by not drinking it people will become pious:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Do not drink donkey milk! And do not load it and other animals with what they cannot bear. This is what God has made incumbent upon you so that you may become pious!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: The B\u0101b, Arabic Bay\u0101n, unit 10, chap. 15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Do not spoil eggs for they are the B\u0101b\u2019s food on the Day of Resurrection:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Do not hit eggs on something that will spoil their insides before they are cooked, for this is the food of the Primal Point (the B\u0101b) and his followers in the Day of Resurrection (Qiy\u0101ma) so that you may be grateful.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: The B\u0101b, Arabic Bay\u0101n, unit 10, chap. 15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This order is itself very unique for according to the Baha\u2019is, the Day of Resurrection, is the proclamation of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h. The B\u0101b had been dead for many years when this occurred so how could his food be eggs on that day?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Going_on_Journeys\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Going on Journeys<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Unreasonable punishments:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Whoever forces anyone in a journey\u2014even one step\u2014or enters someone\u2019s house before permission is given, or forces him out of his house without his permission, or unlawfully summons him from his home, then his wife will be illegal for him for 19 months!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: The B\u0101b, Arabic Bay\u0101n, unit 6, chap. 16.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Permission is given for going on journeys for one of three reasons:<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Do not go on journeys but [1] for the sake of God and [2] if you are going to (visit) He Whom God Shall Make Manifest or [3] (visiting) those who have faith in him. And He orders you to take the leaves of trees and eat them [!] and walk above [!] the earth with your legs!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: The B\u0101b, Lau\u1e25 haykal al-d\u012bn, unit 6, chap. al-Bad\u012b.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The order has been given to eat the leaves of trees and to walk above the ground with the legs! Pay attention, he says above (fauq) the ground not on the ground!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The B\u0101b and his book, Bay\u0101n hold a special importance for Baha\u2019i\u2019s. This is what Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h says, about the book of Bayan: Refer to it, for a letter from it will suffice the entirety of the people of the earth. And surely God has stated all things in the evident book. Reference: Asad-All\u0101h F\u0101\u1e0dil M\u0101zandar\u0101n\u012b, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[823],"tags":[6001,4715,5999,5697,5997],"class_list":["post-7224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-articles","tag-common-sense","tag-contradict","tag-orders","tag-reason","tag-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7227,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7224\/revisions\/7227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}