Liz, as always, your comments are a precious addendum to the articles.

“eat crow” – now there’s a unique expression !

I “discovered” Baha’u'llah after a lifetime battle with “churchianity” and just after enduring a year at a missionary-run school overseas. I finally condemned all forms of organized religion as hypocritic and proclaimed myself an agnostic.

At that moment, I stopped trying to find acceptance in an existing church and, in hindsight, became a real seeker.

Of course, when you are 16 in the ’60s, you know everything there is to know and have insights that generations over the centuries past have failed to discover… (grin).

So when the logical, intelligent, spiritual, reasonable and inspirational message of Baha’u'llah first reached my ears, I was faced with the spectre of having to eat crow and admit that not ALL organized religions were bunk.

The realization that I had not been taught the difference between religion and sectarianism began to dawn and I was swept up in the wonder that IT IS ALL ONE! All knowledge emanates from the SAME SOURCE and RELIGION is ALL of them, not just one over another.

Today, as a grandma, I shake my head at how our society still struggles to grasp the principle of oneness. I guess we need to be 16 again. Funny, how the Universal House of Justice and the International Teaching Centre keep telling us that.

More importantly, you do our Faith honor!

~ Alex