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A few days ago, I wanted to put a new posting on the Fundamentals of Faith group (quick plug) about the existence of evil. If God is good, and only good can come from God, then what is ‘evil’?

I understand that Baha’is do not view ‘evil’ as an entity, but as the absence of good. In part 75 of ‘Some Answered Questions’, Abdu’l-Baha makes the point that although a poisonous scorpion or serpent maybe be considered evil in relation to man, they are not evil within themselves – only that their sting… Continue

I'm a bit of a quoteaholic. I really like them, the way they can sum up something you feel in a concise, clever and often witty way.

I've been really enjoying being involved in Soul Talk, its been soul tonic for me. But I do have this tendency to get a bit serious, a bit stressed about issues, trying to think too much. As I was having a walk today, I remembered this nice little quote I saw as a child, written on a bookmark someone gave me at my local church. There were two pictures, the… Continue