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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Bahá’í Faith To Celebrate Founder's Birthday This and Next Sunday

Members of the Bahá’í Faith in the Lehigh Valley are preparing to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh, the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, on October 22, 2017. There will be a special commemoration at the Northampton Country Club in Bethlehem Township on Sunday, October 22 at 1:30 p.m. and a public interfaith devotional service at The Tomkins Center chapel at Cedar Crest College in Allentown on Sunday, October 29 at 4:00 p.m., which will feature performances by the Lehigh Valley Youth Chorus. Both events are free and open to the public.

Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892), born in Iran, was a spiritual teacher, announced in 1863 that He was the bearer of a new revelation from God. Bahá’ís believe that all the world's religions share the same source and purpose, and that Bahá’u’lláh is the latest in a series of divine messengers that started with Abraham and included Jesus and Muhammad. They believe all ofmankind is one family.

“Bahá’u’lláh’s vision of the oneness of humanity is an antidote to the racial prejudice and materialism that are corroding American society,” explained Bridget George, a resident of Bath and long-time member of the Bahá’í Faith. “Now more than ever we need positive models of social change that can bring people together rather than divide them. This is what we are celebrating in the weeks and months leading up to the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of Bahá’u’lláh’s birth in October.”

To learn more or attend an upcoming event go to www.bahailv.org.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 18, 2017 at 1:46 AM

    Why would you include Jesus in that list? Jesus is the living God Almighty, not some normal human guy. I thought you were a Christian?

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  2. Bernie O'HareOctober 18, 2017 at 1:47 AM

    I'm no Christian. I'm a Catholic.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 18, 2017 at 2:34 AM

    pagan

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  4. AnonymousOctober 18, 2017 at 2:59 AM

    Kundalini awakened, There is no me.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 18, 2017 at 6:53 AM

    Jesus is a fairytale

    Grow up

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  6. AnonymousOctober 18, 2017 at 5:28 PM

    "Jesus is a fairytale"

    And the Supreme Court says you are a real person just like Union Carbide.

    Grow up, it's all a fairytale.

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