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	<description>Mainly quirky things from my daily life that I feel like sharing with my friends, many of whom are Baha&#039;is. Quite a bit of stuff will be Baha&#039;i-related, and won&#039;t make much sense if you don&#039;t have that background. Or maybe the entries just aren&#039;t funny.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Swine flew? by The Cormorant Baker &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The purpose of core activities</title>
		<link>http://bahaisonline.net/tcb/?p=467&#038;cpage=1#comment-16</link>
		<dc:creator>The Cormorant Baker &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The purpose of core activities</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] movements” — clusters moving from C to A and participants moving from Book 1 to Book 7. Swine Flew? Dr. Payman [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on Steampunk Internet by KMehrabi</title>
		<link>http://bahaisonline.net/tcb/?p=6&#038;cpage=1#comment-15</link>
		<dc:creator>KMehrabi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But....if we want to talk about Prophecy, I think Shoghi Effendi&#039;s prophecy is unique in that he signifies as to how the Internet is beyond any technology imaginable at the time, and what it means for a global Utopian society.

Lets also remember this quote from the Sixth Imam:

Hadith quoting Jafar as-Sadiq -

&#039;I heard Abu &#039;Abdu&#039;llah [the Sixth Imam] saying: the believer, in the time of the Qa&#039;im, while in the east, will be able to see his brother in the west and he who is in the west wiill be able to see his brother in the east.&#039;

az-Zanjani, Aqa&#039;id, p. 255. (Momen, Introduction to Shi&#039;i Islam)

Dr.  Momen commented beside the quote at the time of this publication  in 1985 that it seems to refer to Television.  True...25 years later though though we can expand on that as perhaps Internet video conferencing, etc.

When we view that in conjunction with the Shoghi Effendi quote and the context at which he wrote it, we can see they are both speaking on common points, and I see Shoghi Effendi&#039;s expansion on that point as remarkable prophecy, something that could not have been caught, and was not caught until after the establishment of the Internet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But&#8230;.if we want to talk about Prophecy, I think Shoghi Effendi&#8217;s prophecy is unique in that he signifies as to how the Internet is beyond any technology imaginable at the time, and what it means for a global Utopian society.</p>
<p>Lets also remember this quote from the Sixth Imam:</p>
<p>Hadith quoting Jafar as-Sadiq -</p>
<p>&#8216;I heard Abu &#8216;Abdu&#8217;llah [the Sixth Imam] saying: the believer, in the time of the Qa&#8217;im, while in the east, will be able to see his brother in the west and he who is in the west wiill be able to see his brother in the east.&#8217;</p>
<p>az-Zanjani, Aqa&#8217;id, p. 255. (Momen, Introduction to Shi&#8217;i Islam)</p>
<p>Dr.  Momen commented beside the quote at the time of this publication  in 1985 that it seems to refer to Television.  True&#8230;25 years later though though we can expand on that as perhaps Internet video conferencing, etc.</p>
<p>When we view that in conjunction with the Shoghi Effendi quote and the context at which he wrote it, we can see they are both speaking on common points, and I see Shoghi Effendi&#8217;s expansion on that point as remarkable prophecy, something that could not have been caught, and was not caught until after the establishment of the Internet.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Steampunk Internet by KMehrabi</title>
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		<dc:creator>KMehrabi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On Otlet.  It&#039;s an interesting article and I enjoyed reading it.

At that point in 1934, the first Televisions had been in existence for years, first invented in the 20&#039;s, and the exploration of image transmission had been explored since the late 1800&#039;s, and radio had been around longer.

Otlet&#039;s life&#039;s work in part was...how to make research and information gathering easier, through libraries. 

Given the proven capability of cinema and newsreels, and television, and the ever increasing potential for television, and the long established achievements of radio...

I don&#039;t think it was much of a stretch for him to put 2 and 2 together, and see the work book research becoming a visual interactive experience, in as much as the work of the newspaper, and novels, etc, had been increasingly replaced by the radio, cinema, and television.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Otlet.  It&#8217;s an interesting article and I enjoyed reading it.</p>
<p>At that point in 1934, the first Televisions had been in existence for years, first invented in the 20&#8217;s, and the exploration of image transmission had been explored since the late 1800&#8217;s, and radio had been around longer.</p>
<p>Otlet&#8217;s life&#8217;s work in part was&#8230;how to make research and information gathering easier, through libraries. </p>
<p>Given the proven capability of cinema and newsreels, and television, and the ever increasing potential for television, and the long established achievements of radio&#8230;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think it was much of a stretch for him to put 2 and 2 together, and see the work book research becoming a visual interactive experience, in as much as the work of the newspaper, and novels, etc, had been increasingly replaced by the radio, cinema, and television.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Steampunk Internet by KMehrabi</title>
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		<dc:creator>KMehrabi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After doing my own research, I think that Nobileo quote is a fabrication, as is the article it is extracted from.  

The link doesn&#039;t work.  I had to go to the archive wayback machine to see it at all:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060829131259/www.fcms.org/WorldPeace.html

The site is sketch and there is virtually no record of this &quot;Nobileo&quot; person anywhere on google, no other works published anywhere.  The site is called &quot;The First Church of Metaphysical Science&quot; and looks like it took 5 minutes to make.   I tried emailing them but I got a delivery failure, I guess the account canceled.  

When you read the whole article and google other extractions its almost exactly from the World Order of Baha&#039;u&#039;llah.  Only a few words are changed here and there, the order of the words and the methods of conjunction...like a kid trying to plagiarize his report for school.

So, the charge is either that the makers of this shady site that looks like it was made 20 years ago by an 8 year old and is totally empty, save 2 articles, just happened to have and have published the only copy in existence and record of this &quot;Nobileo&quot; guy, and it shows Shoghi Effendi is a total fraud and charlatan for taking his article and changing some of the words.

OR...

Those words belong to Shoghi Effendi, and this cheapolla site of &quot;The First Church of Metaphysical Science&quot; was some side project of some dude a long time ago who cheaped out from writing his own articles by copying and pasting what he thought were obscure scriptures, and changing them around a bit to look at least a little original?

I mean...its just common sense.  The only people who wouldn&#039;t see that right away are people inclined to attack the Baha&#039;i Faith.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After doing my own research, I think that Nobileo quote is a fabrication, as is the article it is extracted from.  </p>
<p>The link doesn&#8217;t work.  I had to go to the archive wayback machine to see it at all:<br />
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060829131259/www.fcms.org/WorldPeace.html" rel="nofollow">http://web.archive.org/web/20060829131259/www.fcms.org/WorldPeace.html</a></p>
<p>The site is sketch and there is virtually no record of this &#8220;Nobileo&#8221; person anywhere on google, no other works published anywhere.  The site is called &#8220;The First Church of Metaphysical Science&#8221; and looks like it took 5 minutes to make.   I tried emailing them but I got a delivery failure, I guess the account canceled.  </p>
<p>When you read the whole article and google other extractions its almost exactly from the World Order of Baha&#8217;u'llah.  Only a few words are changed here and there, the order of the words and the methods of conjunction&#8230;like a kid trying to plagiarize his report for school.</p>
<p>So, the charge is either that the makers of this shady site that looks like it was made 20 years ago by an 8 year old and is totally empty, save 2 articles, just happened to have and have published the only copy in existence and record of this &#8220;Nobileo&#8221; guy, and it shows Shoghi Effendi is a total fraud and charlatan for taking his article and changing some of the words.</p>
<p>OR&#8230;</p>
<p>Those words belong to Shoghi Effendi, and this cheapolla site of &#8220;The First Church of Metaphysical Science&#8221; was some side project of some dude a long time ago who cheaped out from writing his own articles by copying and pasting what he thought were obscure scriptures, and changing them around a bit to look at least a little original?</p>
<p>I mean&#8230;its just common sense.  The only people who wouldn&#8217;t see that right away are people inclined to attack the Baha&#8217;i Faith.</p>
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		<title>Comment on When is a home visit not a home visit? by assir</title>
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		<dc:creator>assir</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 19:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I were looking for an answer to that question.. now I found it. Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I were looking for an answer to that question.. now I found it. Thanks!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Expansion by expulsion by The Cormorant Baker &#187; Blog Archive &#187; For the person who knows everything</title>
		<link>http://bahaisonline.net/tcb/?p=333&#038;cpage=1#comment-9</link>
		<dc:creator>The Cormorant Baker &#187; Blog Archive &#187; For the person who knows everything</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Earlier, I wrote: The House is nothing if not systematic. It tries something, evaluates and adapts it, then tries again. If anything seems to work, it gets adopted and tried elsewhere. “Anna’s presentation” is probably a good example. A script in a training manual becomes an integral part of door-to-door teaching. Expansion by expulsion [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Earlier, I wrote: The House is nothing if not systematic. It tries something, evaluates and adapts it, then tries again. If anything seems to work, it gets adopted and tried elsewhere. “Anna’s presentation” is probably a good example. A script in a training manual becomes an integral part of door-to-door teaching. Expansion by expulsion [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Pyramids &#8211; not just places to store dead bodies by Sen McGlinn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sen McGlinn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>first we had the Friends,

then we tried human resources, but they felt resourceful and started doing stuff: when you needed one it wasn&#039;t there

now we have book7&#039;s and book5&#039;s and not enough book6&#039;s; a more refined system, and we can rely on them to sit on the shelf until needed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>first we had the Friends,</p>
<p>then we tried human resources, but they felt resourceful and started doing stuff: when you needed one it wasn&#8217;t there</p>
<p>now we have book7&#8217;s and book5&#8217;s and not enough book6&#8217;s; a more refined system, and we can rely on them to sit on the shelf until needed</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cold calling by The Cormorant Baker &#187; Blog Archive</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Cormorant Baker &#187; Blog Archive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] One theory of mine is that lots of Baha&#8217;is thought that unity of the nations would be established by the end of the 20th century, and that a great event would change the fortunes of the Baha&#8217;is. Here&#8217;s a reporter, who looked into the Baha&#8217;i faith in 1992, saying: &#8220;Baha&#8217;ulla&#8217;h (sic) predicted a destructive end to the 20th century that would bring about a rebirth.&#8221; Cold Calling [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] One theory of mine is that lots of Baha&#8217;is thought that unity of the nations would be established by the end of the 20th century, and that a great event would change the fortunes of the Baha&#8217;is. Here&#8217;s a reporter, who looked into the Baha&#8217;i faith in 1992, saying: &#8220;Baha&#8217;ulla&#8217;h (sic) predicted a destructive end to the 20th century that would bring about a rebirth.&#8221; Cold Calling [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to become a cult leader by Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Testing the comments facility. As you were.</description>
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