>Indeed they have. Those of the bahai faith have suffered miserably at times over the years ...
That's correct. Especially in Irán, there have been - and still are - serious problems.
> ...and you can see it with the Chinese and the Feng Shue. Regardless of doctrinal difference (without diminishing how important it is to get this part 'right' <g>) no single human should be treated so cruelly simply on the basis of their personal beliefs.
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>However, I am reminded by what Paul wrote; "If I give my body to be burned and do not have agape (God's love) what I profess has absolutely no enduring spiritual value, redemptive or otherwise." (my translation <g>)
And what do yo believe should be done to have this agape?
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)