>Hilmar,
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>Did you know that there's a beautiful Bahai temple in Evanston, Illinois?
Well, I didn't remember "Evanston", but I was told it is close to Chicago.
That is one of the "continental" houses of worship - the first on each continent. The one for South America is the last one to be constructed; the plans have already been approved. The models look quite promising:
http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story.cfm?storyid=229On the other hand, the house of worship in India has received something like 2 million visitors a year, IIRC. This temple has been constructed in form of a lotus flower. See, for example,
http://www.pilgrimage-india.com/north-india-pilgrimage/bahai-temple.html
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)