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| (4.0)| Round VII: September 1, 2019 - October 7, 2019     H ! This Whata is so excited to have read your item "Faith " you entered into "The 4 Controversies Contest" Thank you for sharing your work with the 4C's, and the WdC community. OBLIGATORY BLURB * *  rating means very-near PERFECTION to moi, and a 3- Rating is AVERAGE on WdC! If your write receives a 3.5 Rating it is considered slightly ABOVE AVERAGE. Please see "Comment-In-A-Box" and "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" .*  Listen to your instincts for developing or keeping your own style (unless it proves incorrect on further analysis). Do send me a message if you'd like any clarifications, or to request another review if the changes you've since made are substantial. I’m slow, but interested! CONTENT COMMENTS So nice that you have written about your more unusual Faith in my 'lil contest, Neva. Thank you! I've wondered about it before in your Spiritual Newsletters. Because I've had no exposure whatsoever to the Baha'i Faith, it has taken a few reads for me to grasp some of the key concepts. It's interesting that this Baha'i Faith embraces Jesus as one of their Messengers! I was very shocked. One of the few that has a crossover of sorts. Is that pronounced Ba-ha-(hard E)? PC doesn't do symbols hmm. I like the formation of the pyramid that begins the write with what Faith means to you. I too have always felt that (well, most) religions and faiths lead to salvation. Wow, I've never written or said that word before, salvation. (I mean more a non-fire and brimstone salvation of the psyche.) It sounds like the Baha'i Faith is first and foremost an accepting one, full of light and love and—acceptance  I have written a few questions to ask you down, if you wouldn't mind answering them some time? Maybe in a newsletter! Spiritual is indeed my favorite. (1). Does the Baha'i Faith distinguish between Jesus and the Lord? I've seen you refer elsewhere to both and it got me thinking. (2). One of the Bible's (KJV) big tenets is Thou shall have no other gods before me. Do you tend to think of the Bible as not always 'correct', or how does your Faith deal with this? Wondering what is thought or taught about the Bible. I should disclose I am a mostly self-taught Christian of no particular actual denomination. I enjoy studying the scriptures like the Septuagint and the Apocrypha against the translations in the Bible for better clarity. Not all translations are adequate, and quite a few mislead. So I do not ascribe to hellfire and damnation, scare tactics, and many of the stories of the Bible I never grew up with as my family was strictly against all religion (and still are, mostly). Since this is writing and you can't see me smiling, I say in truth I do not sit in judgment any more than my natural biases may require me too. I'm just very curious! Theology fascinates me. You have a very easy way of writing, especially for such a tough subject matter, which makes your entry less of a stumbler for the reader—nice! I cannot find any real fault in it, I just want to read more about it perhaps in the future rounds of the contest It probably seems very simple to you by now, but I've a feeling we've only just peeled back some of the intricate layers of this Faith. Thanks for sharing it with me! SUGGESTIONS Because you have two 'Religious' categories (main and sub-genre) you *may* wish to exchange one for the Non-Fiction genre, which I tell everyone because I like it  I suppose I always think of this contest as more 'opinion/biographical' centered, as opposed to 'essay'. I would also tend to think it an ASR write, as it does contain more complicated concepts and the 'Manifestations' contain a supernatural element, even if loosely. On the other hand, I'm for children learning religions from an early age, just perhaps with some adult supervision. That would be up to you of course!As monotonous as it can be to do, I would ask for some more clarification. The complete foreigner to the Baha'i Faith's concepts and attributes requires just a little bit more information, whereas a write about a Faith that most of us are more aware of might not. In other words, I don't know specifics of Judaism, but I know some generalities and concepts. I wonder how many of the population of the world ascribe to the Baha'i Faith? Difficult to count, I bet, but I wonder...  Yes, I really like to learn but of course none of us could become experts from one 'paper', if you will, on a topic so broad as our Faith But it's a start Indeed, nice job with getting the concepts onto the page, and educating us!Bab, Babs, Baha'u'llah, Babi. Oh my! I don't think I'm ready for nicknames yet LITTLE EDITS  EDIT Suggestion (A) Little things here and there, a few, but nothing much and I am not going to list any. Which I don't think has happened before  FINAL THOUGHTS A thought-provoking entry Neva, and one that is very difficult to discuss to the layman (as I am). Although I am still confused, I feel like I've had my introduction to what your Faith means to you as well as the Baha'i Faith specifically. Another person might not be as confused, but organized religion takes some thinking about to me. I also noted that you have quite a few poems and other items in your Port about Baha'i, and I'd love to peruse!  (Adrienne) or just 'Whata'    How-To for WdC Stuff WhataLand Warehouse Click Da Pics to Magically POOF! There Lessons to Play With  My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .
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