May 2018 – Bahá’ís of Renton

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New Documentary Film ‘The Gate’ To Air on ABC TV

May 22, 2018

A new documentary film about the origins of the Bahá’í Faith in the mid 1800’s is currently airing on ABC stations nationwide and will be coming to Western Washington soon. The Interfaith Broadcasting Commission, a nonprofit organization […]

White doves and gray doves associate with each other in perfect friendship. Man draws imaginary lines on the planet and says, “This is a Frenchman, a Musselman, an Italian!” Upon these differences wars are waged. Men are fighting for the possession of the earth. They fight for that which becomes their graves, their cemeteries, their tombs.

In reality all are members of one human family — children of one Heavenly Father. Humanity may be likened unto the vari-colored flowers of one garden. There is unity in diversity. Each sets off and enhances the other’s beauty.

— Abdu’l-Baha

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A symposium by the Bahá’ís of the US explores how stories grounded in unity and justice can hold the

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New Documentary Film ‘The Gate’ To Air on ABC TV

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