User talk:NicholasJB

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You probably don't need this as you are experienced in the Esperanto wikipedia, but at least you won't have a red talk page link anymore.


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[edit] Photograph

Hi Nicholas,

I just wanted to leave you a brief message after your comment on the photograph, and I didn't want to engage a debate on the talk page. The picture on wikipedia has made me think a lot about really important fundamental things about the Manifestation and images and why we don't view it frequently. I came to two conclusions, which helped me reconcile things in my mind. One, it would very quickly and easily become the source of idol worship. People visiting Baha'u'llah often wanted some kind of souvenir from him, so he would give them some day-to-day item, like a sandal. People would take home this item and worship it because it came from Baha'u'llah. If we put His image on our walls and worshipped it, how would we be different from the idol worshippers? Two, in reality the image of Baha'u'llah is meaningless and does not reflect the face of God. Physically, Baha'u'llah was human. His being God was relative to His attributes and perfections and writings. The photograph just carries matter-of-fact information about a human body. I worship Baha'u'llah's message and the transformative power of the Word of God.

Anyway, I think it's an interesting debate, and thanks for commenting. Cuñado - Talk 06:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Logical point here. I understand that the DNA is the miror, and that DNA is what is the Kibla, and when alive the DNA was Manifestation. However a photograph is not DNA, infact the photograph does not even approach the mirror. I think you need to understand only what is asked to do around representations of Manifestation which includes Baha'i'llah and that is not to represent them on the stage in visual form. So the photography is one immage that does not need to be represented on the stage. Let the vibration of His words be our connection with his Holy Personage.RoddyYoung 12:49, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Hi NicholasJB, would you have any pictures of the World Centre that you have taken yourself that you could upload at commons.wikimedia.org on a free license? Regards, -- Jeff3000 04:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

They're mosty about 2 or 3 megabytes, but perhaps I shall upload some when I get around to it. NicholasJB 21:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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