http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/baha'i Questions tagged with 'baha'i' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:22:25 -0800 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:22:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/100799/The%2DBahai%2DReligion%2DAm%2DI%2Dmissing%2Danything I have spent the past two years doing on-again, off-again research into the <b>Baha'i</b> religion. I really like what I see - I'm on the verge of conversion. There is one problem - something that's nagging at the corners of my mind: Why isn't this religion more popular? Is there something that I'm missing that everyone else is seeing?</b> This is a bit of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds">Wisdom of Crowds</a> mentality, but I have this mental image of a fork in the road with a heavily traveled path on one side and a deer path on the other. <br> <br> I'm not afraid of going my own way, I'm just looking for a little reassurance that I'm not blind to some obvious problem. <br> <br> The people I've spoken to have been very nice, the books that I have read have seemed pretty thorough, and I've read all the criticism that I can get my hands on. Yet, the sheer anonymity of it leaves me a bit bewildered.<br> <br> Help? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.100799 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:22:25 -0800 bahai baha'i choices obvious paths religion WisdomOfCrowds unixrat http://ask.metafilter.com/86417/Im%2Dfasting%2Dhelp%2Dme%2Dfromslowing I'm finishing off a 19 day fast and have only 3 days left. This week is a bit intense for me (2 exams and a lot of running around) give me some tips and tricks to power through. It's the <a href="http://info.bahai.org/article-1-4-7-2.html">Baha'i Fast</a> and it's from sunrise to sunset. No eating or drinking during that time.<br> <br> So far, it has gone really well, however, I find by around 1PM, I start to get a little tired and I will usually take a nap for an hour. The next few days are going to be a little intense for me and I won't be able to take a nap during the day.<br> <br> I don't get up before sunrise to eat/drink (although I REALLY should), does anyone have any advice on how I can power through these next few days? You know, special things to eat or drink prior? Exercises to keep me going through the day, whatever you can think of.<br> <br> Oh, I'm willing to get up early but the thing is, I go to bed really late and I don't know if shifting my entire schedule for 3 more days is going to help. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86417 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:35:02 -0800 Baha'i Fast Tips 913