The Baha'i Studies Listserv Perhaps I should have clarified on something: >Needless to say, we both lamented over the fact that out of millions of Baha'is in the world, only two appear to be defending the >Faith through the highly popular medium of Youtube.
I meant only two defending the Faith through videos. There are many more Baha'is doing so through comments, but individual comments can get pushed back on a page and don't get viewed anywhere near as much as an independent video about the Faith. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Adib Masumian <[email protected]>wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv Hello friends, > > A friend and I were talking about "Baha'i apologetics" on Youtube. He has > made quite a few videos defending the Faith from those who made videos to > assail it and I have only done so once or twice, but intend to do so more > often in the future, especially concerning conspiracy theory and the Faith. > Needless to say, we both lamented over the fact that out of millions of > Baha'is in the world, only two appear to be defending the Faith through the > highly popular medium of Youtube. > > He and I both acknowledge that the majority of Baha'i intellectuals on the > Internet settle themselves in the blogosphere, which is certainly admirable. > But we also think that their thoughts and opinions would be better channeled > through the medium of video. What they have to say will undoubtedly receive > more attention. Furthermore, the real interest I have at hand, as I said > earlier, would be to strengthen the bulwark that is the Baha'i Faith through > engaging in a little apologetics - an area of the Faith which is sadly > lacking on Youtube. > > What I think we should really do is examine what those who are publicly > opposed to the Faith have to say, analyze their arguments, and create a > video response on Youtube. It will not only attract a lot of attention, but > it will provide a reference for you if someone brings up the same > discrepancy in the future. For example, perhaps an Iranian is under the > impression that we are British or Zionist agents. Maybe his brother got the > idea somewhere along the line that we repudiate the unity of God, or > Tawheed. Or maybe a Christian or a Muslim will assail us with generic > attacks (your religion is false because you reject the deity of Christ/came > after Islam). If we could make that shift from the blogosphere to Youtube, > Baha'i apologetics would become much more noticeable on the Internet and in > general. > > I will make videos regarding conspiracy theories on the genesis and mission > of the Faith in the near future. If we can get enough people to join in this > initiative, I can make a Google group to this effect for the Youtubing > Baha'i apologists to come together, discuss, and share opinions and > concerns. > > I realize a lot of you may not have time for this, but perhaps you know > other intellectual Baha'is that do. You can see my friend's Youtube channel > here: > > http://www.youtube.com/kmehrabi > > If we can each help build one wall with our knowledge, we can truly protect > the Faith in an impregnable stronghold. > > Regards, > Adib > > -- > The Bahá'í Faith; uniting the world one heart at a time. To learn more, > visit > www.bahai.org or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baha%27i > > "To be a Bahá'í simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and > try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood." -- > `Abdu'l-Bahá > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to > Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank > email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send > subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or > subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i > Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto: > [email protected] Web - > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - > news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- The Bahá'í Faith; uniting the world one heart at a time. To learn more, visit www.bahai.org or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baha%27i "To be a Bahá'í simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood." -- `Abdu'l-Bahá __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
