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While I recognize that new religions trying to grow in a society, using an
urban strategy is a good idea. But, they should atleast now if there are some
ironies or conflicts between the religion's values and the values of the
communities in the area.
Headquarters:
Australia (Perth)
France (Marseilles)
Israel (Haifa)
United States (Las Vegas)
City of the Covenant:
United States (New York City)
Bahai Houses of Worship (notice the following):
Australia (Sydney)
Chile (Santiago)
Germany (Frankfurt)
United States (Chicago)
Planned construction:
Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Canada (Toronto)
Colombia (Bogota)
France (Paris)
Japan (Tokyo)
Mexico (Mexico City)
Norway (Oslo)
South Africa (Johannesburg)
Spain (Madrid)
Sweden (Stockholm)
United Kingdom (London)
Above this line are the known cities, below are just metropolitan areas in such
countries
Austria (Vienna)
Israel (Haifa)
Italy (Rome)
Netherlands (The Hague)
New Zealand (Auckland)
Peru (Lima)
Switzerland (Bern)
Turkey (Istanbul)
United States (Anchorage)
Venezuela (Caracas)
The Baha'i Faith isn't the only faith that employs an urban strategy. Nichiren
Shoshu (the religion I converted to) also employs an urban strategy.
http://www.nst.org/temples/
Notice all the areas they have temples in. Irony and values conlict? not so
much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_ethics
So to the question. Do Baha'is build in urban areas without knowing about this
blindly? Do they just ignore it and build any ways? Do they think building in
urban areas will somehow magically destroy cultures of tolerance and replace
them with cultures of moralism? Do they think Baha'is sermons will somehow
change society (despite not having sermons there)?
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