Word: baha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Baha'is on campus say the ability to deal with the restrictive laws varies according to one's background. "If you were a party animal before you realized that you should get serious about your life, then I'd see that could be a problem," Diessner says...
...these laws have reasons behind them," Harrison says. "Baha'i writings say the bond between two sexual partners is stronger than any other bond that can be imagined," which explains the ban on premarital...
Jull says that when he first became a Baha'i a year ago he faced some skepticism from friends whom he'd gone drinking with before, but adds that he thinks their cynicism soon changed to respect...
Premarital sex is "one of the most frequently discussed topics of college-age Baha'is Mohadjer says, adding that when in college, she foundthat to be the area of most peer pressure. "Peopledidn't understand that for me it was never anissue," she says. "You have to be very careful howclose you get to people. You have to be firm aboutit earlier rather than later because later is muchtoo late...
Chen also says the laws are no problem for her."Before I became a Baha'i I partied so hard--thenI got it out of my system so there's absolutely notemptation...