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When you declare you are a Bahai at the age of 15, do all your previous sins go away and you only keep your good deeds? For example, in islam when you become a Muslim all you sins go away and you "start over" is it the same in the Bahai faith?
If one sincerely repents of his past sins they may be forgiven. Forgiveness of sins is conditional upon repentance; it is not automatic. Only God can forgive sins (see Quran 3:135)
http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/get.cgi?%20version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+s...
Baha’u’llah has written “Verily, the breezes of forgiveness have been wafted from the direction of your Lord, the God of Mercy; whoso turneth thereunto shall be cleansed of his sins,…. Happy the man that hath turned towards them, and woe betide him that hath turned aside.” The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, paragraph 131.
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Dr Duane K. Troxel
Expertise
Can answer questions related to the history, teachings and administration of the Bahá`í Faith.
Experience
Have been a Baha'i for over 40 years. Held a full professorship at Landegg International University in Switzerland, where I was on the history faculty. Have published in Baha'i history and am on the faculty of the Wilmette Institute.
Publications
Introduction to the Electronic Version of ?Star of the West?
http://www.bahai-education.org/star/intro.htm
The Album of Views Gallery
http://www.arkapple.com/album/index.html
Islam and the Baha'i Faith: A Brief Guide
http://www.safnet.com/bahai/docs/islam1.html
Qur'anic Quotations in the Kitáb-i-Íqán
http://www.bci.org/bahaistudies/courses/Iqan/quran.htm
http://bahai-library.com/?file=troxel_extraterrestrials_exotheology
Education/Credentials
B.S. (Cum Laude), M.Ed., Doctorate in Instructional Technology
Awards and Honors
Doctoral Fellow Temple University
Fulbright Hays Scholar to the People's Republic of China through the USA-China Teacher Education Consortium (1986)
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