All religions have their sacred places as does this one. IMO it is good that it has been named a World Heritage Site.

Huh. I had heard of Baha’i, but had no idea they were connected to the Holy Land. Hmm. Well, Israel won’t suffer from another sacred spot; it’s only when two religions share one that problems arise.
God bless.

There’s a Wikipedia article on Baha’i Faith. It includes a summary of the religion written by one of its leaders of early-mid last century, which follows. If that represents the members well (and we all know principals of a religion can be different than how they are carried out) I could be positive toward the aims of the religion if not, of course, the beliefs.

The independent search after truth, unfettered by superstition or tradition; the oneness of the entire human race, the pivotal principle and fundamental doctrine of the Faith; the basic unity of all religions; the condemnation of all forms of prejudice, whether religious, racial, class or national; the harmony which must exist between religion and science; the equality of men and women, the two wings on which the bird of humankind is able to soar; the introduction of compulsory education; the adoption of a universal auxiliary language; the abolition of the extremes of wealth and poverty; the institution of a world tribunal for the adjudication of disputes between nations; the exaltation of work, performed in the spirit of service, to the rank of worship; the glorification of justice as the ruling principle in human society, and of religion as a bulwark for the protection of all peoples and nations; and the establishment of a permanent and universal peace as the supreme goal of all mankind—these stand out as the essential elements [which Bahá'u'lláh proclaimed].

So what took so long? This is a cool place, with great significance. I am glad they made the decision.

Written in the middle of the last century. It sounds like something from a Science Fiction movie. A world tribunal, the exaltation of work, performed in the spirit of service, to the rank of worship, very communistic isn’t it, and very socialistic other places, where does freedom come in? It sounds as though they want to lump all religions under their understanding of how the world should run and they will direct everybody in it. They’ve forgotten that there are oceans of time and bodies of water between all of us.

I took that in a much more positive way. But maybe I’m sort of last century. Yep, I probably am.

nnmns,
I think you might not have fared to well in the last couple of centuries. Instead I think you might have been born a century too soon! Always looking forward!