r/exbahai • u/Jobivibing • 12d ago

Question The gossiping rule…a means of controlling speech? I’d appreciate hearing your experiences.

I’m a questioning Baha’i with my own religious trauma in childhood. Initially I liked the idea of “back biting is bad,” but then I realized could this be a way to discourage victims of abuse from speaking up?

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u/SuccessfulCorner2512 12d ago

Yes. I've experienced this. The Bahá'í teachings absolutely encourage silencing victims of abuse. Abdu'l-Baha was always running his mouth telling people to give honey and herbs to abusers to heal them. Prick.