The
Ba'hai House of Worship is one of those amazing places in our own backyard that a lot of the locals don't even know about. This is the prettiest building in the entire state, and according to the state department of tourism, one of the Seven Wonders of Illinois (ranked only slightly below Coach
Ditka). That's a fairly big claim for a state chuck full of the world's best sky scrapers.
If I were a better person I would take the time to read the entire
wikipedia article about the
Ba'hai faith, but I just don't have the patience right now. There are actually quite a few
Ba'hais out there, over 6 million actually, and they aren't necessarily all in the Middle East. As a matter of fact, they've established a house of worship on each continent, and the North American temple happens to be in
Willmette, Illinois, so of course we went to see it. Actually, does Panama City count as North America? I guess we'll call that Central America. Anyhow, so the people there were super neat, and I could really feel that great spirit that is present in religious buildings. You can always tell when a religious group is in it for the right reason by how the tourists act while visiting their houses of worship. People touched by the spirit just feel wrong running about and shouting like tourist ninnies regardless of weather they belong to the faith or not.
This temple is by far the coolest looking of all the
Ba'hai houses of worship, although the one in New Delhi ain't so bad. Its a good 138 feet tall, being the tallest of all
Ba'hai buildings, and is surrounded by the most beautiful gardens. The building took 32 years to build, mostly because of the lulls during World War II and the Great Depression, and the fact that it is massive and incredible. I'll have to move on to the next posting to further prove how awesome this building is. Anyone who has lived in the Chicago area and has never stood at the bottom of the stairs of the
Ba'hai temple should repent and make a pilgrimage.
The Ba'hai House of Worship is one of those amazing places in our own backyard that a lot of the locals don't even know about. This is the prettiest building in the entire state, and according to the state department of tourism, one of the Seven Wonders of Illinois (ranked only slightly below Coach Ditka). That's a fairly big claim for a state chuck full of the world's best sky scrapers. 
If I were a better person I would take the time to read the entire wikipedia article about the Ba'hai faith, but I just don't have the patience right now. There are actually quite a few Ba'hais out there, over 6 million actually, and they aren't necessarily all in the Middle East. As a matter of fact, they've established a house of worship on each continent, and the North American temple happens to be in Willmette, Illinois, so of course we went to see it. Actually, does Panama City count as North America? I guess we'll call that Central America. Anyhow, so the people there were super neat, and I could really feel that great spirit that is present in religious buildings. You can always tell when a religious group is in it for the right reason by how the tourists act while visiting their houses of worship. People touched by the spirit just feel wrong running about and shouting like tourist ninnies regardless of weather they belong to the faith or not. 
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