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20:42:06 From Varqa Kalantar to Everyone:
	Bearing in mind everything we have said about participation in the discourses of society, let us now ask ourselves a fundamental question: How do we go about understanding and analyzing issues of social import in light of the Baha’i teachings? A moment of reflection on this question brings a host of others to mind: How did I develop the perception I have of this or that issue? To what extent are my views on social issues influenced by informal conversation with friends, neighbors, and coworkers? Given that I am constantly exposed to a wide range of convincing arguments, often stemming from conflicting ideological perspectives, each aggressively propagated by the media, how do I go about separating truth from propaganda?
20:42:07 From Varqa Kalantar to Everyone:
	What criteria do I use to distinguish between fact and opinion? How do I avoid presenting as the Baha’i view on a particular issue a set of ideas in vogue that are superficially akin to certain beliefs of the