Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
I acknowledge you do not see a Book as Neccessary.
As a Baha'i we acknowledge we do not ownTruth, it is not from us, it is but a gift given to share.
After the Messenger leaves this earthly life, the Book is the gift of proof of the Life and the Message Given, it is the gift of the guidance required for the age the Message given.
The Book is a Neccesary part to ensure man stays close to the Truth. Even with the guidance of the written word, history shows we can still stray, then how much more would we stray without it, when man uses but His own ideas!
Regards Tony
In my opinion, it sounds like you (and other book-believers) don't trust yourselves. The books are written by people too; and, they trusted themselves and wrote down their experiences and interpretations thereof. Whatever year people stopped trusting themselves, I don't know. It wasn't that long ago, though. Maybe it's just spiritual chronic depression.
When I read a poem about lust versus love, I wouldn't mistake the emotion I get from the poem:
The Look
Sara Teasedale
Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.
Strephon’s kiss was lost in jest,
Robin’s lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin’s eyes
Haunts me night and day.
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and the emotion I get from actually experiencing and knowing the difference. If I need to refer to the poem to explain what the differences are, so be.
However, in religion, it should be your second if not first language. If you depend on someone else's words to experience god, who is doing the experiencing?