Why are some non-Christians so interested in Christianity?

[Trailblazer]

Vaguely? Lol. I probably remember every line. Some movies I secretly watch over and over again.

The only movies that I have watched over and over again are The Fugitive, As Good as it Gets and The Big Country.
I know every line in The Fugitive, my favorite movie.
Oh I almost forgot. I have watched The Ten Commandments a fair number of times.

 

[Trailblazer]

All major religions have something unique to teach humanity. Jesus message of love for others including your enemies is pretty unique. Nobody else has said 'love your enemies. For that message alone we should be interested in Christianity.

The teaching of love for others including your enemies is not unique to Christianity. It is also a teaching of the Baha'i Faith.

"Baha’u’llah has clearly said in His Tablets that if you have an enemy, consider him not as an enemy. Do not simply be long-suffering; nay, rather, love him. Your treatment of him should be that which is becoming to lovers. Do not even say that he is your enemy. Do not see any enemies. Though he be your murderer, see no enemy. Look upon him with the eye of friendship. Be mindful that you do not consider him as an enemy and simply tolerate him, for that is but stratagem and hypocrisy. To consider a man your enemy and love him is hypocrisy. This is not becoming of any soul. You must behold him as a friend. You must treat him well. This is right." -- Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 267

Approximately every 2000 years, 'God' sends a major Avatar to the world. Jesus was the latest of these Avatars (the Avatar for the age of Pisces). Everyone would do well to study his teachings.

I believe that approximately every 500 to 1000 years, 'God' sends a major Avatar to the world. I do not believe that Jesus was the latest of these Avatars, as I believe that since Jesus three Manifestations of God (Avatars) have come to Earth -- Muhammad, The Bab, and Baha'u'llah.

 

[Trailblazer]

I'm interested in Christianity pretty much for the same reasons I'm interested in the factors driving climate change.

And maybe for the same reasons?

 

[Trailblazer]

Have you ever been seriously hurt either mentally or physically by christianity or christian? I have and will not accept it again. If they want to talk thats fine, if they are determined to abuse then they can expect response in kind

I do not have anything against any Christians per se because they have never hurt me, but I do have a lot against the doctrines of Christianity because I believe that they have destroyed the lives of 2.4 billion people by leading them astray from what Jesus actually taught as well as what the Bible actually means. I am referring to all the Christians who adhere to these doctrines, which is undoubtedly less than the total number of Christians cited above.

Please don't get me started on this subject because I will never stop and I will get banned from this forum in short order.

 

[firedragon]

The only movies that I have watched over and over again are The Fugitive, As Good as it Gets and The Big Country.
I know every line in The Fugitive, my favorite movie.
Oh I almost forgot. I have watched The Ten Commandments a fair number of times.

The Fugitive I love. Harrison Ford. The Ten Commandments I've seen many times. Charlton Heston. I must then checkout that other movie. -_-

 

[loverofhumanity]

Which do you read more of, Baha'i scripture, or Christian scripture?

I think I read both fairly equally.

 

[Vinayaka]

I think I read both fairly equally.

And the Koran?

 

[Augustus]

I'm one of those odd folks who prefers Mediaeval art

My favourite thing about medieval art is how they painted ruthless and ferocious warriors like dainty, mincing fops.

For example, Bohemond of Antioch, some double-hard Norman Viking arch-crusader thug getting married while looking as camp as a row of tents.

 

[Augustus]

My favourite thing about medieval art is how they painted ruthless and ferocious warriors like dainty, mincing fops.

For example, Bohemond of Antioch, some double-hard Norman Viking arch-crusader thug getting married while looking as camp as a row of tents.

Some knights arriving to do battle in armour knitted by their nans

 

[loverofhumanity]

And the Koran?

Yes very much.

 

[Vinayaka]

Yes very much.

And the Vedas?

 

[blü 2]

Atheists, Muslims, Bahai, etc. What gives? Why are you so interested in this religion? What is the value in studying it, or picking it apart?

Sorry, I don't get it. Help me out.

Personally I have enough time figuring out and becoming skilled at my own religion, let alone another one that doesn't suit me.

I answered a similar question >here<.

 

[loverofhumanity]

And the Vedas?

Yes but I’m looking for a digital copy with good introduction as many terms and names I don’t understand.

 

[soulsurvivor]

Many religions speak of loving your enemies

Sorry, I was not aware of this. Can you quote directly from any religious text (besides the NT) that says that?.
('Everyone' is too general. Also not Bahai texts because they copied a lot stuff from previous texts).

 

[Trailblazer]

Also not Bahai texts because they copied a lot stuff from previous texts).

Lol. Do you have any proof of that accusation?

 

[soulsurvivor]

Lol. Do you have any proof of that accusation?

It wasn't meant to be an accusation. Bahai's believe in both Jesus's teachings and the Koran and have incorporated both teachings into their own.

 

[Trailblazer]

It wasn't meant to be an accusation. Bahai's believe in both Jesus's teachings and the Koran and have incorporated both teachings into their own.

I do not know what you mean by incorporate?
Baha'is believe that Baha'u'llah received an independent Revelation from God, so that means that whatever He wrote came from God, not from any previous scriptures. If it sounds sound similar to Jesus's teachings and the Koran, that is only because the spiritual teachings are eternal, so they never change.

From the Preamble to the Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah:

HE IS THE GLORY OF GLORIES

This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. We have taken the inner essence thereof and clothed it in the garment of brevity, as a token of grace unto the righteous, that they may stand faithful unto the Covenant of God, may fulfill in their lives His trust, and in the realm of spirit obtain the gem of Divine virtue.

The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 3

 

[loverofhumanity]

Sorry, I was not aware of this. Can you quote directly from any religious text (besides the NT) that says that?.
('Everyone' is too general. Also not Bahai texts because they copied a lot stuff from previous texts).

Krishna (5000 years earlier)

Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle. (Bhagavad-Gita ch 32)

Christ

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Bible Rev. 22:13)

Did Jesus copy His Words in Revelation from Krishna’s Bhagavad-Gita 5000 years before?

These Words uttered by Jesus are not new. They were spoken by Krishna 5,000 years before Him. Did Jesus or Christians copy the Bhagavad-Gita and incorporate parts of it into the New Testament? Some of the words are identical matches.

 

[Marcion]

Krishna (5000 years earlier)

Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle. (Bhagavad-Gita ch 32)

Christ

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Bible Rev. 22:13)

Did Jesus copy His Words in Revelation from Krishna’s Bhagavad-Gita 5000 years before?

These Words uttered by Jesus are not new. They were spoken by Krishna 5,000 years before Him. Did Jesus or Christians copy the Bhagavad-Gita and incorporate parts of it into the New Testament? Some of the words are identical matches.

It is more likely that the historical Jesus never uttered those quoted words but that they are the creation of the author of the Gospel of John.

The beginning, the middle and the end is the same as Generator, Operator and Destroyer (Brahma-Vishnu-DevoMaheshvara).

God creates the universe in His own cosmic mind, maintains everything within it and withdraws it also.

 

[lukethethird]

Why are some non-Christians so interested in Christianity?

Why do passerby's slow down to look at a train wreck?