Trailblazer
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I don't know how other Bahais interpret those verses so I am just presenting my interpretation. Why would it matter how other Baha'is interpret the verses? As I recall a Baha'i friend had another interpretation and it was just as valid. Baha'u'llah wrote that verses can name many meanings.Ah, just an allegorical teaching moment. If it's allegory do all Bahais interpret it the same way? Where have other Bahais commented on it?
If you don't know, then you are just stating your opinion.
No, Bahais do not believe that God created everything in six days because that is contrary to science and we believe in science. Baha'is believe in evolution so obviously everything could not have been created in six days. These are official Baha'i teachings, not my opinion.Please clarify. Did God create everything in six days? Was the Flood Real? Did Australia zip across the Pacific after the ark unloaded the kangaroos on Mt. Ararat?
Are you answers the official Bahai teachings or more of your opinions?
There is no official position on the flood, but below is what Baha'u'llah wrote about it and you can make of it whatever you like.
“Mention hath been made in certain books of a deluge which caused all that existed on earth, historical records as well as other things, to be destroyed. Moreover, many cataclysms have occurred which have effaced the traces of many events. Furthermore, among existing historical records differences are to be found, and each of the various peoples of the world hath its own account of the age of the earth and of its history. Some trace their history as far back as eight thousand years, others as far as twelve thousand years. To any one that hath read the book of Jük it is clear and evident how much the accounts given by the various books have differed.
Please God thou wilt turn thine eyes towards the Most Great Revelation, and entirely disregard these conflicting tales and traditions.”
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, pp. 174-175