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  1. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    All people needed was spears and bows and arrows and knifes and swords and they could go destroy cities. Without a spiritual change some people will still want to conquer and destroy others for wealth and power. How is it that God changed you? Why can't he do that for everybody? And if God...
  2. CG Didymus

    Many many Chariot wheels found at bottom of Red sea.

    Somewhere in this thread I asked about the Sun stopping in the sky. How silly of ;you to think there is not a God. How else could the Sun stop and the Earth keep turning and the day get extended long enough for God's people to kill more of the enemy. And even if you claim, falsely, that it was...
  3. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    But you should be, because you are representing the Baha'i Faith here. You can turn a person on to it, or push a person away from wanting to investigate it. To interpret a story about Daniels' friends being thrown into a furnace to be a prophecy about Jesus, Muhammad, the Bab and Baha'u'llah...
  4. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    And considering I find flaw with Baha'u'llah and Abdul Baha' s interpretation, you can imagine how far out there I see your interpretation. Yes, there are verses that are clearly prophecies. Like when it says, "Thus says the Lord..." Or... "It shall come to pass..." In one of the rare times...
  5. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    Here's some information about "sackcloth".... "Sackcloth, usually made of black goat hair, was used by the Israelites and their neighbors in times of mourning or social protest." As garment Sackcloth came to mean a garment, too, made from such cloth, which was worn as a token of mourning by the...
  6. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    No, that was being sarcastic, because you didn't supply any answers but deferred to her. As if what she says has any authority. I don't think Baha'is can support any of the verses they use if they are taken in context. And I think that, because Baha'is never try to see what the context was...
  7. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    Ironically, this OP is about building bridges. I do know some, what I call, liberal Baha'is that do respect people in the other religions a little deeper. But even then, it usually with liberal people in those other religions, not like a Fundamentalist Christian. But I think that some...
  8. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    That's the thing... They need to discuss them. They need to make the connections. They need to show that their prophet was indeed mentioned in the prophecies of all the other religions. And again, I'm far from being a religious scholar, yet I find problems with their interpretations. They seem...
  9. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    Well yeah, I don't know of any religion that when they had power over the people, they imposed a lot of religious laws that ended up making things worse. Naturally, the Baha'is claim things will be different. Their vision for the future has us all living in peace and unity in one common...
  10. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    Yes, the well renowned Bible scholar. As pointed out by several people... Baha'is are here debating about things in the Scriptures of several religions. They should have at least studied them enough to argue their points. The comparison to the average, "nominal", Christian doesn't help her...
  11. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    Since Baha'u'llah has died. People have invented greater and greater weapons. Wars have become worse and worse. The plan has not failed. That was part of the Baha'i plan. I paraphrase, "You guys all rejected me, so now there will be wars and disasters until you see that I was right all along...
  12. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    If it's about some "child" being born unto who? Hmmm? It's in Isaiah... Gee, could it be the Jewish people? As always, Christians, Muslims, Baha'is and even Jews can come up with interpretations to make Bible verses support whatever they want. But what do all of them, including the Baha'is, do...
  13. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    There will be limitations, but probably less than those imposed by a conservative Christian or Islamic state. But the Baha'is do not support Gay rights of marriage, and probably not abortions... and they have laws against drugs and alcohol.
  14. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    At least Christians have a story about a "Son of God" child being born. Since it is in only two Gospels and told by people that weren't there, I'd have to say, for me, there is a chance it is a made up story. But... for Baha'is, they believe in the virgin birth. So, even for them, Jesus was a...
  15. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    So... after that, then everybody will be nice and loving? Again, if not then there will still be evil, greedy, and willing to hurt and kill others to gain wealth and power. What's the plan to stop them? With Jesus' plan, he just destroys them. Oh wait, I'm getting that from the Book of...
  16. CG Didymus

    What the New Testament says about God is true

    So... The Hebrew Bible says it was Isaac that was taken by Abraham to be sacrificed. The New Testament says it was Isaac. The Quran and the Baha'i writings of Baha'u'llah say it was Ishmael. So, my question is... If it's true, that it was Ishmael, who changed the story to Isaac in Genesis...
  17. CG Didymus

    Many many Chariot wheels found at bottom of Red sea.

    How about the Sun stopping in sky? Joshua 10:12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” 13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till...
  18. CG Didymus

    Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity

    Disarming the nations doesn't keep them from fighting each other. Right now, why do some nations get along and other don't? Why is there fighting between Gaza and Israel? And Ukraine and Russia? Before some more "poo" hits the fan, what if both sides get rid of all the rockets and guns...
  19. CG Didymus

    What the New Testament says about God is true

    Of course it is. Why would you, a possessor of the truth, care what I think?
  20. CG Didymus

    What the New Testament says about God is true

    Or... it's making a person a believer in what their religion actually tells them to do. Did Jesus fulfill the Bible prophecies about the Messiah? I think Jews have some good reasons to believe he didn't. Is Jesus the only way. Is it only through him we can be saved? I think that's exactly...
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