I am a Baha'i, I also seek to learn about other religions, they are my/our common human heritage...a vast and valuable treasure.
I seek/desire no ones conversion...rather unity in diversity.
These things I hold to be 'true'.-
We are One People inhabiting One Planet...our diverse faiths...
Hi weirdfish.
Your proposed discussion may well be served by examining The Golden Rule-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Rule
http://www.jcu.edu/philosophy/gensler/goldrule.htm
You might also consider the following observations....Most of the worlds major living religious traditions...
Hey Ben...Welcome to the board and Hi from Oz:)
Perhaps I couldn't agree more because I am a Baha'i...or...I am a Baha'i because I couldn't agree more;)
I desire and the world needs Unity in Diversity.
Let every Jew be the best Jew he/she can be.
Let every Christian be the best Christian...
Haven't seen anyone say or suggest there was equivalence between atheism and communism.
Just that atheism was central, vital and inseparable to the communist regimes mentioned.
Good for her.
Does she have anything to do with the various communist endevours to establish a Godless...
Atheism was a central and essential ingredient in the communist cake cooked up .
To say that atheism does not have to be mixed with politics (general) and/or Lenin was not a spokesperson for atheism is a blatant obscuring fudge of the issue. Lenin was a spokesperson for communism and in his...
No.
The "politics" cannot be seperated from the central and essential anti religious stance.
"Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism."
-Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)
"Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism."
- Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)
Nor...
Depends.
Think about the nature of "popularity".
The vast majority of people who attain "popularity" do so through efforts/ achievements in a particular area- music, sport, film, writing, politics and the media plays a large role therein.
Henry 'Banjo' Clarke had no discernable 'area' or...
No.
Did you have to assume it was a reference to Hindu scripture and not contemporary Terry Pratchett- Diskworld?
Sadly...my books remain unfinished and unpublished...Pratchett's are very popular.;)
Yes.
This man was broadly hailed as a saint.
Lore of the Land - Indigenous Cultures
Wisdom Man by Camilla Chance
Yes.
I knew the man well and he did indeed "have special powers".
Whenever he met someone, old friend or new, he made them feel like the most interesting, special, loved and...
And your arguement becomes overwhelming in regard the "many things" you have identified as alternative meanings.:p
And what I love about these debates is that you think saying there are "many" meanings then reducing it to "several" without actually having put forward >one<....somehow...
Originally Posted by noh950
that the heavens and the earth ware joined together as one united piece, then We parted them ?
Nothing "misleading" about it at all.
The concept and intent is crystal clear.
Everything we see in the physical heavens was once "joined together".
A remarkable and...
As Riverwolf said...a short summary would be helpful.
For my money I place some degree of faith in the general common sense of humanity...sure we screw up and even mess up a good thing when we have it...but we tend, over time, to preserve what is valuable, useful, functional and abandon what...
Well said, well intended and welcome to the Board.
(Though, as a parent, I am tempted to suggest- teach him to be greedy, self centered and mean and then when he goes through adolescent rebellion he will turn to all those virtues you desire for him. ;) )
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh the Antichrist....what a handy Cameleon!
I am old enough to vividly recall the candidates that have been run with "The Bible clearly warns" just in the last fourty years...
First it was The Pope/Rome and every Evangelical new the dangers of Antichrist Popery!
Then it was...
In the same way that even though having been married for thirty years I do not/can not "fully understand" my wife....and yet there are things I believe/hold to be 'true' about her.
Likewise God-
"No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision. God is above all comprehension, yet is...
While we may well gain 'greater' understanding in the hereafter I don't believe we will ever "fully understand" God.
Answer falls into two components- Spiritual law/understanding (Golden Rule) which does not change from age to age/faith to faith....but is often renewed re presented in...
I believe you are right and the mood is right across the board/Net.
There was once a much broader spirit of inter faith/cross faith/no faith ecumenicalism...a sharing and exploration and seeking mutual understanding.........dont see much of that these days...but a great deal of proving and...
I agree.
And yet.
We have overcome at various stages the mistrust of 'the other' to form villages, towns, cities, city states, nations..............and now..........
We slowly come to the mature realization that we are a planet...one people...and that we are confronted by a range of issues...