That is a fair statement Nimos and yes it is only Logical that a God that created all, can change all.
At the same time being all powerful, when we weigh that with what we know of God, which is Love and virtues, that power is balanced in that Love and virtues.
From what I’ve seen on RF, Baha’is say things are symbolic, rather than a metaphor, such as the resurrection. The wonderful thing about the Baha’i faith is that each member is implored to investigate what is the truth for themselves, so that leaves room for a diversity of opinion in the community. I’ve only recently began identifying as Baha’i, as I agree with many of its core tenets, but I still got a lot to explore. I don’t intend to misrepresent the Baha’i faith.
Don't get me wrong, what you believe or don't believe is of little relevance to my point.
Basically you question Christians reason for believing in the bible and therefore God, given that some of them question certain stories. I do however not think that Jesus rising from the dead is one of them, as that would pretty much ruin Christianity if that weren't true. Yet you question this as being an impossibility and if they don't believe in such things, then why would they believe at all.
Questioning this is a fair point, I think most atheists would/do the same. The problem is, that these beliefs comes down to whether or not something can be proven or not, for whether one belief is more valid than another. And therefore it applies to your own beliefs as well.
Basically it is no different than you and me having a discussion about an event none of us witnessed. Lets say, I told you
"The car just exploded for no reason" and you question that, because to you that sound unlikely, however your own explanation is
"A demon caused the car to explode". So casting doubt on my belief, is doing nothing for your own, as long as you have no better way of demonstrating it.
So your reason for believing what you do, is no better than my reason for believing what I do, if that makes sense.
I’m not sure. The problem of evil makes me consider if God has the capacity to destroy evil, or if He requires human beings in doing their part. That’s the picture that the Zoroastrian faith paints, and Baha’is believe that Zoroastrianism is an inspired faith. Other than that though, I believe God created the whole universe. So why would He have limitations?
You kind of contradict yourself here, sort of doing exactly what you "accuse" the Christians of doing.
"The problem of evil makes me consider if God has the capacity to destroy evil" vs "I believe God created the whole universe. So why would He have limitations?"
If God doesn't have the capacity to destroy evil, clearly he have limitation, so raising the question of why he would have limitations is contradictory, to that statement. There ought to be no reason to think that God couldn't get rid of evil if he wanted to. Obviously he haven't done it, so your concerns regarding it is valid and relevant.
I guess the OP is wondering why if you have faith, it is required for something to be scientifically proven before you believe it. The flood for example, the Bible says it happens, so imo faith should suffice in believing it. I don’t think it should be required to demonstrate that a flood actually happened, if you have faith in the text.
Because questioning things make sure that you don't believe in wrong things or get manipulated into believing something that ain't true. Blindly believing something just because it is written down and is old, is not a good reason for believing anything. That is why one should demand prove and evidence of why something is true, the only time faith is ever needed is when you don't know something, otherwise faith is irrelevant.
When you think of fundamentalist terrorists, do you think they correctly question their scriptures? or do you think they just blindly believe and taking these texts literal could explain how they are capable of doing what they are doing without any concerns?
Believing in scriptures and a God is fine, believing in it without questioning them is dangerous and can be very damaging to oneself. There are lots of examples of this, whether that is from religions themselves, sects or cults, where people have been mislead because of them just believing something and not being able to defend against it.
Besides that, Jesus rising from the dead or Baha'u'llah having talked to God? Not exactly easy to prove any of it.
