PoetPhilosopher
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I think some people mischaracterize Bahaullah as claiming to be God. The confusion comes in in not understanding that Bahaullah states that the essence of God never truly descended into the human world.
"To every discerning and illuminated heart it is evident that God, the unknowable Essence, the Divine Being, is immensely exalted beyond every human attribute, such as corporeal existence, ascent and descent, egress and regress. Far be it from His glory that human tongue should adequately recount. His praise, or that human heart comprehend His fathomless mystery. He is, and hath ever been, veiled in the ancient eternity of His Essence, and will remain in His Reality everlastingly hidden from the sight of men. “No vision taketh in Him, but He taketh in all vision; He is the Subtile, the All-Perceiving.”…"
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahaullah, XIX
Bahaullah said some things that did sound like he was claiming to be God, but it was a form of stating where he basically tapped into the divine himself as a manifestation and carried out a message, having limited right to do so as a manifestation. That's the way I understand it.
I have my doubts all Christians will quite understand this concept, a pyramid with God at the top and manifestations and prophets at the bottom, with Christ and Bahaullah being seen as a manifestation, it kind of tosses aside the idea of the Trinity and might be more easily understood by panentheists, etc. overall.
Thoughts?
If you don't agree with the Baha'i faith, it's cool. I just want to make sure that if people are going to criticize Baha'i and Bahaullah, that they aren't creating straw men.
This is more a post meant as an exchange of information with the possibility of debating.
"To every discerning and illuminated heart it is evident that God, the unknowable Essence, the Divine Being, is immensely exalted beyond every human attribute, such as corporeal existence, ascent and descent, egress and regress. Far be it from His glory that human tongue should adequately recount. His praise, or that human heart comprehend His fathomless mystery. He is, and hath ever been, veiled in the ancient eternity of His Essence, and will remain in His Reality everlastingly hidden from the sight of men. “No vision taketh in Him, but He taketh in all vision; He is the Subtile, the All-Perceiving.”…"
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahaullah, XIX
Bahaullah said some things that did sound like he was claiming to be God, but it was a form of stating where he basically tapped into the divine himself as a manifestation and carried out a message, having limited right to do so as a manifestation. That's the way I understand it.
I have my doubts all Christians will quite understand this concept, a pyramid with God at the top and manifestations and prophets at the bottom, with Christ and Bahaullah being seen as a manifestation, it kind of tosses aside the idea of the Trinity and might be more easily understood by panentheists, etc. overall.
Thoughts?
If you don't agree with the Baha'i faith, it's cool. I just want to make sure that if people are going to criticize Baha'i and Bahaullah, that they aren't creating straw men.
This is more a post meant as an exchange of information with the possibility of debating.