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Ok. What did the 12 disciples believe in? The Bible and sacraments didn’t exist at the time. That’s my point. They believed in Christ without any of the current traditions or customs as they didn’t come into existence until hundreds of years after Christ had died.
The gospels mention baptism, communion, repentance, and confirmation. Repentance and communion are all through the OT.
Where in the bible are these things instituted after The Church when these things have been practiced way before Jesus was born?
We can never know what it is like to be a ‘traditional’ Christian but we can still believe in Christ. The basis of their belief was Chrust was sent by God.
Traditional Christian? A Christian is a Christian-no bad vs. good.
What I’m saying is we can still believe in Christ like the dusviples did and that was good enough for Christ. The same with all the other Teachers.
Anyone can believe in the virtues of all the religions. The difference is getting the facts straight from the religion's perspective not your own if you want to respect the religious and religions that you want to believe in. Kind of like saying "I love you jesus" but on the other hand "but all you did was symbolic."
Buddhists follow Dhamma but Who’s Dhamma? The Buddha’s not anyone’s Dhamma so it still brings us back to the Messenger, Teacher, Prophet, Manifestation or Prophet doesn’t it?
Who??? Buddhism isn't a prophet faith. It is what.
Do you know what The Dharma is?
Another question. How do you know that every teaching that is attributed to Buddha is from Him?
The problem with that thought is thinking The Buddha needs to be authority of The Dhamma in order for it to be authentic. It is not a prophet faith. The Dhamma is not dependent on The Buddha's existence.
He realized The Dhamma. He did not create it.
It’s like the hadiths and Sayings of Muhammad many of which were false have been accepted as truth and terrorists use them to justify violence when they never came from Muhammad at all.
I don't know anything about the Quran only Catholicism, Nichiren (Tendai), and Zen Buddhism and what I study and practice directly from The Dharma. It is not a prophet faith.
I think the Word Manifestation is being mistaken for God. A Manifestation of God just means Prophet or Teacher or Voice of God but not God Himself. Baha’u’llah speaks on behalf of God but is not God Himself.
That works for Christ, Muhammad, and Zoroaster. It does not work for Krishna and The Buddha.
Yes Dhamma is still here as is the Torah, Bible and Quran but how we need a solution for today’s disunity between Faiths, nations and races.
The Torah, Bible, and Quran are inspired by god through the prophets.
The Dharma is not like that both in Buddhism and in Hinduism.
There is no disunity in faiths if each person follows their faith the best they can. If we respect and work together (not a new system) without needing to change our faiths to do so, then I see more positively happen. If we are looking for unity and one new system instituted by Bahaullah, I do not see that bringing unity to those who disagree.
There is urgent need for a universal ethic which can embrace all humanity.
Yes. Politically. Not by Bahaullah.
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