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Just like it takes all sorts of flowers to makes a pretty garden.It takes all sorts to make a world )))
BEAUTY AND HARMONY IN DIVERSITY
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Just like it takes all sorts of flowers to makes a pretty garden.It takes all sorts to make a world )))
Exactly))
Well you know that some religions think they are the only ones that got it right. And they can usually back it up with things said in their Scriptures. So right there you got some people who think it is the right thing to do, the Godly thing to do, to tell other people in other religions they are wrong. So how are Baha'is going to fix that? In fact, Baha'is are sometimes right in the middle of the argument telling the people in some other religion that they are the ones that are wrong.I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that a prejudice is ‘an attachment to an untruth’.
In this modern age where technology has provided the means for the different races, religions, cultures snd nationalities to mix and mingle, it would be I believe, irresponsible to foster any kind of prejudice especially online where it is read by an international audience spreading far and wide the seeds of enmity.
If used aright, RF can be a forum for reconciling the long time differences and misunderstanding between peoples, or it can be abused to further incite prejudice, bigotry and hostility towards one group or another.
There is good and bad across all societies. But mostly good I have found. So very often I am humbled by the goodness and kindness I come across daily.
I question myself more and more as to whether I am being generous and magnanimous enough in my posts about other races, religions, nationalities and groups as more often than not I see that it all too often falls short. In truth there is beauty and truth in all people.
I have some of most beautiful friends from all walks of life and there is so much goodness to celebrate in their diversity.
Peace to all.
Most Baha'is are busy building up their communities so there will be a place for people to come to when the old world order comes crashing down. Most Baha'is are not on forums talking about the religions of the past or talking about social and political issues.What are Baha'is doing and what are they going to do? Because from what I remember the Baha'i Faith expects the world to get much worse. Then, after all else has failed, then the people of the world will turn to the Baha'i Faith. But what about right now? What do we do?
As if its a binary choice lol, one need not even choose religion at all.Which one of these religions seems more logical to you? Which one seems more rational?
Well you know that some religions think they are the only ones that got it right. And they can usually back it up with things said in their Scriptures. So right there you got some people who think it is the right thing to do, the Godly thing to do, to tell other people in other religions they are wrong. So how are Baha'is going to fix that? In fact, Baha'is are sometimes right in the middle of the argument telling the people in some other religion that they are the ones that are wrong.
And I don't know things are going where you live, but here in the U.S., it doesn't take much to get people mad at each other. Politicians can't work together and think the other side is going down the wrong path. We've got mass shootings. Road rage shootings. And then we send our military people around the world to help do what? Keep the peace? I guess? If shooting our enemies means keeping the peace.
What are Baha'is doing and what are they going to do? Because from what I remember the Baha'i Faith expects the world to get much worse. Then, after all else has failed, then the people of the world will turn to the Baha'i Faith. But what about right now? What do we do? The world seems to be in the control of the wrong people. But is there the "right" people? In certain places religion has or has had control, and things were still bad.
That is true, nobody has to choose any religion. I said that because CG has told me on numerous occasions that he is "still choosing" between Christianity and the Baha'i Faith.As if its a binary choice lol, one need not even choose religion at all.
As if its a binary choice lol, one need not even choose religion at all.
I did? I am? Which version of Christianity did I say I was thinking about "choosing"? It is more accurate to say that I'm still open to either Christianity or the Baha'i Faith being true... going by the mess world is in. However, I've also said that does the Bible and/or the NT have any prophecies that say that Christ/ The Messiah would come and the world remain in a mess, and getting worse, nearly two hundred years after he has appeared? I don't know of any. Do you?That is true, nobody has to choose any religion. I said that because CG has told me on numerous occasions that he is "still choosing" between Christianity and the Baha'i Faith.
That is what I meant, that you are open to either Christianity or the Baha'i Faith being true...I did? I am? Which version of Christianity did I say I was thinking about "choosing"? It is more accurate to say that I'm still open to either Christianity or the Baha'i Faith being true... going by the mess world is in.
No, but there are also no prophecies that say that the world would not still be a mess nearly two hundred years after he appeared. There are no prophecies that say any mess would be cleaned up in any given length of time. How long it will take depends upon how long it takes for people to recognize Baha'u'llah, but even if they don't as long as the follow His counsels that is sufficient to change the world situation. I see that happening already, ever so slowly.However, I've also said that does the Bible and/or the NT have any prophecies that say that Christ/ The Messiah would come and the world remain in a mess, and getting worse, nearly two hundred years after he has appeared? I don't know of any. Do you?
So you would never choose simply because you could not follow all the rules? What rules does Christianity have to follow? You know about the Baha'i laws but just because you cannot follow them perfectly that does not mean you cannot be a Baha'i.With the Baha'i Faith, all the other major religions are true. They just all lost their way as people took control of the religion. With Evangelical/Fundamentalist Christianity, all the other religions, including Judaism and all the other "Christian" churches, especially the liberal ones, are wrong... actually, most of them are more than wrong, they are false. For me, why choose, I can't follow and obey the rules of either Christianity or the Baha'i Faith. But, like I said, both have predicted a world that war and evil and disasters and disease are running rampant.
Why concern yourself with the future? Nobody knows what is going to happen, except God.If Christianity is right, then Jesus comes and casts out the devil and destroys all the evil unbelieving people. With the Baha'i Faith we've had wars and strife. And Baha'is aren't or can't fix it. It's has to fall apart before people turn to the Baha'is to fix things. By doing what? Putting their system of governing in? Some Baha'is say "no"? That the Baha'i administrative order and Baha'i laws are only for Baha'is. Then what? A non-Baha'i, secular government is going to "model" themselves after the Baha'is system? And what Baha'i laws are they going to include and which will they leave off? And we are going to trust this secular government to do the right thing? I doubt that.
Like I said, nobody knows what the future holds for the world. The Baha'i institutions are still in their infancy, they are not ready to take over governing anyone except the themselves. It will be better when people are following the Baha'i laws, that is a given, because those laws are our greatest protection, for individuals and society.But then would it be any better if the majority of people became Baha'is and had the Baha'i administrative people rule the world? It might be better than the secular government, especially for Baha'is. But, I don't think it would be a perfect system. How are a bunch of Local and National Assemblies of Baha'is going to run whole cities and countries? And a question I've asked a few times now... how are they going to enforce the Baha'i laws? And still, what are they going to do with the minority of people that don't become Baha'is? What will they do with drug dealers and prostitutes? What will they do with beer, wine and hard liquor manufacturers? What about gay marriages? Would they get annulled? What about big business and the stock market? In a Baha'i world who is going to work on the farms and do the "dirty" jobs? And if these things don't get fixed... how much better will that world really be?