"It is neither eclectic in the presentation of its truths, nor arrogant in the affirmation of its claims. Its teachings revolve around the fundamental principle that religious truth is not absolute but relative, that Divine Revelation is progressive, not final."
Here's the problem I see. While I agree all religious truth is relative, how is it he can then say it is progressive in the next breath? By saying it is progressive, that is to say that this new truth supersedes previous truths, that it summarizes and bypasses what the earlier truths said. This is not a recognition of the nature of relativism, but rather that there is only one truth that follows a straight linear line. And that the most recent "revelation" is better than, higher than, truer than previous revelations.
It is also in fact eclectic, in that it cherry picks what it likes from other traditions, and then crafts and molds those into its own ideas of what that truth is, then claiming it has the newest, latest, and best revised edition of divine truth. All of exposes that it does not in fact recognize the relative nature of religious truth. It claims it has a "better" truth because it is newer and corrects the errors of the previous traditions.
"Unequivocally and without the least reservation it proclaims all established religions to be divine in origin, identical in their aims, complementary in their functions, continuous in their purpose, indispensable in their value to mankind."
These words sound good, however when you then next say that you have the latest update, you have placed these other religions as inferior. This is not an understanding of the relative nature of truth. "Progressive revelation" in the sense that the Baha'i take it, is a replacement religion for these old horse-and-buggy religions with their new 19th Century sports car edition.
Essentially, Baha'I Faith claims, Religion of God needs to be renewed in every Age.
You mean replaced? How is the Baha'i faith "renewing" Christianity for Christians, for example? How does it "renew" the Islamic faith for Muslims? How does it renew Hinduism? Is anyone outside the Bahai religion itself benefitting from this latest revelation?
Proselytizing those in other religions, is not an effort to renew their faith for them. It's an effort to convert them to a different religion, which merely pays lip service to those other religions to soften the sell that they need to "update" their religion with the Baha'i faith.
Thus Bahai Faith is the renewed Christ Faith.
No it is not. It's a different religion that Christians convert to, out of Christianity. How many former Christians are Baha'i on this site alone? Quite a few from what I've seen. It is not a renewed Christian faith, it's a replacement for it. Why would someone not remain a Christian if it were merely a renewal of that faith? Why would they leave the religion for the Baha'i then?
It is the renewed Hinduism.
No it is not. It does not even begin to speak to Hindu beliefs and practices, let alone begin to rival its incredible depths and insights. It has next to no relationship at all with it, even though it claims it "renews" it, somehow. I can't imagine in what ways it does? Can you, or anyone else explain that reasonably?
While it has more in common with Islam than any of the other world religions, it appears it's not doing that well in "renewing" it. How many Muslims take anything at all from the Baha'i faith into their own, aside from those who convert to the Baha'i religion from Islam?
As much as even as Christ and other Messengers have said, the Religion would get distorted by false teachers, thus all Religions promised a Person to appear at the end, to renewe Religion and teach the original Faith.
This is the claim of every cult who sees themselves as the latest and greatest religion from God. "We've got the latest truth", banners flying from their roofs, proclaims not a renewal, but a revision, correction, and replacement for them, in their minds.
They all do this. Baha'i faith is just another one of those making that same claim, in the same way, saying the same thing, as every "latest" prophet from God to come along. It's nothing new at all.
Bahais believe, this promise is fulfilled by the person of Bahaullah, and He is the One all previous Foumders of Religions had promised to come.
Yes, all these other "latest revelation" cults claim the same things. It's a recognizable pattern, not a new truth.