CG Didymus
Veteran Member
Yeah, it has an "us vs them" built into it. Their "solution" is for all people to one day realize that the Baha'i Faith is the truth and whatever Baha'u'llah said is what we have to do.Proselytizing is not constructive dialogue, and the belief that the world would be better if everyone shared your religion is not a "solution for humanity."
Here's my rant about all of this... With you, I'm probably preaching to the choir. So, this is more for the Baha'is.
Some of us who have learned a little about the Baha'i Faith and already disagree with some of their beliefs and claims. How do we unite with a religion like that?
It's like if a Christian sect said that all the world can live in peace if only we all join them... They say to love one another, don't lie, cheat or steal and all kinds of things that most people would agree with. But then they add... Believe Jesus is the only way, that he is God, that he physically rose from the dead, that the Bible is the inerrant word of God and so on. Believing all of those things ain't going to happen.
That's very similar to what Baha'is preach. We are one human family. Men and women are equal. There are not several races. There is only one race, the human race. Sure, great... I believe!
But then there's the other stuff. There's only one God. All religions are one. And... our religion, the Baha'i Faith is the newest religion from this one God. All the old religions have, unfortunately, gotten off track. But Baha'u'llah has brought us new teachings that correct all those things the other religions have gotten wrong. And he's brought us new laws for us all to follow.
If we'd only believe in him, we could all live in peace and unity as one big happy family... obeying and living by all the laws and rules and moral codes that he has given us.
Just with his moral codes, he has already created an "us and them." No sex outside of marriage. No gay sex. No drugs or alcohol. I'd imagine a few people on Earth live by those rules already. But will everybody? Religions can't force people to be "pure". They tried. They killed adulterers and gays. But it doesn't help when so many religious leaders do those same things... but in private.