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  1. Sundance

    Baha'i and Messengers

    I think there’s a misunderstanding here, CG. The Bahá’í Writings state that “all religions, except for a few which are the outcome of human perversity, are ordained of God and are reflections of His Will and Purpose.” Mindful of this, let’s proceed using our discernment to tell what from...
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    I agree somewhat. Stories may not have a real-world basis to them, but that’s not the point. They can communicate truths about the ways in which life works, offer insights into human nature, and give us guidance for living. The question that you posed to me is answered in the story itself. Adam...
  3. Sundance

    Baha'i and Messengers

    Thanks a ton, friendo! I try to express the Teachings using analogy, simile, metaphor, and poetry. :D
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    That would be true, unless the story regarding Him says otherwise. I’ll let you decide to make the next move, Aup.
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    It’s funny you ask about Hinduism, CG! To answer your first question, the Adamic Cycle was not the first cycle of Revelation. There were many before that. The definitive list of Manifestations from this cycle, from my understanding, would include (in no particular order) Adam, Abraham, Moses...
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    I do, actually. Your post states that, according to Bahá’ís, God only gave us a few Teachers. Again, this is not true. It directly contradicts what we ourselves teach. And no worries. All is forgiven.
  7. Sundance

    Baha'i and Messengers

    My nitpick stemmed from the fact that you got the belief that you were criticizing wrong…fundamentally, and I actually did respond to the OP. You’d know this had you read one of my earliest replies on the thread.
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    As far as God making Himself known to people, and why people have various conceptions of the divine and of Higher Law, my understanding is that it’s ordained of God. God made each and every one of us with that capacity to know about Him. To take the aforementioned school analogy a different...
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    Actually, it wouldn’t, because of the aforementioned implication. And there doesn’t have to be an exact number communicated from the expression or anything else. It could be any number in the world. That’s not the point. The fundamental point is that many Messengers have come before now and...
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    This argument is fallacious. You suppose that the number of Messengers and other Holy Teachers is (or ought to be) directly proportional to the number of human beings. This is not an accurate reflection of many realities in our world. It would be equivalent to suggesting that because our...
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    It’s not a literal number, but an expression denoting that there have been many Messengers and Books, and Teachers from the past, and will continue to be in the future.
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    Well, not really. God gave Adam the choice. Adam made his own choice. God can’t be blamed for that. As for that road breaking down in India, I’m not sure what caused it. These two situations are not the same at all.
  13. Sundance

    Baha'i and Messengers

    Hmmmm…Aup, your comment is thought-provoking. I’ll try to answer this the best I can. Outside of the Teachers who bring Divine Wisdom, all of the different texts that communicate those Teachings, and the various chains of succession from Teachers to student, we don’t necessarily need to have a...
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    Baha'i and Messengers

    This is not true. According to the Bahá’í Teachings, there have been (theoretically speaking) countless Messengers and Books that have come and will continue to in the distant future. We just have records of a few. On top of this, other holy Teachers, philosophers, and sacred souls — along with...
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    What Is Your Religion?

    I was a Stoic, but after some months of heavy reflection, I’ve made the decision to return to the Bahá’í Faith. Sooooo Ba… *has to check Other* Uhhhh….other. :oops:
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    Anti-theism Means

    As a Roman Pagan (more specifically, a Stoic), I’m a pantheist and polytheist. You don’t have to trust me, just gaze into the Heavens for yourself. I’m big on freedom of religion, myself. I don’t agree with the tenets of various religions or with atheism fundamentally, but I believe that...
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    Question to people who follow a religion from the past.

    On the one hand, I think it is absolutely not necessary to live exactly how people did in classical antiquity in order to practice Stoicism. The whole world has changed so much in the 2,000+ years since the days of Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Musonius Rufus, Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus...
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    You can not find God as a physical being

    I agree with you, @Conscious thoughts, although I understand the nature of God very different than you do, I’m sure. As a Traditional Stoic, in the first place, I acknowledge that there are, indeed, many gods; they are part of the Supreme God, which I understand is identical with the Universe...
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    Happy Birthday, Renki !!!!

    Thanks a ton, @Quagmire!
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    Happy Birthday, Renki !!!!

    Thanks, @Laika!!
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