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An introduction.

Milton Platt

Milton Platt

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od19g6 said:
Hi everyone.

I'm new to this site but it looks interesting, like a place for a lot of topics.

I'm Baha'i, have anyone here have heard of the baha'i faith, if you have what do you think of it?

Because I am new I don't really know if this is the appropriate section for me because we have to be careful about the word debate. Sometimes debate could mean to argue and I don't want to do that. For me this is about sharing beliefs and information and finding truths.

Thank you.
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You will find others of your faith here. I have engaged several on occasion. Welcome to the Forum, please remember to don your asbestos underwear to prevent injury.
 
od19g6

od19g6

Member
Nakosis said:
Here's a question, what does the Baha'i faith say about non-believers.
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The main thing it says to non-believers and anyone for that matter is that this is the age of unity and that it's now time for the the whole human species to come together as one family.

Baha'u'llah says: the earth is but one country and mankind are it's citizens.
 
Heyo

Heyo

Veteran Member
od19g6 said:
The main thing it says to non-believers and anyone for that matter is that this is the age of unity and that it's now time for the the whole human species to come together as one family.

Baha'u'llah says: the earth is but one country and mankind are it's citizens.
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It is a noble goal to work for unity. But it is ironic that the usual outcome of such a goal is one additional religion/denomination/sect that only adds to the diversion.
 
od19g6

od19g6

Member
Heyo said:
It is a noble goal to work for unity. But it is ironic that the usual outcome of such a goal is one additional religion/denomination/sect that only adds to the diversion.
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Well I think that people have to realize the concept of progressive revelation meaning that each divine revelation have come in different times and places but all at it's core spoke about the same spiritual truths.

The world is a very diverse place but we need to have unity in diversity.
 
PoetPhilosopher

PoetPhilosopher

Veteran Member
@od19g6

So anyway, I discovered the Baha'i faith a few months ago and agree with it. I haven't been to one of their dinners/gathering type things, though. And if I ever did, I would hope they'd be okay with a future Transgender/Transgender person. But I think so.
 
od19g6

od19g6

Member
paarsurrey said:
If one loves a religion/faith/ideology it is not difficult to know the language one's scripture is, if it is considered holy. Right, please?
The translations are never the alternative of the original text in the original language. Every translator translates according to his understanding, so it is always an interpretation, never exact of the original. Bahai scripture is no exception? Right, please?

When did one convert to Bahai, please?

Regards
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Regards

Hi paarsurrey.

From my understanding we don't have a concept of a most sacred language in the world, we do however have sacred words and phrases that are in arabic and persian but we don't have a most sacred language overall.

We believe in the concept of progressive revelation, that means that each of the revelations from God: judaism, christianity, islam came in different times and places in human history and because they where reviled in different times and places so where the languages. Say for instance Jesus Christ spoke his revelation in hebrew and aramaic, Prophet Muhammad spoke his revelation in arabic, Baha'u'llah spoke his revelation in persian and arabic.

The unique thing is this day and age is that for the first time in religious history: Baha'u'llah wrote his revelation with his own hand and had his own secretaries approve the authenticity of his writings.

And Baha'u'llah's great grandson did most of the translations to english.
 
danieldemol

danieldemol

Veteran Member
Premium Member
od19g6 said:
The main thing it says to non-believers and anyone for that matter is that this is the age of unity and that it's now time for the the whole human species to come together as one family.

Baha'u'llah says: the earth is but one country and mankind are it's citizens.
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I believe the question was what does the Baha’i Faith say *about* nonbelievers, not *to* nonbelievers.

There is a subtle difference between those 2 questions.
 
od19g6

od19g6

Member
danieldemol said:
I believe the question was what does the Baha’i Faith say *about* nonbelievers, not *to* nonbelievers.

There is a subtle difference between those 2 questions.
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Well it's two types of nonbelievers: there's the nonbeliever that practice a different religion and there's the nonbeliever that doesn't believe in God at all.

Are you referring to one or the other, or both?
 
danieldemol

danieldemol

Veteran Member
Premium Member
od19g6 said:
Well it's two types of nonbelievers: there's the nonbeliever that practice a different religion and there's the nonbeliever that doesn't believe in God at all.

Are you referring to one or the other, or both?
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The question was put forward by @Nakosis , not me, but perhaps you could cover both bases then his question would be answered comprehensively.
 
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