I see we need to be positive about the future of humanity, concentrating our positivity on the potential we all have.
It's a new world order that is on its way.
Regards Tony
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Building Bridges to the Unity of Humanity
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It's a new world order that is on its way.
Regards Tony
CG Didymus
Veteran Member
Yes, we need to be positive. So, let's just go for it. Let's all disarm. Elect that World Tribunal, and see what happens. Like I said before... What could go wrong?
Except going by what has happened in the past when a religion was in power, I'm "positive" things won't go very good.
McBell
Admiral Obvious
I doubt it.
Especially given the fact you can not answer what it has actually accomplished...
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
Unity of humanity?
Sadly, such ideals remind me of lions sleeping all cuddled up to sheep.
Who knows, we may even enjoy a cuppa together, I know I would jump at the chance.
I see we have many a great conversation.
Regards Tony
CG Didymus
Veteran Member
Again, God's supposed perfect plan has to be implemented by corruptible, fallible people.
How many sound so "genuine" when the speak? Like all those cult leaders that got people to follow them? And no matter which side a person is on here in the U.S., both political leaders sound so "genuine" to their followers.
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
Yes. We have indeed, Tony.Who knows, we may even enjoy a cuppa together, I know I would jump at the chance.
I see we have many a great conversation.
Regards Tony
God's plans unfold over centuries and millenniums. All our choices have been included in that plan.
God already knows the end, as God already knew the beginning. God knows all our choices, all our thoughts, all are written on Tablets of chrysolite
"Think not the deeds ye have committed have been blotted from My sight. By My beauty! All your doings hath My pen graven with open characters upon tablets of chrysolite. Bahá’u’lláh, Hidden Words, Persian 63
Regards Tony
CG Didymus
Veteran Member
But there's a whole bunch of verses in the Bible and the NT that says that God does not remember them. So, does the God of the Baha'is remember both the good and the bad deeds? Because the God in the Bible and the NT supposedly forgets the bad deeds. Here's just some of the verses.
Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 172 helpful votes
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 158 helpful votes
“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.Hebrews 10:17 ESV / 134 helpful votes
Then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”1 John 1:9 ESV / 133 helpful votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.Psalm 103:12 ESV / 116 helpful votes
As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.Jeremiah 31:34 ESV / 115 helpful votes
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 89 helpful votes
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.Acts 3:19 ESV / 72 helpful votes
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,Micah 7:19 ESV / 65 helpful votes
He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
CG Didymus
Veteran Member
So, how do they handle it when some of the people aren't Baha'i? How are they building bridges with people that believe in a different religion?
That is part of the process of being born again CG and asking for forgiveness, a private act between the beleiver and God.
We answer for all our choices when we pass from this world.
Regards Tony
If you watch the video, many were not Baha'i and joined in, they were attracted because their choice of heart. Attracted to the realisation thay can be more than they currently were.
This happens in many communities. Many people join in, that are not Baha'i.
The Rhui process has its challenges, even for Baha'is. The wiser the facilitator, the better the experience. It is all about building that capacity in every individual.
Regards Tony
CG Didymus
Veteran Member
But it's similar to a Christian Church camp. Some kids are not going to be Christian. But they are going to be taught Christian values and Christian morality, and probably some Christian beliefs about getting saved.
Both get the kids away from the negative things going on in the places where they live. But they're all going to go back there. I know a Christian kid that was doing fine while he was with his Christian friends. But he got pulled back into the "good times" of what his non-Christian friends were doing.
So, with these kids, how do they stay connected? How does the program follow up when the kids are back home and are around negative influences?
The program is all.aboutvslef empowering each individual. In a lot of cases, it attracts the parents to come, as they see such a change in their children.
Regards Tony