Human knowledge which is based upon selfish desire leads to nothing but arrogance and pride, vainglory and conceit, and selfish desire is the greatest veil between God and man.
Then thank goodness for humanism - a very selfless ideology. It doesn't teach any vainglories or conceits, such as man being special in the eyes of a deity in whose image he was made.
I think that many of the religious call all self-interest apart from trying to get to heaven or getting others to heaven selfishness. This seems to be a strictly religious trope. Who else talks like that? Who else has an interest in people completely stifling their egos and being compliant and submissive? Who else praises meekness?
I like some of what you say so can you tell me where I can find those words of Buddha because I love them? I really appreciate those words you quoted.
Just copy them from my post. They're also all over the Internet. Some say they don't come from Buddha, but that wouldn't matter even if correct. If you loved them, it was the words and not their source that you loved.
Or, you can cite this, which is the same sentiment: "We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha's own words must be rejected." - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama.
But do you really love those words? They contradict some of your cherished beliefs. Nevertheless, if you do, you might want to change the attribution to anonymous:
"I sometimes quote myself and add anonymous after the quote." - anonymous.
It all hinges for me on the infallibility of Baha’u’llah.
Yes, it does.
Baha’is aren’t strong in their beliefs out of stubbornness or blindness but acute knowledge of the Station of a Manifestation of God. We know that a Manifestation is never, ever wrong.
"Acute knowledge of the Station of a Manifestation of God"? I have that as well, but my knowledge, which I'm sure differs from yours, is based in evidence.
Why do you think the Names Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, and so on have captivated peoples hearts and minds for thousands of years if They are just people?
Because people can do that.
So people oppose what they don’t understand and call it false.
People also oppose what they do understand when it is false.
You're making the same mistake as many other theists who confuse rejecting an idea with not understanding it or closed-mindedness. They assume that they are correct, and that the only thing holding others back from agreeing is not being willing or able to understand religious ideas. They are all actually very simple. How could anybody not understand them? Many have no clear meaning (vague), are internally incoherent (called mysteries that transcend understanding), or contradict other scriptures, but that is easy to see and understand, too. The problem is that the ones that are clear and not incoherent or contradicted elsewhere, like resurrection, are also not credible.
