CG Didymus
Veteran Member
Baha'is have committed themselves to the necessity of an "Elijah" coming first. Maybe that's true... maybe not. But can they show that all the other people they call "manifestations" had a forerunner that announced their coming? Did Krishna. Buddha, Zoroaster, Muhammad?Ha, ha. I have interacted with Bahais for upward of 10 years, but nobody has given me such an explanation. Are you sure you are following the dictates of your House of Justice (sic!)?
It's too easy for them to just focus on "proofs" that relate mainly to Christianity, because the Bible and NT are a goldmine for them to find quotes that can be made to fit their interpretation.
But they're in good company. Christians showed them how to do it first.
My favorite out of context quote is still how Christians took one verse out of Isaiah chapter seven and made it a prophecy about Jesus being born of a virgin. Is there anything else in that chapter that ties Jesus into the boy being described by Isaiah? No. Does it matter to Christians? No. Just like it doesn't matter to Baha'is what the context might be describing. But... should it matter?
Oh, and one more comment that relates to that... Baha'is ignore verses that contradict their beliefs and interpretations or find a way to interpret them that makes them mean something else. The number one example of that is how they make the resurrection of Jesus a "spiritual" or symbolic resurrection. Again... is it right to cherry-pick the verses they like and ignore the others? No. But does it matter to them? No.