Is atheism a religion?

[Trailblazer]

@ ecco
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ecco said: In other words - again - Baha’u’llah says he is God's messenger. How do we know Baha’u’llah is God's messenger? We know because Baha’u’llah says he is God's messenger.

Trailblazer said: No, that is not how we know. We know because of the evidence that indicates that He is a Messenger of God.The evidence that indicates that Baha’u’llah was a Messenger from God is as follows:

• What He was like as a person (His character)
• How do we know what he was like as a person? We read what he wrote about himself.

No, absolutely NOT. As I told you before, we do not look at what Baha’u’llah wrote about Himself. Baha’u’llah did not even write about Himself at all, because He was never trying to promote Himself; He only promoted the Cause of God.

“Say: God is My witness! I have wished nothing whatever for Myself. What I have wished is the victory of God and the triumph of His Cause. He is Himself a sufficient witness between you and Me. Were ye to cleanse your eyes, ye would readily perceive how My deeds testify to the truth of My words, how My words are a guide to My deeds.” Gleanings, pp. 256-257​

We know what He was like as a person because it is in the recorded history of the Baha’i Faith. People have written about Baha’u’llah, people who knew Him personally, or knew others who knew Him personally, so that is what we read. Everyone who knew Him was not even a Baha’i, but nevertheless, many knew He was more than an ordinary man.

This article is an overview of Baha’u’llah’s early life and it reflects on his character. Early Life of Bahá'u'lláh. I am sure that a lot more has been written. This is just one article I ran across.

His character is also addressed in the four volume set entitled “The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh” which covers the 40 years of His Mission, after He realized he was the chosen one in 1853.
Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63
Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68
Volume 3: Akka, The Early Years 1868-77
Volume 4: Mazra'ih&Bahjí 1877-92

• What He did during His mission on earth;
• What did he do? How do we know what he did?

What He did on His Mission is covered in the four volume set entitled “The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, as linked to above. His Mission is also covered in God Passes By:

SECOND PERIOD: THE MINISTRY OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH 1853–1892
Chapter VI: The Birth of The Bahá’í Revelation
Chapter VII: Bahá’u’lláh’s Banishment to ‘Iráq
Chapter VIII: Bahá’u’lláh’s Banishment to ‘Iráq (Continued)
Chapter IX: The Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh’s Mission and His Journey to Constantinople
Chapter X: The Rebellion of Mírzá Yahyá and the Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh’s Mission in Adrianople
Chapter XI: Bahá’u’lláh’s Incarceration in ‘Akká
Chapter XII: Bahá’u’lláh’s Incarceration in ‘Akká (Continued)
Chapter XIII: Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

• The history of His Cause, from the time He appeared moving forward;
• What is the history of his cause? How do we know the history of his cause?

Please refer to God Passes By and The Revelation of Bahaullah four volume set, as cited above.

• The scriptures that He wrote;
• Lots of people write self-serving scriptures: David Koresh did.

Nothing Baha’u’llah did was *self-serving.* He sacrificed everything He had for the Cause of God. Everything He did was for the sake of God. All one has to do is read the history and know how he suffered for 40 years in order to know this.

• What others have written about Him;
  
• What others? His followers? People with an agenda?

Please refer to the above books on the history of His Mission. Also, people other than Baha’is have written about Baha’u’llah. What kind of an agenda do you think His followers would have? Do you actually think it is fun having to sacrifice my entire life for the Cause of God? Think again. I am quite well off financially so I could be off sunning myself on a beach somewhere.

• The Bible prophecies that He fulfilled by His coming;
  
• Name one specific Bible prophecy he fulfilled.

He fulfilled all the prophecies for the return of Christ and the Messiah of the OT. Many of those are covered in this book: Thief in the Night by William Sears

I also have many of the prophecies posted on my forum, since I had an ongoing dialogue with a Christian a few years back.They are probably in the Christian Subjects folder. Delphi Forums Login

Below is one prophecy that is so specific that it could not have been fulfilled by anyone else.

Micah 7:12 “In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.”​

And since He fulfilled it exactly as written (as well as fulfilling all the other prophecies in the OT) there is no reason to keep waiting for Jesus to return, or to wait for the Messiah other religions are waiting for. All you have to do is read the history to know that Baha’u’llah fulfilled this prophecy. What do you think, that another Messiah claimant is going to come along later and fulfill it exactly as Baha’u’llah did? Gimmie a break.

Persia was part of Assyria and to the East of the Holy Land. Baha'u'llah was persecuted and banished from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain, which fulfilled this prophecy. There is no way He could have had any control over fulfilling it in order to fool people, since He was a prisoner or an exile for 40 years. There are many other prophecies like it, things that happened during His mission and afterward that He had absolutely no control over. Geography cannot be faked, it just exists, and a lot of the OT prophecies refer to geography. Only a blind person could fail to see that Baha’u’llah was who He claimed to be, by the fulfillment of these prophecies alone.

• The prophecies of other religions that He fulfilled by His coming;
• Name one specific prophecy he fulfilled.

You can read some of the prophecies of other religions that He fulfilled on this website: Prophecy Fulfilled Webpage.

• The predictions He made that have come to pass;
  
• I've already shown that the predictions that you posted were not nearly specific enough to be considered anything more than musings like those of Nostradamus.

Messengers of God are not scientists so they do not predict things like a solar eclipse that will occur at a certain time in a certain place. You have not shown that any of the predictions Baha’u’llah made did not come true. That is the only salient point. The predictions Baha’u’llah made were never intended to prove that He was a Messenger of God. They are simply interesting in the sense that He knew something only a person with special abilities could know, indicating He was more than an ordinary man, but not intended to prove that He was a Messenger of God.

Baha’u’llah said what we are to use as evidence of His claim: (1) His Person (character), (2) His Revelation (what He accomplished on His mission, and (3) His words (the Tablets that He wrote). I added the predictions as part of the evidence because they *indicate* that He had supernatural powers and I know people consider that important. Notably, Baha’u’llah did not consider that important, or proof of who He was; otherwise, He would have said it was proof. In fact, Baha’u’llah had a book of miracles He had done but He concealed it so nobody could see it, since He did not want people to believe in Him because of His miracles.

• The religion that He established (followers), what they have done and are doing now.
• Joseph Smith has far more followers. David Koresh has followers.

Again, this is not *proof* of who Baha’u’llah was, and He never told us to use it as proof. It is just something I added as part of the evidence because it *indicates* that there is something to the Baha’i Faith, which obviously is a reflection on Baha’u’llah since it is a religion based upon His Mission and Writings.

If success is any measure of a true religion, the Koresh movement cannot be a true religion, since it has not been successful in meeting its goals. By stark contrast, the Baha’i Faith has met or exceeded every single goal set forth by the Baha’i administration.

The goal of the Baha’i Faith administration has never been to increase numbers of adherents but rather to expand to as many locations as possible around the world. These goals have been met. The Baha’i Faith has spread to over 250 countries and territories and is almost as widespread as Christianity. Most of this happened during the “formative age” of the Baha’i Faith (1921-1944) FOURTH PERIOD: THE INCEPTION OF THE FORMATIVE AGE OF THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH 1921–1944

David Koresh has some followers but they are dwindling, which is what happens to cults. By contrast, the Baha’i Faith is the second fastest growing religion in the world, closely trailing Islam. Growth of religion - Wikipedia

The Baha’i Faith was the fastest growing religion in the world from 1910-2010. Statistics show that from 1910-2010, the Baha’i Faith grew at a rate of 3.54%, whereas during that time Islam grew at a rate of 1.97% and Christianity grew at a rate of 1.32%. Growth of religion - Wikipedia

The fact that the number of Baha’is is still small is irrelevant because all *true religions* are small during the first few centuries. History demonstrates this.

Comparing Mormonism to the Baha’i Faith is not a fair comparison because Mormons worship Jesus Christ, thus the Mormon religion is essentially a sect of Christianity that broke away from the mainstream Christianity. Moreover, the pool of followers came from Christianity and it was not such a big jump as it would be for someone to become a Baha’i, which is an entirely *new* religion, every different from the older religions in many ways.

 

[ecco]

Regarding the evidence, I made it perfectly clear to ecco what that evidence is in Post #621.

No. The only thing you made clear is that, like all religious people, you accept as evidence a bunch of stuff that really is not evidence in any sense of the word.

 

[ecco]

The caveat is that I do not *just believe it because Baha’u’llah said it.* I believe it because of the *evidence* that *indicates that He was a Manifestation of God (Messenger).

As I have stated many times previously, what you consider to be evidence, isn't.

See my next post, and you will see that there is a boatload of *evidence* for the Baha’i Faith that distinguishes it from any other religion. The evidence is what distinguishes it.

OK, I'll look at your next post.

 

[ecco]

David Koresh has some followers but they are dwindling, which is what happens to cults. By contrast, the Baha’i Faith is the second fastest growing religion in the world, closely trailing Islam. Growth of religion - Wikipedia

If David Koresh had lived he would have many more followers today.

The Baha’i Faith was the fastest growing religion in the world from 1910-2010. Statistics show that from 1910-2010, the Baha’i Faith grew at a rate of 3.54%, whereas during that time Islam grew at a rate of 1.97% and Christianity grew at a rate of 1.32%. Growth of religion - Wikipedia

If a group has 1,000,000 followers and adds 1000, it has grown by .1%.
If a group has 2000 followers and adds 25, it has grown by 12%.

Growth percentages are meaningless. You should know that.

{bahai} is an entirely *new* religion, every different from the older religions in many ways.

This is the same nonsense that you keep trying to perpetuate. In essence, all religions are the same.

• I am the leader.
• I am a mystical person.
• I am unlike all who preceded me.
• If you believe in Me, I will convey great insights and knowledge.
• Follow Me.

 

[Audie]

If David Koresh had lived he would have many more followers today.




If a group has 1,000,000 followers and adds 1000, it has grown by .1%.
If a group has 2000 followers and adds 25, it has grown by 12%.

Growth percentages are meaningless. You should know that.



This is the same nonsense that you keep trying to perpetuate. In essence, all religions are the same.

• I am the leader.
• I am a mystical person.
• I am unlike all who preceded me.
• If you believe in Me, I will convey great insights and knowledge.
• Follow Me.

All signs that it is time to RUN,
not walk.

 

[lukethethird]

Atheism is that religion wherein atheists go straight to Hell in a handbasket.

 

[Trailblazer]

No. The only thing you made clear is that, like all religious people, you accept as evidence a bunch of stuff that really is not evidence in any sense of the word.

Evidence goes by the definition, not by what you accept as evidence:

evidence: anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true:
EVIDENCE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Note it says “helps to prove.” It does not say proves.

 

[Trailblazer]

As I have stated many times previously, what you consider to be evidence, isn't.

You do not determine what evidence IS for anyone except yourself. You – like all atheists – just think you do.

It IS evidence by the definition of the word evidence:

evidence: anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true:
EVIDENCE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

We all view and interpret the evidence that is before us differently.

You have to say it is not evidence because you do not think it is evidence since it does not help to prove anything to you. But if it helps to prove something to someone else it is evidence.

If everyone interpreted the same evidence in the same way we would all be one religion or no religion at all. Do you understand that? That would of course be impossible because all people will never interpret the same evidence in the same way.

 

[Trailblazer]

If David Koresh had lived he would have many more followers today.

How do you know that, and what would it prove?

Would he have seven million followers? Not that it matters because he was obviously a false prophet sine he had only bad fruits.

If a group has 1,000,000 followers and adds 1000, it has grown by .1%.
If a group has 2000 followers and adds 25, it has grown by 12%.

Growth percentages are meaningless. You should know that.

No problem, here are some trends in growth rates of religions and atheism:

The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population

The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size of youth populations among the world’s major religions, as well as by people switching faiths. Over the next four decades, Christians will remain the largest religious group, but Islam will grow faster than any other major religion. If current trends continue, by 2050 …

• The number of Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians around the world.
• Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.
• The global Buddhist population will be about the same size it was in 2010, while the Hindu and Jewish populations will be larger than they are today.
• In Europe, Muslims will make up 10% of the overall population.
• India will retain a Hindu majority but also will have the largest Muslim population of any country in the world, surpassing Indonesia.
• In the United States, Christians will decline from more than three-quarters of the population in 2010 to two-thirds in 2050, and Judaism will no longer be the largest non-Christian religion. Muslims will be more numerous in the U.S. than people who identify as Jewish on the basis of religion.
• Four out of every 10 Christians in the world will live in sub-Saharan Africa.

These are among the global religious trends highlighted in new demographic projections by the Pew Research Center. The projections take into account the current size and geographic distribution of the world’s major religions, age differences, fertility and mortality rates, international migration and patterns in conversion.
The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

This is the same nonsense that you keep trying to perpetuate. In essence, all religions are the same.

I am the leader.
I am a mystical person.
I am unlike all who preceded me.
If you believe in Me, I will convey great insights and knowledge.
Follow Me.

Nope, Baha’u’llah said none of that, and neither did any of the other real Messengers such as Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. Cult leaders like David Koresh and Jim Jones are the ones who say stuff like that.

But it is sure a good way to deflect attention away from all the evidence I provided, that YOU asked for.

No problem, the post I worked so hard on will be recycled to someone else who might actually *care* about knowing the Truth about God. I save all my longer posts in Word documents and refer back to the ones with information I have compiled. I must have thousands of Word documents, and counting. There will always be people who want to know about God.

 

[ecco]

Atheism is that religion wherein atheists go straight to Hell in a handbasket.

Thank you for explaining just how we get to Hell. I had been under the impression that, when I died, I'd just be poofed into Hell. Now, thanks to you, I understand that I will be delivered in a handbasket. Cool.

 

[ecco]

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Evidence goes by the definition, not by what you accept as evidence:

evidence: anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true:
EVIDENCE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Note it says “helps to prove.” It does not say proves.

As it is, your own writings show that you are conflicted as to the meaning of evidence.

Evidence goes by the definition, not by what you accept as evidence:

It IS evidence by the definition of the word evidence:

If everyone interpreted the same evidence in the same way we would all be one religion or no religion at all. Do you understand that?

First, you say evidence is evidence, then you say evidence is open to interpretation.

Much "evidence" is subjective. Everything depends on what an individual accepts as evidence.

For example, many people believe the Grand Canyon is evidence for the Great Flood. Others believe it is evidence of slow erosion. Further investigation by science has accumulated vast amounts of evidence that the cause is slow erosion.

Some people believe the writings of some Arab contain predictions about the future. Others recognize it as mere ramblings. If the believer cannot show that the information in the prediction is clear and unambiguous and could not have been known or concluded by the predictor, then it really isn't evidence.

Evidence is open to interpretation. More correctly, some things should be considered evidence, other things should not. Just because someone writes something, does not make it evidence. You believe the writings and teachings of Bahai are evidence. The only thing they are evidence of is that some people can write and teach.

As I previously stated, the only thing you made clear is that, like all religious people, you accept as evidence a bunch of stuff that really is not evidence in any sense of the word.

 

[ecco]

But it is sure a good way to deflect attention away from all the evidence I provided, that YOU asked for.

See post #671 above.

 

[ecco]

His character is also addressed in the four volume set entitled “The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh” which covers the 40 years of His Mission, after He realized he was the chosen one in 1853.
Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63
Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68
Volume 3: Akka, The Early Years 1868-77
Volume 4: Mazra'ih&Bahjí 1877-92

I followed the link to Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63 and found these writings.

TABLET OF THE HOLY MARINER

Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in Arabic
In the handwriting of 'Abdu'l-Bahá




Are you seriously going to try to tell us that this is what told you about the character of Bahá'u'lláh”? I didn't know you could read Arabic.

ETA: The "Xed" picture is a bunch of Arabic writing.

 

[ecco]

What He did on His Mission is covered in the four volume set entitled “The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, as linked to above. His Mission is also covered in God Passes By:
SECOND PERIOD: THE MINISTRY OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH 1853–1892
Chapter VI: The Birth of The Bahá’í Revelation

Chapter VII: Bahá’u’lláh’s Banishment to ‘Iráq
Chapter VIII: Bahá’u’lláh’s Banishment to ‘Iráq (Continued)
Chapter IX: The Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh’s Mission and His Journey to Constantinople
Chapter X: The Rebellion of Mírzá Yahyá and the Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh’s Mission in Adrianople
Chapter XI: Bahá’u’lláh’s Incarceration in ‘Akká
Chapter XII: Bahá’u’lláh’s Incarceration in ‘Akká (Continued)
Chapter XIII: Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

All of these were authored by Shoghi Effendi.

Chapter VII contains:

No sooner had He presented Himself before them than the Grand Vizir addressed Him saying: “Had you chosen to take my advice, and had you dissociated yourself from the Faith of the Siyyid-i-Báb, you would never have suffered the pains and indignities that have been heaped upon you.” “Had you, in your turn,” Bahá’u’lláh retorted, “followed My counsels, the affairs of the government would not have reached so critical a stage.” Mírzá Áqá Khán was thereupon reminded of the conversation he had had with Him on the occasion of the Báb’s martyrdom, when he had been warned that “the flame that has been kindled will blaze forth more fiercely than ever.” “What is it that you advise me now to do?” he inquired from Bahá’u’lláh. “Command the governors of the realm,” was the instant reply, “to cease shedding the blood of the innocent, to cease plundering their property, to cease dishonoring their women, and injuring their children.” That same day the Grand Vizir acted on the advice thus given him; but any effect it had, as the course of subsequent events amply demonstrated, proved to be momentary and negligible.

​

Shoghi Effendi was born in 1921. Bahá’u’lláh died in 1892.

How can Shogi Effendi quote a conversation that took place a half Century earlier? A conversation between two individuals. Do you ever stop to think about the basis of your beliefs?

 

[ecco]

Only a blind person could fail to see that Baha’u’llah was who He claimed to be, by the fulfillment of these prophecies alone.

• The prophecies of other religions that He fulfilled by His coming;
• Name one specific prophecy he fulfilled.

You can read some of the prophecies of other religions that He fulfilled on this website: Prophecy Fulfilled Webpage.

Your link takes us to Baha'i: Prophecy Fulfilled Homepage which contains:

CHRISTIAN PROPHECIES

Commentary on the 11th chapter of the Book of Revelation from the Baha'i Writings... (30K)
Commentary on the 12th chapter of the Book of Revelation from the Baha'i Writings... (11K)
"Apocalypse: An Exegesis of the Book of Revelation" by Robert Riggs

Chapters 1-5 (111K)

Chapters 6-10 (68K)

Chapters 11-15 (85K)

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I looked at 12th chapter of the Book of Revelation Chapters 15-21. To me, It's a bunch of rambling gibberish. But this is your religion. These are things you know about. So, please explain, in your own words, in detail, the prophecy fulfilled by 12th chapter of the Book of Revelation Chapters 15-21

 

[Shad]

True, I was comparing and pointing out the differences, but I was not using the number of followers as evidence indicating who was or wasn’t a Messenger of God.

Trailblazer said: How many people believe something does not equate to evidence. That is that the fallacy of ad populum.

9-10ths_Penguin said: Hang on - a few posts back, you claimed that the fact there are very few followers of David Koresh is evidence that he wasn't actually a messenger of God... didn't you?

Trailblazer said: I was not trying to establish how Baha'u'llah's claims were true and Koresh's were false. Note that in post #616 you are citing I said that I was pointing out differences between Koresh and Baha’u’llah. I never said anything about evidence.

The salient point is not the number of followers, it is the fact that cults die out and real religions grow over time.

Regarding the evidence, I made it perfectly clear to ecco what that evidence is in Post #621.

You still made a comparison of number of followers as a form of credibility comparison. Using the comparison was a form of evidence. You saying "evidence" is not required

 

[Trailblazer]

Thank you for explaining just how we get to Hell. I had been under the impression that, when I died, I'd just be poofed into Hell. Now, thanks to you, I understand that I will be delivered in a handbasket. Cool.

Not that you are worried, but....... It is not my understanding that atheists go to hell just because they are atheists, not anymore than beleivers go to heaven just because they are beleivers. Faith matters but deeds are also God awful important in the sight of God.

That said, Baha'u'llah did not write much about nonbelievers and their eternal destination. The little we have been told about the afterlife refers to believers, and Baha'is in particular, but Baha'u'llah did not even state specifically what happens to those of other religions after they die. So the Guardian of the Baha'i Faith, Shoghi Effendi, tried to pick up the ball, and He wrote this letter to an individual believer when they asked how to get to heaven....

"To 'get to heaven' as you say is dependent on two things--faith in the Manifestation of God in His Day, in other words in this age in Bahá'u'lláh; and good deeds, in other words living to the best of our ability a noble life and doing unto others as we would be done by. But we must always remember that our existence and everything we have or ever will have is dependent upon the mercy of God and His bounty, and therefore He can accept into His heaven, which is really nearness to Him, even the lowliest if He pleases. We always have the hope of receiving His mercy if we reach out for it."
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, January 12, 1957)
Lights of Guidance (second part): A Bahá'í Reference File​

 

[Trailblazer]

As it is, your own writings show that you are conflicted as to the meaning of evidence.

Some definitions are as follows:

evidence: the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. https://www.google.com/search

evidence: anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true:
EVIDENCE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

First, you say evidence is evidence, then you say evidence is open to interpretation.

All evidence is open to interpretation.

Much "evidence" is subjective. Everything depends on what an individual accepts as evidence.

No, the evidence itself is not subjective, because then it would not be *facts or information.* It is the interpretation of that evidence that is subjective, not the evidence itself.

Some people believe the writings of some Arab contain predictions about the future. Others recognize it as mere ramblings.

That is because they have interpreted the evidence differently.

If the believer cannot show that the information in the prediction is clear and unambiguous and could not have been known or concluded by the predictor, then it really isn't evidence.

No, that is not true. It is evidence to the person to whom it indicates that the belief is valid.

Whether something is evidence or not has NOTHING to do with whether it can be proven, since evidence is not proof. It *helps to prove* something is true.

Evidence is open to interpretation. More correctly, some things should be considered evidence, other things should not. Just because someone writes something, does not make it evidence. You believe the writings and teachings of Bahai are evidence. The only thing they are evidence of is that some people can write and teach.

It is evidence *by definition* because it (a) indicates whether the belief is true, and (b) it helps to prove that the belief is true.

It is not evidence TO YOU, because it does not indicate anything to you and it does not help to prove anything to you. But it is evidence to other people because it consists of facts and information that indicate that the belief is true.

As I previously stated, the only thing you made clear is that, like all religious people, you accept as evidence a bunch of stuff that really is not evidence in any sense of the word.

It is evidence in EVERY sense of the word if it indicates or helps to prove whether a belief is true.

What is really going on is that you do not like the evidence because it does not indicate or help to prove anything to you. But what you like or dislike has no bearing on whether it is evidence or not. If it does not indicate or help to prove anything to you it is not evidence to you, but if it indicates or helps to prove something to me it is evidence to me. It is really that simple.

 

[Trailblazer]

See post #671 above.

I get it. What is evidence to me is not evidence to you.

The next time you mention evidence, I suggest you say "it is not evidence to me" rather than "it is not evidence." That is a more accurate statement.

 

[Trailblazer]

I followed the link to Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63 and found these writings.

TABLET OF THE HOLY MARINER

Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in Arabic
In the handwriting of 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Are you seriously going to try to tell us that this is what told you about the character of Bahá'u'lláh”? I didn't know you could read Arabic.

ETA: The "Xed" picture is a bunch of Arabic writing.

If you go down to the very bottom of that page and click on the arrow to go forward to the next page, you will get to the actual CONTENTS of the Book.

The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1, Contents