Also ironic that after many centuries of happily not just bullying, but oppressing, persecuting and killing disbelievers, they now whinge about "bullying" when sceptics point out the problems with their belief on Internet forums.
Also ironic, Baha'is disagree with the various Hindus and Christians that post on their threads. Why can't they meet them halfway? Things like Krishna being an incarnation of Vishnu and about reincarnation. And Jesus being God and having physically resurrected.
Why can't they believe those Hindus and Christians? It's the same thing. Baha'i don't believe those things and, even if they ask for proof, they aren't going to accept it but find fault with it.
One of my aims is to help people think more rationally, to be more critical of their beliefs, to not just blindly follow dogma.
More irony, Baha'is believe that religion without the rationality of science can become superstition. Yet, Baha'i put out things they can't rationally support. And again, they do the same thing to Christians that believe in a young Earth or that Jesus ascended into the clouds. They reject those Christians that believe those things, because they aren't supported by science.
I've learned from my personal interactions with skeptics that the majority of them—both theists and atheists alike—will never be satisfied with the answers we provide for them.
It does go both ways. You don't believe their arguments either. But I'd suspect that some religious people disagree with you also, especially Fundy Christians. They "know" what you've experienced is not true. And you know it is true. Where do you go from there? You know neither you nor they will give in. Then add in an atheist, and the atheist will disagree with both of you.
The problem could be with the answers you are giving rather than the person you are giving them to.
Most of the arguments/debates are about claims the Baha'i has made. Like you said so many times, they put out those claims in a religious debate forum... What did they expect? "Oh yes, I respect and understand your belief about God, or Baha'u'llah or the afterlife. or whatever.... I have a different belief. But no need to argue over it. " That's usually not going to happen. More likely, to them, it's going to sound like, "Are you nuts? Are you completely out of your mind? How can anyone with half a brain believe such a thing?" But really, it's basically asking, "Where's you proof and evidence? You can't just say things and expect people to believe them just because your supposed prophet of God said so."
The answers haven't been and can't be backed up with anything other than, "Are guy said so. And he came from God." And again, the irony is.... They reject the beliefs of people in the other religions for the same reasons. But instead of this meeting people "halfway" I think Baha'is are supposed to find the common ground between people... to find the things both sides can agree on. Has any Baha'i done that?
