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Because of the ridiculous title. At least now you know that the answer to your question is "no".Not sure why you visited this discussion then.
Regards Tony
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Because of the ridiculous title. At least now you know that the answer to your question is "no".Not sure why you visited this discussion then.
Regards Tony
In my view one should be rightly skeptical about the entire concept of prophets from God when God is incapable or unwilling to make it so that the entire revelation event happens far far away from the glare of independent and unbiased reporting.
Perhaps the actual prophet of God was Vivekananda who delivered his revelatory speeches in the full glare of the media in the 1st Parliament of World Religions and catalyzed (what has become) the globalization of Hinduism in the world?
Swami Vivekananda at the Parliament of the World's Religions - Wikipedia
No? Why not?
Because of the ridiculous title. At least now you know that the answer to your question is "no".
That would help.The historical records are available, and I could post one or two as an example.
I haven't heard about Baha'ullah until 2 or 3 years ago. What was his contribution to our understanding that was extraordinary, new and useful?
One of the greatest prophets of the last 200 years would be Albert Einstein, do you agree?
"Proof" to a religious believer is very different from
a rigorous logical proof. The believer's premises
aren't absolute truth. Note for example that you say
that "history is very reliable". The word "very" implies
high trust but not inerrancy. One thing I learn from
history is that it's written by people with their own
perspective & agenda, ie, no one is totally objective,
complete, & accurate.
So we have history that some people give meaning
about the number of gods & which god is the true one.
But none of it is testable in our time...it all depends
upon something that some people said long ago.
This is not verifiable with any certainty...or at all IMO.
It appears to be not provable...nor even disprovable.
Tis all "nicht einmal falsch", ie, not even wrong...at best.
Instead of calling it a "proof", perhaps one should say...
"Here are reasons supporting what I believe."
Of course, science differs from religion, ie, scienceScience does the same thing, especially when it comes to the ancient universe; cosmology/astral physics and evolution. The events connected to these various branches of science happened before there were human consciousness capable of asking questions about what was observed in real time and documenting it first hand.
Dark energy and dark matter, for example, use to explain new observational data, which were not a problems 20 years ago, have never been seen in the lab to prove they are real. Yet based on some indirect evidence and need, science is ready to use faith to fill in the blanks and call it done deal.
In evolution, the idea of genetic changes, leading to new species is a keypart of the theory, yet when asked to show a new speciation, science falls short. This does not shake their faith in the theory since it satisfies the need at some other level.
There has never been any data about life on other planets, yet there is plenty of faith life is out there, with faith not supposed to be part of science. It comes down to politics and misdirection.
My best argument for the documentations of religion, is based on a question. How do you explain the lingering impact of the main religions of the world? In other words, how were these belief systems able to linger, alter human history, and not run out of steam, while being nothing but fantasy?
Man made things tend to be temporal or temporary. If the Bible for example, was manmade, how did it get past being a fad and still remain relevant for thousand of years? There are very few science theories that are over a hundred years old, that have not seen some revision.
One possible answer is some forms of knowledge come from a deeper part of the human brain, that is less temporal, like the ego, and more conservative and integrated in time, like our DNA; inner self. The inner self is more about collective human propensities, so data and insight from that source, if made conscious, would be timeless and connected like our DNA.
I was watching a TV show last night about ancient engineering wonders. I like that type of stuff. The first episode I watched was connected to the Coliseum in Rome, which was one of the first massive sport complexes. It is still around after 2000 years. The programmed compared it to our modern sports stadiums, which although larger, are only designed to last about 50 years, before demolition.
The goal of the program was to answer the question what would it cost to build a modern stadium designed to last thousands of years, like the Coliseum? There are two types of engineering approach. Each is based on the expectation for the building; longevity or temporal need; profit.
In terms of the building materials for the modern stadium, the best and easiest choice for the new stadium would have been to use what the Romans used, which was a stone called travertine. Travertine is a sedimentary limestone. It is found where once there were rivers, springs, lakes. It forms from minerals dissolved in the water forming stone crystals. It is made by nature to be water resistant and last. This option was way too expensive, for that scale of a modern building, so they needed to find some cheaper alternative modern materials.
One of the point that was initially made was Rome was a military based superpower that was dominate for 1000 years. Rome was not too concerned with costs of materials since they could take what they needed by force. They thought in terms of the longevity of the empire and not short term costs. They could dream the architect dream and make it happen. The constraints of costs, will shorten the distance of one's vision, since the limitations of costs, requires one stay in their own time. Things are not designed to last, forever, but to look good for now, finish on time and on budget, and make investors some money.
The cost of early the Christianity startup, was a loss of a lot of human life through persecution and violent blood sports held in the Coliseum. This cost would have been hard to forget or comprehend in modern times. Eventually, Christianity would become the official religion of Rome and then become part of that legacy, designed to last; Vatican.
For those interested in the final solution, the engineers decided to use steel framing which was cheap and strong. However, steel has a problem with corrosion. It does not like water like travertine. To solve that problem, they used a type of plastic sheeting material, to protect the steel, in various ways. The sheeting was made of a new variation of teflon; poly tetrafluoroethylene. All in all, the final cost was still several $billion, and not guaranteed it would make it thousand of years, except on paper for investors.
Of course, science differs from religion, ie, science
doesn't have "The Truth"....just theories (aka models)
that have predictive value in the circumstances in
which they've been tested.
Religion though....it tends towards claiming a priori
truth without testing, & without even addressing
failure to comport with the real world.
Here is a partial list of religious texts, all written by those claiming to commune with God, under miraculous circumstances:
List of religious texts - Wikipedia
↑ if all the different texts agreed with one another, that would be convincing, but...
I doubt the premises that religions offer inerrant truth.What would the test, to Test a Messenger of God who's has offered they have been given access to all knowledge?
In the light of this OP, I have offered what I see is a test of that knowledge. The ability to answer any question by providing an answer, spontaneously, without having to reference, without faltering in its delivery and without the need for revision.
Now, as this is a discussion, I ask, is that a fair test?
Regards Tony
I doubt the premises that religions offer inerrant truth.
Maybe it's their claim in their mind by their words self expressed that in life they are a bad witness. Seeing they own their own thoughts.Not sure why you visited this discussion then.
Regards Tony