Tumah
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This thread was made as a continuation to a debate taking place in another thread with another poster who may or may not want to remain anonymous and so I'll refrain from calling him out.
The question of this thread is as follows:
In as much as Christianity replaces the Judaism and Islam replaces the Christianity (and by extension Judaism), my stance is that Bahha'i replaces all previous religions as the new standard for people to follow.
The reason being, although the Baha'i peoples are wont to make the claim that they accept all religions as coming from the same god and propose religious unity across the spectrum of all [what they believe to be] divinely inspired religions, I believe they do so, by replacing previous religions' laws and theological stances.
The other stance as I've understood it, states that all religions retain their original Laws and philosophies for their own people and Baha'i is merely another friendly player at the pluralist table. Its Laws apply only to its own people and there is no requirement whatsoever on anyone else to become Baha'i. Nor, aside for pioneering, do they engage in any missionary activity.
Because of familiarity, I'll use my own religion as an example of this. Although I believe it is true for Christianity and Islam as well.
In Judaism, it is well known that a Judaism people may not become a member of another faith. One who does so is considered an heretic and there are various laws that apply when dealing with such a person.
Ejemplo Numero Uno
In Baha'i it is perfectly acceptable for a Judaism people to convert to Baha'i.
To me this means, that although Baha'i accept Judaism, they have replaced the Law restricting Jews from converting to another religion, with their own law that allows it.
Esempio Numero Due:
Judaism comes with a predefined set of Laws for non-Judaism people called the Seven Noahide Laws. Its a code of Laws that we believe applies to all non-Judaism people. Baha'i, is a religion that applies to all non-Judaism people. Baha'i is not a fulfillment of the Seven Noahide Laws, it contradicts it.
Hence by allowing the Baha'i people to transgress the Noahide Laws in favor of Baha'i, it has replaced the Noahide Laws for non-Judaism people with its own.
Exemple Numéro Trois
Judaism has a fairly well defined eschatology. It involves a messianic figure doing stuff for the Judaism peoples and the nation peoples. It involves G-d directly doing stuff for the Judaism peoples and the nation peoples.
None of those things are a religious creating religious unity by bringing together different religions in order to create peace on earth and passing the buck to another religious leader a thousand or so odd years later.
This is again, a replacement of previous eschatological views.
I can think of a few other examples, but because I know you, dear poster are quite busy checking out other threads, I'll stop here and invite you to comment and vote!
This thread was made as a continuation to a debate taking place in another thread with another poster who may or may not want to remain anonymous and so I'll refrain from calling him out.
The question of this thread is as follows:
In as much as Christianity replaces the Judaism and Islam replaces the Christianity (and by extension Judaism), my stance is that Bahha'i replaces all previous religions as the new standard for people to follow.
The reason being, although the Baha'i peoples are wont to make the claim that they accept all religions as coming from the same god and propose religious unity across the spectrum of all [what they believe to be] divinely inspired religions, I believe they do so, by replacing previous religions' laws and theological stances.
The other stance as I've understood it, states that all religions retain their original Laws and philosophies for their own people and Baha'i is merely another friendly player at the pluralist table. Its Laws apply only to its own people and there is no requirement whatsoever on anyone else to become Baha'i. Nor, aside for pioneering, do they engage in any missionary activity.
Because of familiarity, I'll use my own religion as an example of this. Although I believe it is true for Christianity and Islam as well.
In Judaism, it is well known that a Judaism people may not become a member of another faith. One who does so is considered an heretic and there are various laws that apply when dealing with such a person.
Ejemplo Numero Uno
In Baha'i it is perfectly acceptable for a Judaism people to convert to Baha'i.
To me this means, that although Baha'i accept Judaism, they have replaced the Law restricting Jews from converting to another religion, with their own law that allows it.
Esempio Numero Due:
Judaism comes with a predefined set of Laws for non-Judaism people called the Seven Noahide Laws. Its a code of Laws that we believe applies to all non-Judaism people. Baha'i, is a religion that applies to all non-Judaism people. Baha'i is not a fulfillment of the Seven Noahide Laws, it contradicts it.
Hence by allowing the Baha'i people to transgress the Noahide Laws in favor of Baha'i, it has replaced the Noahide Laws for non-Judaism people with its own.
Exemple Numéro Trois
Judaism has a fairly well defined eschatology. It involves a messianic figure doing stuff for the Judaism peoples and the nation peoples. It involves G-d directly doing stuff for the Judaism peoples and the nation peoples.
None of those things are a religious creating religious unity by bringing together different religions in order to create peace on earth and passing the buck to another religious leader a thousand or so odd years later.
This is again, a replacement of previous eschatological views.
I can think of a few other examples, but because I know you, dear poster are quite busy checking out other threads, I'll stop here and invite you to comment and vote!
