The Baha'i Faith

[zanOTK]

So, Pickup_shonuff and I ended up discussing my faith on another thread, but it was dedicated to a different subject. So I'm starting this up here to continue the conversation.

I'm not really 100% sure what you(Pickup) want to know, so let's start there. What kind of questions do you have?

I'd like to ask what inductive or deductive evidence is there to support your religion?

Oh! I found this as well. It was written by someone who asked a different question, but desiring a similar answer (evidence and/or proof):

I asked 'Abdu'l-Bahá one day: "Why should I believe in Bahá'u'lláh?"



He looked long and searchingly as it seemed into my very soul. The silence deepened. He did not answer. In that silence I had time to consider why I had asked the question, and dimly I began to see that only I myself could supply the reason. After all, why should I believe in anyone or anything except as a means, an incentive, a dynamic for the securing of a fuller, deeper, more perfect life? Does the cabinet-maker' s apprentice ask himself why he should believe in the master wood-worker? He wants to know how to make these raw materials into things of beauty and usefulness. He must believe in anyone who can show him how to do that, providing he first has faith in his own capacity. I had the stuff of life. Was Bahá'u'lláh the Master Workman? If He were I knew that I would follow, even though through blood and tears. But how could I know?



I wondered why 'Abdu'l-Bahá kept silence so long. Yet was it silence? That stillness held more than words. At last He spoke. He said that the work of a Christian minister is most important. When you preach, or pray, or teach your people your heart must be filled with love for them and love for God. And you must be sincere, very sincere.




~ Howard Colby Ives, "Portals to Freedom," p. 42

It is NOT evidence, obviously. But I like what he has to say, nonetheless.

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Good to see you too my friend. The core of the Baha'i Faith is unity, even Baha'u'llah allowed differences among Baha'is about the station of Baha'u'llah, if the Baha'is don't argue over it. I already stated that you are a theistic Baha'i.

My apologies for the reaction. You are, of course, correct. However, I'm afraid I'm still not happy about your behavior on the Baha'i Forums. If you will please refrain from the rude behavior you exhibited there (such as calling me and other "theistic" Baha'is "superstitious Baha'is"), I'd appreciate it.