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RE: Theocracy
July 22, 2014 at 9:20 am
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RE: Theocracy
July 22, 2014 at 12:35 pm
(July 22, 2014 at 8:07 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I'm still supremely skeptical of any set of doctrines that can be hand-washed away by saying "Those stupid members of <insert religion here> just don't get it".
Yet it's true, not just of religion but of life in general, that anyone with something really worthwhile and novel to say, will be generally misunderstood. If you exclude these people from your attention, you will be left with the mediocre.
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RE: Theocracy
July 22, 2014 at 1:03 pm
(July 22, 2014 at 12:35 pm)Sen McGlinn Wrote: (July 22, 2014 at 8:07 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I'm still supremely skeptical of any set of doctrines that can be hand-washed away by saying "Those stupid members of <insert religion here> just don't get it".
Yet it's true, not just of religion but of life in general, that anyone with something really worthwhile and novel to say, will be generally misunderstood. If you exclude these people from your attention, you will be left with the mediocre.
That's sort of what I feel whenever I see progressive revelation- even though I know people have their hearts in the right place it feels like "all religions are equal but some are more equal than others."
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RE: Theocracy
July 22, 2014 at 1:42 pm
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(July 22, 2014 at 1:03 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote: people have their hearts in the right place
Do they? We often disguise a hideous truth with beautiful language.
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RE: Theocracy
July 22, 2014 at 3:06 pm
(July 22, 2014 at 1:42 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (July 22, 2014 at 1:03 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote: people have their hearts in the right place
Do they? We often disguise a hideous truth with beautiful language.
Well, the idea is that they plan on helping reconcile religious differences by saying they all came from the same place anyway. But it also papers over real doctrinal conflicts and makes Baha'is out to seem as if they know other religions better than the adherents of said religions.
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RE: Theocracy
July 22, 2014 at 3:21 pm
(July 22, 2014 at 12:35 pm)Sen McGlinn Wrote: (July 22, 2014 at 8:07 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I'm still supremely skeptical of any set of doctrines that can be hand-washed away by saying "Those stupid members of <insert religion here> just don't get it".
Yet it's true, not just of religion but of life in general, that anyone with something really worthwhile and novel to say, will be generally misunderstood. If you exclude these people from your attention, you will be left with the mediocre.
What evidence is there that this Baha'i religion is the right one?
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RE: Theocracy
July 22, 2014 at 3:24 pm
(July 22, 2014 at 3:21 pm)Blackout Wrote: (July 22, 2014 at 12:35 pm)Sen McGlinn Wrote: Yet it's true, not just of religion but of life in general, that anyone with something really worthwhile and novel to say, will be generally misunderstood. If you exclude these people from your attention, you will be left with the mediocre.
What evidence is there that this Baha'i religion is the right one?
The same evidence that there is for others- the writings of supposedly inspired people.
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RE: Theocracy
July 22, 2014 at 3:27 pm
(July 22, 2014 at 3:24 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote: (July 22, 2014 at 3:21 pm)Blackout Wrote: What evidence is there that this Baha'i religion is the right one?
The same evidence that there is for others- the writings of supposedly inspired people. No I'm talking about real evidence. I want to know why Baha'i is the one true faith.
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RE: Theocracy
July 26, 2014 at 8:36 pm
(July 22, 2014 at 3:27 pm)Blackout Wrote: (July 22, 2014 at 3:24 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote: The same evidence that there is for others- the writings of supposedly inspired people. No I'm talking about real evidence. I want to know why Baha'i is the one true faith.
Oh yeah, it definitely doesn't have any of that. My gf had mystical experiences (quote en quote) that convinced her.
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RE: Theocracy
July 31, 2014 at 3:52 pm
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