The OP says “Satanism is a 1” and I’m wondering why you guys are putting Bahá’í roughly on a par with Satanism. You detest the Bahá’í message that humanity is one family? For it being against all bigotry and prejudice? For it teaching there is one God? You admire the Islamic Republic of Iran fo
r persecuting it? Some other reason? Please explain, you obviously know a lot more than me about religions like Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism to rate them as you do so it would be very educational, all I really know is the CAF rule on respecting all religions.
Originally Posted by Tietjen
Islam = 1
Hinduism = 1
Buddhism = 1
Bahai = 1
Since you included my response, I’ll answer as to my reason for including Baha’i at a rating of one (As I did for Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism). None recognize the divinity of Jesus Christ. As was brought out by another poster, the definition of “IT” was never defined. Therefore, “IT” was left to each individual reader to interrupt for themselves. Since the above mentioned religions refuse to recognize the divinity of Christ, what other “IT” matters? Baha’i may very well demonstrate kindness toward man, but does that “IT” while denying Christ as being the Son of God, cause the Father to smile upon them?
I interrupted “IT” to mean pleasing to God; since that is really the only “IT” that matters. I don’t know the mind of God, but I can speculate that denying the divinity of Christ while at the same time belonging to a meditative and/or peaceful religion, will not be the “IT” God favors in the end.
Having said that, I rated other denominational Christian groups at a higher level than the ones mentioned above because to varying degrees they are Christian. So, I then defined “IT” as being how much TRUTH do the various other denominations recognize. Do they deny the real presence? Do they recognize the authority of the Church? What is their position on salvation? Scripture? etc.
This is how I came to the numbers I entered. Inocente, you claim that you’re Baptist. Will the Baha’i member who stands before God fare any better than the Satanist? If so, then perhaps you are correct and perhaps it’s me who just doesn’t get “IT.”
And incidentally, I do respect all religions (in keeping with CAF rules), but I will not say that a non-Christian religion is equal to or even approaches the Truth found in a Christian religion (specially the Catholic Church and to varying degrees other Christian denominations). That would simply be a lie for the sake of political correctness, and anyone that knows me, knows where I stand on political correctness.
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