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I was born a Muslim, but never practiced the faith due to certain ideologies and practices within the faith it self. I be live the religion favors men in a big sense and it lacks equality of men and women. As much as any Muslim would like to argue threes equality within the religion, there isn't!!!
Almost a year ago, I came across the Baha'i religion and I began studying/practicing it. It made a lot of sense to me, but it was very hard to accept a new religion, especially since I'd be executed if I ever do decide to go back to Iran. My father also doesn't know that I've been practicing the religion and he would surely disown me if he ever found out (Muslims believe Baha'is are the equivalent of the Antichrist because they no longer believe the prophet Muhammad is the last prophet and sealer of all prophets and religions).
I believe religion is a personal choice and belief and however you need to communicate to god, you should be able to do so, but I've recently been extremely turned off by the Baha'i religion because they asked me to declare and in declaring, I'd have to fill out a card and receive a Baha'i number. Almost like a registration card. I'm afraid this number and information may become public and I'd never be able to go back to Iran to visit family. On top of that, I dint believe in having to declare a religion. I think religion is something we need to practice and learn about on a daily basis. We as humans are ever evolving so to receive a registration number makes me feel like I'm some sort of branded cattle.... I mean, everything about the religion makes sense to me and I enjoy it so much, except this one aspect.
To complicate things even further, my husband is a converted Jehovah's witness (his parents were catholics but he converted a few years ago) and we both knew religion would be the only thing that may complicate our relationship one day. We both knew god was the center of our love, but I'd LOVE to practice something with him and go to church, but I dint believe in his beliefs ONE BIT. I feel like believing in Christianity solely is like taking many steps back because I know other prophets have come alone and I simply can not believe in Jesus being the son of god and a lot of other beliefs within Christianity and especially the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Anyways, I'm just really confused and I want to build my faith and bring myself closer to god... I feel like bringing yourself closer to god is a lot easier when you have an organized religion.
I'm just really confused and would love to hear every ones opinion on this matter. I know threes no "right" or "wrong" answer, but perhaps people have been at a similar crossroad at some point or perhaps experienced something similar to what I'm going through.
Respectfully, other religions have now had almost 2,000 years to produce a resurrected Messiah, teacher, leader or prophet. What is taking them so long? Jesus of Nazareth has clearly pr oven Himself to be the only way to have eternal life by 1) predicting His own resurrection from the dead; 2) actually raising Himself from the dead, and 3) showing Himself alive by many convincing proofs for nearly six weeks after His resurrection. If you accept the historical accuracy, based on eyewitness testimony, for any other person of history, logic demands you also accept Jesus as the one and only begotten Son of God, and His claim that He provided the only way your sins can be forgiven.
What is taking other religions so long? Do they need more time, more than 2,000 years?
Time is up!
Jesus? sufferings on the cross are pr oven, by resurrection, to be the only payment the Father in Heaven will accept for the punishment your sins deserve. He requires you to confess your sins to Him and turn from them. Ask His forgiveness. He will! Ask as often as needed. Jesus shared fully in the nature and substance of His Father (just like any son with his earthly father). Trust the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross was big enough to assure you of eternal life and empower you by the Holy Spirit to do what He commands.
Until other religions can produce another resurrected teacher, leader or prophet alongside Jesus, the Father?s only begotten Son, your religion is pr oven false and must be rejected.
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Have you tried looking at evidence for certain religions? It's good to consider; I've never seen the point of believing just what you like the sound of most. Not saying you are, just suggesting something CD
PS Jehova's witnesses aren't really Christian. Not in the same sense as Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants, anyway. In a sense, their beliefs about Jesus Christ are opposites. They believe in "how to be good enough for god" where general Christianity believes in god forgiving you because we can't be perfect.
hello,
sometimes things like this can be pretty complicated , just ask God to reveal himself to you .that you're desperate to know Him intimately in a one on one relationship. I pray this prayer for you I pray God gives you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him and His son (Jesus Christ) Ephesians ch 1 especially verses:17-18 and that He reveals Himself to you and that you become a testament of His love and mercy . that you in turn will help others to find the same God that revealed himself to you all to his honor and glory in Jesus' name amen .
There is an understanding that allows for all of the diverse Holy text to exist in harmony. Follow your heart and seek God where you will. God encompasses all things and is at every journeys end. If your spiritual journey takes you to study the writings of Bah?'u'll?h then read. To look for the truth in any Holy Book is a noble path. If you look for truth you will find truth. If you look for lies you will find lies. Your path will be a beautiful one if you look for truth and if you know that you do not know all. To know your path is not the end all, be all, is the state of the enlightened. No ones path is. If instead you look for all of the common things taught by the enlightened of the ages you will find what it is your are looking for.
Love is the only truth. All else is perspective.
My dear.. God is close to you... already.... he is as close to you as your breath. He is the one and only... he is all that surrounds you... You are but a drop in the infinite ocean of light and love that is God.
Islam is the one true religion ... if by Islam you mean peace,,, It is not the one true religion if you define Islam by the rite, ritual, dogma of many Muslims or any belief that does not show love.
Christ is the only way if you mean that your way is to be Christ like... again not the dogma, rite and ritual of fundamentalism.
Israel are Gods chosen people, if you mean by Israel the enlightened. If you mean some government or state or country then maybe not...
If you find different people that are fulfilled in different religions you will find that they share many of the same wonderful characteristics, the root of which is love.
Aaah I've been through the phase that u r in now and wondered for so long too, but then I found the truth in me...
From my experience, all I can tell u is that u don't really know much about Islam then, if u believe of the equalities issues... Maybe Cox u never practiced it as a religion that much so u can't really tell, just like Christians and Jews accusing Islam of that every day... Just as a little piece of info that might help, there are millions of Muslim converts every year, and the women converters are 4 times as much as the men converters, that would indicate that Islam doesn't put men on a higher scale than women, its just what the media and politics wants us to believe.
At first u would see everything as brutally hard and that I'd never be able to commit to that or that, such as Hijab for example, committing to Islam doesn't mean that Ur gonna be a perfect Muslim from day 1, no1 can, everything is taken step by step, start by believing, then start practicing bit by bit, whenever u feel read for the next step take it, u might struggle a little at the beginning, but believe me u would be so proud of itself at the end,
Saying that Ur from Iran originally, then I'm assuming u were born a Shia, which has nothing to do with the Islam that the prophet Mohammed came with and its full of hate to the sahib, so that might be why Ur not feeling it ! Follow what the prophet came with and what the Quran says, read more about women in Islam.
As for the Bahaai faith, religion is a bond between us and God, there shouldn't be no registrations nor papers, it should all be in ur heart and ur soul, its something between u and God which doesn't need any human.
You would always to make sacrifices in this life for u to live happy after, nothing is hard, its just u who see it as hard.
May God guide u to the right way.
My best regards.
Peace be upon u.
If "declaring" (becoming an enrolled member of a Bahai community) would cause disunity in your family, I think the Bahai principles would say, don't do it. Enrollment is not one of the essentials of the Bahai Faith, it is an administrative measure (Bahais in Iran and other countries are not registered and enrolled, but are still Bahais). Unity, on the other hand, including family unity is a core value.
For example, a letter of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom, February 11, 1973, says:
" ... it is important to be flexible in requesting new believers, particularly youth who may encounter parental opposition, to withdraw from membership of other religious organizations, ..."
Non-membership of political parties and of other religious communities is a Bahai teaching, but it is a "branch." Unity is a "root." Administrative enrollment is a branch of a branch: it is a pragmatic necessity for the Administration to have voting lists, because it has elections and community votes (egg at Feast). Establishing and supporting the Administration in turn is a Bahai principle, based once again on the root principle of unity.
Baha'u'llah states that "the faith of no man can be conditioned by any one except himself." (Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, LXXIV). You have to make your decision independently based on your own investigation, prayer, and inspiration from the Holy Spirit. If Baha'u'llah is the Manifestation of God for this day, then the threats or statements of others, or the fear they might wish to instill in you, are of no importance.
I would differ with the first poster. The resurrection of the Manifestations of God (all of Them) is of the spirit: 1 Cor. 15:42, 44 - "So also is the resurrection of the dead... It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." Jesus is alive and resurrected. So also is Baha'u'llah and the other Manifestations. For They are spiritually alive and with us even now. They are one and their power is efficacious. Pray to God to reveal to you the path and the Holy Spirit will guide you.
Just as the Bible made clear to those who followed Christ that they would be persecuted in the early days of their faith, so also did the Qur'an tell Muslims that they would be persecuted for their faith, and so likewise do the Baha'i Writings say with regard to accepting Baha'u'llah. The assurance of scripture is that you will be strengthened: "Happy are they who in the days of world-encompassing trials have stood fast in the Cause and refused to swerve from its truth." (Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, CL)
How you choose to express your faith - whether through official membership or without enrollment - is up to you.
"Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face, and hear the Voice, of the Promised One. The Call of God hath been raised, and the light of His countenance hath been lifted up upon men. It behoove every man to blot out the trace of every idle word from the tablet of his heart, and to gaze, with an open and unbiased mind, on the signs of His Revelation, the proofs of His Mission, and the tokens of His glory.
"Great indeed is this Day! The allusions made to it in all the sacred Scriptures as the Day of God attest its greatness. The soul of every Prophet of God, of every Divine Messenger, hath thirsted for this wondrous Day. All the divers kind reds of the earth have, likewise, yearned to attain it. No sooner, however, had the Day Star of His Revelation manifested itself in the heaven of God's Will, than all, except those whom the Almighty was pleased to guide, were found dumbfounded and heedless.
"O thou that hast remembered Me! The most grievous veil hath shut out the peoples of the earth from His glory, and hindered them from hearkening to His call. God grant that the light of unity may envelop the whole earth, and that the seal, 'the Kingdom is God's,' may be stamped upon the brow of all its peoples."
(Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, VII)
Baha'ism. I want to have a faith and declare a religion but I'm very confused, what d
