Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!masscomp!lip From: lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: God and His Manifestations - Progressive Revelation Message-ID: <195@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 14:11:22 EST Article-I.D.: masscomp.195 Posted: Mon Jan 7 14:11:22 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 03:13:33 EST References: <697@hou2h.UUCP> Reply-To: lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski) Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA Lines: 25 Summary: In article <697@hou2h.UUCP> vc@hou2h.UUCP (Verbus M. Counts) writes: > > From the writings of Baha`'u'llah: > > Know thou assuredly that the essence of all the prophets of God is one > and the same. Their unity is absolute. God, the Creator, saith: There > is no distinction whatsoever among the Bearers of My Message. They all > have but one purpose their secret is the same secret. To prefer one in > honor to another, to exalt certain ones above the rest, is in no wise > to be permitted. Every true Prophet hath regarded His Message as > fundamentally the same as the Revelation of every other Prophet gone > before Him. But how do you explain conflicting and contradicting messages among religions? For example, 1. The jewish religion states that Jesus is a false prophet. 2. Many societies of indians of the western hemisphere practice polytheism while christianity and judaism are strictly monotheistic. 3. The koran and the bible have several cases of conflicting moral messages and messages that conflict over who should control certain lands. - John Lipinski