On Friday I was in the local Goodwill (they often have some great finds there, such as a book I found from WWI) when I spotted what was supposed to be a Q&A book for Catholics written by a guy who runs a pro-Catholic website.

While thumbing through it, I noted that the "comparitive religion" section consisted of, basically, "all faiths but Catholicism are wrong".

For the bit about the Baha'I faith, the guy said the following (note that this was part of a larger response). He screwed up the section about Mormonism, so I'm thinking he probably screwed up this part as well.

I'm thinking about writing in to him about the section he borked, and so I figure that if he goofed this part as well I might just toss it in.

If there are any complaints, let me know.

Thanks.

Regarding Baha'i specifically, it was founded by Mirza Husayn 'Ali Huri, who took another name that means "Glory of God." One of the central tenets of this religion is the "common foundation of all religion." This sounds nice but is an impossibility because of hte fundamental differences among religions. Who determines what "common foundation" means? Is that person or group of people infallible? If not, how can we trust their teachings?

There have been thousands of new faiths that have popped up over the past four hundred years, especially in the last hundred years. In time Baha'i, like most of the others, will fall by the wayside. Only the Catholic Church is founded by God Himself (Mt 16:18; CCC 424) and its teachings will be guided and protected until the end of time (Mt 28:19-20; CCC 860) because it is the only religion established by the God-Man Himself, Jesus Christ.

There have been thousands of new faiths that have popped up over the past four hundred years, especially in the last hundred years. In time Baha'i, like most of the others, will fall by the wayside. Only the Catholic Church is founded by God Himself (Mt 16:18; CCC 424) and its teachings will be guided and protected until the end of time (Mt 28:19-20; CCC 860) because it is the only religion established by the God-Man Himself, Jesus Christ.

this is called a conditional probability of the prosecutor's fallacy.

arguing that a person could NOT have won the lottery based on the improbability of winning is a logical flaw.

there is no "logically sound" argument to be made that the Baha'i Faith is not being what it claims to be.

not wanting to believe is perfectly fine.

but can in no way shape or form may it be confused with logically proving the Baha'i Faith is not what it claims to be.

the reverse is also true... there is no "logically sound" argument to be made proving the Baha'i Faith IS what it claims to be.

Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Catechism of the Catholic Church is not a biblical citation.

Jesus did not establish any religion...

He only taught spirituality. and as with ALL religions, humans come along after the fact to establish ritual and dogma giving rise to religion and it's denominations.

"Regarding Baha'i specifically, it was founded by Mirza Husayn 'Ali Huri, who took another name that means "Glory of God." One of the central tenets of this religion is the "common foundation of all religion." This sounds nice but is an impossibility because of hte fundamental differences among religions. Who determines what "common foundation" means? Is that person or group of people infallible? If not, how can we trust their teachings?
There have been thousands of new faiths that have popped up over the past four hundred years, especially in the last hundred years. In time Baha'i, like most of the others, will fall by the wayside. Only the Catholic Church is founded by God Himself (Mt 16:18; CCC 424) and its teachings will be guided and protected until the end of time (Mt 28:19-20; CCC 860) because it is the only religion established by the God-Man Himself, Jesus Christ."

 

 

 

It is actually Núrí, the place was called Núr. A húrí (AKA houri) is a metaphorical pure feminine spirit in the poetry of Islam.

"impossibility"? Are miracles impossible? They still happen don't they?

"fundamental differences"? What about fundamental likenesses such as the Golden Rule and an infinite number virtues that are agreed upon as good and Godly by all Faiths?

"... infallible?" Yes, the person of every "... Prophet like unto Moses." is indeed infallible.