We're All Still Here? Nobody Raptured?

[bunkerputt]

Nuck81...  To address your previous post more specifically, since that link given contains a TOC of talks:

http://rzim.org/resources/listen/letmypeoplethink.aspx?archive=1&pid;=2122

http://rzim.org/resources/listen/letmypeoplethink.aspx?archive=1&pid;=2128

Pages contain links to parts 1 and 2 in both mp3 and real audio format.

[nuck81]

Bunkerputt- I will try to give them a listen and get back to you, probably by PM as I imagine this thread will be dead by the time I can get through most of them.

I will end with this, from [url=http://info.bahai.org/article-1-3-2-17.html]here[/url].  Take Care!!

The Independent Investigation of Truth

Baha'u'llah emphasizes the fundamental obligation of human beings to acquire knowledge with their "own eyes and not through the eyes of others." One of the main sources of conflict in the world today is the fact that many people blindly and uncritically follow various traditions, movements, and opinions. God has given each human being a mind and the capacity to differentiate truth from falsehood. If individuals fail to use their reasoning capacities and choose instead to accept without question certain opinions and ideas, either out of admiration for or fear of those who hold them, then they are neglecting their basic moral responsibility as human beings. Moreover, when people act in this way, they often become attached to some particular opinion or tradition and thus intolerant of those who do not share it. Such attachments can, in turn, lead to conflict. History has witnessed conflict and even bloodshed over slight alterations in religious practice, or a minor change in the interpretation of doctrine. Personal search for truth enables the individual to know why he or she adheres to a given ideology or doctrine.

Bahá'ís believe that, as there is only one reality, all people will gradually discover its different facets and will ultimately come to common understanding and unity, provided they sincerely seek after truth. In this connection, 'Abdu'l-Bahá said:

Being one, truth cannot be divided, and the differences that appear to exist among the many nations only result from their attachment to prejudice. If only men would search out truth, they would find themselves united. ¹

And further:

The fact that we imagine ourselves to be right and everybody else wrong is the greatest of all obstacles in the path towards unity, and unity is necessary if we would reach truth, for truth is one. ²

[retexan599]

Somehow I don't think that religion is a fruitful line of discussion in a golf forum.....

[jamo]

Originally Posted by retexan599

Somehow I don't think that religion is a fruitful line of discussion in a golf forum.....

I disagree. This thread so far has been informative and extremely civil, and I don't see a problem with it at all. In fact, I'm impressed. This is the Grill Room after all, the place for off-topic threads.