The Nagging Truth – The Faith of God is One

Zanjan: Those who say their religion is the only true religion haven’t understood that God is a nag. Why? Could it be that humanity has forgotten something, preferred to leave it behind, or never learned it well?

Whatever it was, it was common ground; men snuffed it so, it must be resurrected. Could this be the day it finally sticks? What faith is at the core of Religion? Are you up for the challenge?

I’ll provide examples (thanks to Dann May) and hope you’ll find new confirmations. If it’s true, it’s timeless. I invite you to post your discovery here.

Zanjan: PROGRESSIVE REVELATION

1. "... Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and a rise of unrighteousness, then I send forth Myself, for the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness. I come into being from age to age...."
2. "I am not the first Buddha who came upon the earth, nor shall I be the last ...; in due time another supremely enlightened One will arise."
3. "Think not that I have come to destroy the law of the prophets: I have come not to destroy but to fulfill."
4. "Verily We have sent Thee with the truth. A comforter and a warner, and there is not a people but a warner hath not passed among them."
5. "Indeed no religion shall We ever inaugurate unless it be renewed in the days to come."
6. "But thou, ..., though thou be little among the thousands ..., yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler ...; whose goings forth have been from of old, and from everlasting."

1. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita 4:7-8
2. Buddhism, Mahaparinibband Sutta
3. Christianity, Matthew 5:7
4. Islam, Qur'an 35:22
5. Baha'i, Selected Writings of the Báb, p. 159
6. Judaism, Micah 5:2

THE WAY

1. "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
2. "This is the path. There is no other that leads to vision."
3. "Whoso seeks guidance elsewhere, God will lead him astray."
4. "He that hath Me not is bereft of all things. Turn ye away from all that is on earth and seek none else but Me."
5. "Abandoning all duties, come to Me alone for shelter."
6. "There is only one religious way. This one way is that of good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, the way of Heaven, of light and of purity, of the infinite Creator."

1. Christianity, John 14:6
2. Buddhism, Dhammapada 20:274
3. Islam, Imam 'Ali Hadith
4. Baha'i, Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha, p. 169
5. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita 18:66
6. Zoroastrianism, Gathas, Yasna 45:5 and 51:2

SALVATION

1. "I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world."
2. "The Lord has made known His salvation.... All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our Lord."
3. "We, verily, have come for your sakes, and have borne the misfortunes of the world for your salvation."
4. "The longsuffering of our Lord is salvation ... for the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men."
5. "Leave all things behind, and come to Me for thy salvation. I will make thee free from the bondage of sin. Fear no more."
6. "Those who for Me shall give heed and obedience to Him, shall attain integrity and immortality.... O Wise Lord ..., Your kingdom of salvation let him who prays attain."
7. "To those who believe and work righteousness ..., for them will be gardens of eternity."

1. Buddhism, Digha-Nikaya ‪1:46‬
2. Judaism, Psalm 98:2-3
3. Baha'i, Tablets of 'Baha’u’llah, p. 10
4. Christianity, II Peter 3:15 & Titus 2:11
5. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita 18:66
6. Zoroastrianism, Gathas, Yasna 45:5 and 51:2
7. Islam, Qur'an 18:30-31
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Zanjan: FORGIVENESS OF SINS

1. "I will make thee free from the bondage of sin. Fear no more."
2. "Return ye to God and repent, that He, through His grace, may have mercy upon you, may wash away your sins, and forgive your trespasses."
3. "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon."
4. "Despair not of God's mercy, for all sins doth God forgive. Gracious, merciful is He. And return ye to your Lord, and to Him resign yourselves...."
5. "Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men."

1. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita 18:66
2. Baha'i, Gleanings, p. 130
3. Judaism, Isaiah 55:7
4. Islam, Qur'an 34:54-55
5. Christianity, Mark 3:28

EVERLASTING LIFE

1. "Witness the reddening sunset; witness the chariot of night as it drives on; witness the moon as it waxes; verily, ye too shall pass from stage to stage."
2. "To one that is born death is certain, and birth is certain for one who has died."
3. "The day of death is better than the day of birth."
4. "Your gift is the life never-dying, and continuous health your possession."
5. "All the favors of God have been sent down as a token of His grace. The waters of everlasting life have, in their fullness, been proffered unto men."
6. "Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.... I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish."

1. Islam, Qur'an 84:16-19
2. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita ‪2:27‬
3. Judaism, Ecclesiastes 7:1
4. Zoroastrianism, Gathas, Yasna 33:8
5. Baha'i, Gleanings, p. 34
6. Christianity, John 11:26, ‪10:28‬

Zanjan: THE UNITY OF GOD

1. "The Lord of God is one Lord."
2. "But just how many Gods are there? One."
3. "He is God alone: God the eternal ..., and there is none like unto Him."
4. "Bear thou witness that verily He is God, and there is no God but Him, the King, the Protector, the Incomparable, the Omnipotent."
5. "I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me."

1. Christianity, Mark 12:29
2. Hinduism, Upanishads
3. Islam, Qur'an 112:1-2, 4
4. Baha'i, "Tablet of Ahmad"
5. Judaism, Isaiah 45:5

GOD, THE UNKNOWABLE ESSENCE

1. "Glory be to Him! And high let Him be exalted above that which they attribute to Him!"
2. "Far, far from Thy glory be what mortal man can affirm of Thee, or attribute unto Thee."
3. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."
4. "There is no likeness of Him Whose glory is infinite."
5. "No one has seen God at any time.... You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form."
6. "There is, O monks, an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed."

1. Islam, Qur'an 6:100
2. Baha'i, Gleanings, p. 4
3. Judaism, Isaiah 55:9
4. Hinduism, Upanishads
5. Christianity, John 1:18 & ‪5:37‬
6. Buddhism, Udana
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Zanjan: THE QUEST FOR PEACE

1. "... they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
2. "Let us now abstain from taking life. That is a good thing that we may take up and do. And they will abstain from slaughter, and will continue in this good way."
3. "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
4. "The believers are but a single Brotherhood: so make peace and reconciliation between your two [contending] brothers; and fear God, that ye may receive mercy."
5. "O God, Holy Spirit, before all I pray to you in all humility with hands uplifted, for abiding peace, that all my deeds be inspired by righteousness; and for the wisdom of a good mind,
so that I may bring peace to the soul of existence."
6. "These fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the Most Great Peace shall come."

1. Judaism, Isaiah 2:4
2. Buddhism, Dialogues of Buddha
3. Christianity, Matthew 5:9
4. Islam, Qur'an 49:10
5. Zoroastrianism, 1992 Multi-faith Calendar
6. Baha'i, The Promised of Day is Come, p. 116

Zanjan: Sorry, this topic is not for pleas for money.

Seraph Korr: I understand. Sorry.

Motati: This is a serious problem.

Zanjan: Why? Do you mean for yourself or humanity?

Motati: Humanity!! It was meant for the person who is begging for money in all the forums.