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Thanks. Ahura Mazda is the name of the deity of Zoroastrians / Zoroastrianism. I’ll leave it for @Pancho Frijoles to discuss what the Baha’i believe about him with you, if he wants to. I’ve been having a pleasant and interesting conversation with him about it.

We’ve skated right up to the edge in our conversation about the trinitarians. Any further and I think we run afoul of the policy. I hate that for the trinitarians but nothing I said in their defense persuaded the policy makers. Let us abide by the policy and refrain from speaking about the...

Christian doctrine is based on the books of the Hebrew Bible and the books of the New Testament. The doctrine existed after the Hebrew Bible (which was the Bible of the early Christians) but before the New Testament documents were written. The doctrine changed as it underwent further development...

The early English translations (prepared by Protestant trinitarians) of the prologue in John’s Gospel work well with your theology (and with mine). Why “it” and not “he”? Those translators understood the logos to be a quality of God, not another person of God, which was with God and was God...

If you’d like to, compare it with the Tyndale translation (link provided). https://textusreceptusbibles.com/Tyndale/43/1

I appreciate that you’re willing to take my word for it but I would like for you to read it for yourself. If you read it for yourself (link provided), you will be able to speak about it from firsthand experience rather than just anecdotally. https://textusreceptusbibles.com/Geneva/43/1 If you...

That’s partially true. Jesus is a Jew. The Apostles are Jews. The church was founded by a Jew, as a sect of Judaism, within Judaism. The early church was composed almost entirely of Jews in the first half of the first century. It later broke away from Judaism. Additionally, there are in our day...

I learned an important lesson from the experience; not necessarily about behavior, but about culture. I was operating in another culture as if I was operating in my own. The experience proved beneficial later when I was working briefly in southeast Africa. What if someone came to me and said...

Shared text, different understanding. I think easily resolved by appealing to Jesus. Thanks. They sing well and many Christians would be able to agree with the lyrics, as long as the identity of “him” isn’t pressed. I would draw from one of any of the English translations published prior to...

The Hebrew Bible is shared by two religions (Judaism and Christianity). It makes for an interesting and challenging situation. I don’t see in the New Testament any extension to a faith which goes beyond it or that is an extension of it. The Baha’i faith goes further than I’m able to go. There...

Yes. I used his proper name in my post. I’ve been having a good conversation with @Pancho Frijoles about names of God. One of the names he has offered for my consideration is Ahura Mazda. I don’t believe that is one of the names of my God but he does. I’d be interested in what you think about...