All Religions Are One

The Common Foundation
of All Religions

Here is Your Challenge! Each row below on this page contains quotes on a specific theme from the Holy Scriptures of five religious communities, not the same five in every case. If they sound very much alike, I believe it's because they are all from the same Source.

Actually, I expect most people to have problems with this because each religion (except the Baha'i Faith) teaches its followers that it has a monopoly on these and many other themes. The order in which these religions appeared on the planet makes it impossible that they "copied" from each other. For instance, the Buddha couldn't have copied from Jesus because the Buddha lived at least 500 years before Jesus.

Read a quote, and if you know from what major religion's Scripture it came, touch the book with your mouse (DO NOT CLICK) to see if you are correct. Give yourself one point for each correct response. There are 35 possible correct answers.

The Scriptures quoted below are Hindu (1400-800 B.C.), Zoroastrian (1400 B.C.), Judaic (1200 B.C.), Buddhist (500 B.C.), Confucian (500 B.C.), Christian (1 A.D.), Islamic (622 A.D.), and Baha'i (1844-1892 A.D.). Dates for actual revelation of the Scripture are approximate.

The Golden Rule
"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."	"This is the sum of all true righteousness: deal with others as thou wouldst thyself be dealt by. Do nothing to thy neighbor which thou wouldst not have him do to thee after."	"Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you."	"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself."	"Blessed is he who prefereth his brother before himself."

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

No Other Way
"This is the path. There is no other that leads to vision."	"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."	"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."	"I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."	"Whoso seeks guidance elsewhere, God will lead him astray."

Forgiveness of Sins
"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..."	"I will make thee free from the bondage of sins. Fear no more."	"Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men ..."	"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."	"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."

Salvation
"To those who believe and work righteousness ... for them will be gardens of eternity."	"The Lord has made known His salvation ... all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our Lord."	"I was born into the world as the king of truth for the Salvation of the world."	"We, verily, have come for your sakes, and have borne the misfortunes of the world for your salvation."	"The longsuffering of our Lord is salvation ... for the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men."

An Unknowable God
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."	"Far, far from Thy glory be what mortal man can affirm of Thee, or attribute unto Thee."	"There is, O monks, an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed."	"No one has seen God at any time ... You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form."	"There is no likeness of Him Whose glory is infinite."

Everlasting LIfe
"Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die ... I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish."	"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 profered unto men."	"To one that is born death is certain, and birth is certain for one that has died."	"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."	"Your gift is the life never-dying and continuous health your possession."

Conclusion

"In Mine hand I carry the testimony of God, your Lord and the Lord of your sires of old. Weigh it with the just balance that ye possess, the Balance of the testimony of the Prophets and Messengers of God."

The Old Testament describes Jesus as One
"Whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting." (Micah 5:2)

The Gospel tells us that Jesus
was with God (and was God) from the beginning. (John 1:1)

Jesus said "Before Abraham was, I am." (John 8:58)

He says later (Rev. 1:8) that He is the Lord
"which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."

It is no surprise to a Baha'i that Jesus Christ
should give the same basic teachings to every people on earth,
regardless of the Name He bore at the time.

This exercise in comparative religion is brought to you
in His love and service by one who believes in
Christ, Moses, Buddha, Abraham, Krishna, Baha'u'llah, and many others,
each of which bore the Name of the Messenger of God
for the Day in which He appeared.

Here is Your Invitation!
I invite you to explore the Holy Scriptures with me. I am used to the King James Version, but I am not opposed to any other good translation of the Holy Bible. The Apostle Paul said "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." Please click on the Bible icon below to begin your investigation into the Biblical proofs that

Baha'u'llah is the Return of Christ.

Here is Your Invitation! I invite you to explore the Holy Scriptures with me. I am used to the King James Version, but I am not opposed to any other good translation of the Holy Bible. The Apostle Paul said "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." Please click on the Bible icon below to begin your investigation into the Biblical proofs that Baha'u'llah is the Return of Christ.