About "Tests"From post: 150955, Topic: tid=10049, author=Viper wrote:Yes that were more than a couple but each one equally catching in regards to the current global situation in my opninion.
As far as Maars said about it being a test: If it is (and since I'm not religious I don't believe it is), I'm pretty sure humanity has meanwhile proven sufficiently to have failed bigtime. That said I wonder how long this 'test' is going to take, and how many lives have to be destroyed before it is considered 'complete'. Do we actually have to blow up the whole planet before we definitely failed?...
And I do wonder how a peaceful creator feels that all the bloodshed, pain, hurt, etc etc outweighs the importance of humanity passing or failing his test.
This is one of the reasons I'm not religious. My down to earth-brought up mind can't find an explanation for that. And even if there is one and I'm not seeing it, I wonder how you would explain something like that to all those people that have died or have seen their lives destroyed all for the sake of a test.
I prefer to believe that it's really simple: Technology has evolved faster than humanity (something that was also said in the video). We have the power to destroy countries and millions of lives using only one single bomb, and if we wanted we could indeed turn the entire planet inhabitable. Unfortunately humanity (or at least our leaders) has not yet evolved to a point where we can recognize and appreciate the responsibility that comes with that power. Instead we still let greed and power guide our decisions, even though we like to call ourselves an 'intelligent' and 'evolved' race... We're still just kids who cannot be trusted to play with the big toys.
Yes, I think we can definitely say that we have failed. Let's hope there's still time for a rematch.
There are three kinds of categories of "Tests".
1. Tests for recognizing the Manifestations of God and recognizing the One for the time period you are living in during His predestined Dispensation!
2. Tests to see if you truly have investigated the truth for yourself or if you are just blindly following
others! Just because you say you believe is not enough, prove it through your deeds and actions that you have understood the Laws, Ordinances and Council of the Manifestations of God of the past and of the One destined for the time you are living in!(These Divine Laws, Ordinances and Councils are for the protection and to define human rights)
3. Tests and difficulties that will follow when man fails the first two categories of Tests!
The first two categories are Divinely ordained. This third category of tests is not Divinely ordained and is brought unto man by himself by failing the first two categories of "Tests"
About "Human Rights and the consequences when man fails the first two categories of tests and thus out of ignorance suffers by his own hand"
A Manifestation of God appears and gives one of the ordinances (for the protection of the human right to live and exist)"Thou shall not kill" Even before this Manifestation(Moses) was to appear the King of that time ordered every first born child in the land to be killed to prevent Moses and His laws to appear so that the King(Pharaoh) would remain the King and ruler and controller of humans!
How did the King know that Moses was to appear? He knew because it was predestined and prophesied and out of fear of losing control of his Kingdom he ordered the killing of each first born!.
Before Moses came in that land there were no human rights for the slaves or even among the royal family there was murder, betrayal adultery and stealing and the Royal family members would most often blame and kill one of the slaves for their own mistakes and corruption!
This was a Kingdom that broke the Divinely ordained laws and human rights of the Prophets(Manifestations of God) of the Past! And Moses was sent to educate the people about human rights and to free the slaves. This is just one of the many examples found from the Divinely ordained Manifestations and from Their scriptures of the past!
To say I do not believe or care about Human Rights but my own rights is selfish and is what brought the world into the current mess! It is like saying I can kill anyone I do not like or agree with when you are the one that is wrong and ignorant of certain facts!
Someone once asked Bahá'u'lláh: "What is the difference between Paradise and Hell?"
And His answer was: "Paradise is Union with Me and Hell is thy own self!"
The Human Right issue is an important issue for a Venus like Project to Work and so is a Just World Government Body that is elected by secret ballot(No campaigning or party politics) from all the peoples of the World!
The elected members need to be humble and very selfless and have only the well being of all the people in the world in their mind and follow the Divinely Ordained laws and Councils of the Manifestation for the time of the Manifestations preordained Dispensation! And these elected members to the World Government need to be able to pass the first two categories of the above mentioned "Tests"
And these are the questions of the test for recognizing the Manifestation(God's Words) for the age or century they are living in they must be able to answer!
Who? Who are the True Divine ones who fortold the coming of the next Messenger/Manifestation/Prophet/Son/Teacher/ Educator of Mankind?
Which? Which is the current Divinely Predestined Ordained One for the age we are living in and does he meet the criteria of the Previous Ones?
Where? Where will they appear and come from? (Always in the place where they are most needed, where Human Rights are grossly being violated!)
When? When will they appear? (Always at a predestined time when man has reached a certain stage in its spiritual development)
What? What is Their purpose and what new Teachings do they bring? (Moses brought the ten Commandments, Jesus thought us the relationship between a Father and Son, Mohammed thought us how to become a unified Nation, Bahá'u'lláh for this age and His Dispensation brings us the Promise and Teachings for World Peace)
Why? Why do they come knowing that they will be sacrificed, killed, beheaded, executed, poisoned, martyred and imprisoned? (Because out of God's Love for His Creation and His will) "O son of man, I loved thy creation, hence I created thee have engraved on thee My image and revealed to thee my Beauty"
How? How will They achieve Their goals and how will we be able to recognize the True Divinely Ordained Manifestations of God for the Dispensation we are living in? By Their Divinely Inspired Words, Deeds and Actions. Through honest selfless independent open minded investigation of the Truth of Their Claims and Their Messages!
My wife begs to disagree. As a language instructor, she insists that there is one other kind of test. And, if you don't pass it, you don't graduate.
:P
Spoken like a true master of at least two languages.
But I reckon Mars. Or Venus?
