On Respecting Sincere Differences of View: The essence of all the Prophets of God is one

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The high moral ground must be separated from the lower. Let each choose his turf. I would prefer to stand with anyone of any Faith who chooses the higher ground, always respecting sincere differences of view, learning from those whose perspective is different than my own, as I acknowledge that I surely cannot see all there is to see, for I am not omniscient. Whether there is agreement or not as to matters of Faith, it is the manner or reasoning and courteous discussion that counts highest and yields wondrous fruits, satisfying spiritual hunger. So much of our mutual Faith is in fact rooted in the same Divine Source, as Baha'is accept all of the Prophets sent by God in the Old and New Testaments, and seek still to understand them more fully in light of what they regard as the fulfillment of that which has been written of Those Who were yet promised to come in those same Holy Books. 

"Know thou assuredly that the essence of all the Prophets of God is one and the same. Their unity is absolute. God, the Creator, saith: There is no distinction whatsoever among the Bearers of My Message. They all have but one purpose; their secret is the same secret. To prefer one in honor to another, to exalt certain ones above the rest, is in no wise to be permitted. Every true Prophet hath regarded His Message as fundamentally the same as the Revelation of every other Prophet gone before Him. If any man, therefore, should fail to comprehend this truth, and should consequently indulge in vain and unseemly language, no one whose sight is keen and whose understanding is enlightened would ever allow such idle talk to cause him to waver in his belief."

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