Kaleidoscope Episodic Directory Summary

The video I watch from the Kaleidoscope episodic directory was on religious unity. The episode was specifically about the possibilities and limitations of religious unity in our day. The topic was presented from to very different points of religious views, the Christians and the Baha'is. Offering a well-rounded discussion about what unity means to them and if they believe it was possible. The Baha’is teaching is that all religions are one, and that we truly only worship one God, and religion is always progressive and always changing. This always begins and ends with the Prophets Birth and Death, and all the important religious figures, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad all are divine prophets that needed to come and offer guidance in their own time. The Catholic Church beliefs are not as flexible, they believe that it is through Jesus, and the belief in the three-in-one that you are saved. Although they do have a doctrine that states the interrelationship of the Church to non-Christian religions, starting with a communality between all religions such as there is one God, one destiny, and religions try to give us meaning of our life. …show more content…
I have to be honest, before this video I did not know that this religion even was in existence. They offer such a unique and simple ideology that all religions are in fact worshipping the same God and that they are just all in different stages of their beliefs. This rational is very appealing, especially since every religion or most religions all teach us similar lessons and have identical undertones in all their teachings. This religious belief that the Baha’is uphold is very revolutionary and all-consuming; what I mean by this is that if we can find connections and commonalities between religions that have fought numerous wars on fundamental beliefs, then we can hopefully one-day bridge any rifts in humanity