1844 AD prediction of Bible Fulfilled by Bahai Faith

Here are my concluding remarks. I will summarize my original position and address the common misconceptions raised by CON. Firstly, it was a Christian minister named Revered William Miller (b. in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) who advanced the claim that the Time of the End and the Return of Christ will occur in 1844. Miller was originally a Freemason and Deist, and in 1838, advanced his idea about 1843 (later changed to 1844 because he forgot to add one year for "year zero") [1]. After what was dubbed "The Great Disappointment" because no one saw Jesus come down on a cloud in that year, the 7th Day Adventists revised their idea that the 1844 event took place in heaven rather than on earth. To this day the 7th Day Adventists believe that Jesus changed locations in heaven in 1844. My argument was this: that due to mere coincidence, the Bab actually fulfilled the 1844 prophecy of William Miller and the American Christian movements who were disappointed by the un-eventfulness of 1844. CON suggests that this is a big conspiracy, that somehow an unknown man (aka: the Bab) who was a trader by occupation, in a completely different religious community of Shia Islam (who by the way believe that the Christian Bible is corrupted anyway), would use the logic of a random Christian minister (Miller) in the United States to determine that the year 1844 be the year for announcing his mission. Due to the extremely secluded nature of the society of Iran (look how secluded Iran is today, image what it was like then), how could the Bab possibly have heard of the claims made by Miller in 1838 regarding the year of 1844 in an obscure book? Only in hindsight do we see this as a link. As you have not advanced any evidence that the Bab somehow got a hold of Miller"s book, or came into contact with a Millerite missionary in Iran, it is best to assume that it was merely coincidence. But the coincidence doesn"t end there! Shaykhi Muslims (a subgroup of Shia Islam) were also advancing prior to the year 1844 that the Promised One of Islam (who is coincidentally directly linked to the promised one of Christianity (i.e. Jesus)) would rise up in 1260 A.H. (of the Islamic calendar). Now you tell me this, how vast of a conspiracy theory are you proposing that both Shia Muslims and Protestant Christians picked the year 1844 A.D. (which is the same year as 1260 A.H.) as the year for the coming of the promised one of each of their religions?! This is a conspiracy of impossible proportions. The only option is that this was mere coincidence that spanned two different societies of Iran (and to a lesser extent Saudi Arabia and Iraq) and the United States. The second criticism of CON is this: how is the declaration of the Bab equivalent to the coming of Christ? Is not Baha"u"lalh believed to be the return of Christ and The Bab is merely Baha"u"llah"s forerunner? Is not the Bab, at best, a John the Baptist to Baha"u"llah? Should not Baha"u"llah have either been born in 1844 or declared in 1844? It was only the Bab who declared in 1844, not Baha"u"llah, so this is a failure of Miller's 1844 AD and Shaykhi's 1260 AH prophecy (which are equivalent dates). But this criticism misses an important consideration of Babi (the religion of the Bab) and Baha'i (the religion of Baha'u'llah) belief: Although it is true that the Bab is described as being "similar to" John the Baptist in relation to Baha"u"llah BY BAHA'I TEXTS, and that it is Baha"u"llah who claims to be the return of Christ, not the Bab ---- this is only a relativistic or spiritual claim made by Baha"is. The Bab himself does not make such a claim. What am I saying? Please remember that Baha"is do NOT believe Baha"u"llah is Jesus returned physically. Baha"is only say that Baha"u"llah is Jesus spiritually. And of course Baha'is believe that Baha"u"llah is the Bab spiritually. So in fact, by merely claiming that Baha'u'llah is the return of Christ, the Baha'is are really saying that Baha'u'llah is the return of the Bab, since the Bab is really the Return of Christ. So yes, the Bab definitely fulfills the prophecy of the Return of Christ. But since Baha"u"llah has now appeared after the Bab, the Baha"is use "short-hand notation" to say that Baha"u"llah is the return of Christ when in fact Baha"u"llah is really the return of the Bab. In my other debate on DDO, I have shown that actually Baha'u'llah claims to be the appearance of the Father of Jesus. Please see that other debate to realize that indeed the Bab is the return of Christ. [1] http://www.ctlibrary.com...