In the video it is mentioned at the very beginning that rage is expressed in religious terms, and that not many people can see the compassionate side of religion, or that it is not at the forefront of their attention. For the compassionate aspect mentioned, she mentions the golden rule. And people give their testimonies of people from religious backgrounds being compassionate towards them.
Different aspects of this religion support the arguments shown in the video, while some aspects contradict the arguments.
For example, when the brother passes away, Baha ‘u’ llah, tells the brother that his last wish would be as he desired. Baha ‘u’ llah is being compassionate towards what the brother wants. He seems to be very compassionate for other beings throughout this book. He told the messenger of his letter that his life could be in danger, and if he didn’t want to deliver the letter then he would find a different person to do so. Baha ‘u’ llah, seems to be very compassionate towards other people that admire him, and want to follow his religion.
On the contradictory side of this argument however, I’m not sure if the people who are in charge of watching the people who are imprisoned actually follow the religion, but, they are not very compassionate towards the followers themselves. They would torture messengers when they wouldn’t give information that the felt they knew, when they didn’t know anything. Also, they wouldn’t allow anyone in or out of the prison in which people were being held, they weren’t allowed to bath but once a week. The people in charge of watching over the prisoners did not treat them like they would have wanted to be treated. They treated them very poorly and in my opinion inhumanly.
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