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The Message of Bahá’u’lláh |
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That all nations should become one in faith and all
men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between
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the sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity
of religion should cease, and differences of race be
annulled. … These strifes and this bloodshed and discord
must cease, and all men be as one kindred and one
family. … (words spoken to Professor Browne).
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It is a glorious message, but how are its proposals to be carried
into effect? Prophets have preached, poets have sung and
saints have prayed about these things for thousands of years,
but diversities of religion have not ceased nor have strife and
bloodshed and discord been annulled. What is there to show
that now the miracle is to be accomplished? Are there any new
factors in the situation? Is not human nature the same as it
ever was, and will it not continue to be the same while the
world lasts? If two people want the same thing, or two nations,
will they not fight for it in the future as they have done in the
past? If Moses, Buddha, Christ and Muḥammad failed to
achieve world unity will Bahá’u’lláh succeed? If all previous
faiths become corrupted and rent asunder into sects will not
the Bahá’í faith share the same fate? Let us see what answer
the Bahá’í teachings give to these and similar questions.
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