"The basis of the teaching of Baha'u'llah is the Unity of Mankind, and his greatest desire was that love and goodwill should live in the heart of men.
As He exhorted the people to do away with strife and discord, so I wish to explain to you the principal reason of the unrest among nations. The chief cause is the misrepresentation of religion by the religious leaders and teachers. They teach their followers to believe that their own form of religion is the only one pleasing to God, and that followers of any other persuasion are condemned by the All-Loving Father and deprived of His Mercy and Grace. Hence arise among the peoples, disapproval, contempt, disputes and hatred. If these religious prejudices could be swept away, the nations would soon enjoy peace and concord."
- 'Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 45-46
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Dear Abdul Baha (wherever you are now),
ReplyDeleteMay I share on the cause of conflicts, removal of cause and the rathionale:
Cause of Conflicts:
One of the causes there are conflicts in the belief of God is individuals getting contradicting messages in private from God directly or indirectly. One of these conflicts has resulted in decades of persecution of Bahai followers in Iran,
The need to remove the cause:
It makes sense when the cause of contradiction is removed, then conflicts are eliminated.
The way to remove the cause and the rationale:
(1) Individuals to stop getting private messages from God and spreading these messages
(2) Best is God connecting with all believers en masse openly and transparently with the latest update superseding all previous messages.
If God can do (2) and individuals can do (1), then everyone will have the same message thus eliminating all contradictions and hence conflicts in belief.