Trailblazer
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The system was not broken when it started. Religions get corrupted over time and that is one reason religion needs to be renewed. Once a religion has fulfilled its purpose and is no longer useful to humanity it will be renewed by God. That is why God sends a new Messenger in every age, to renew religion and bring a new message that is pertinent to the present age.Newton noted the various instances of God reforming humans. But God was all knowing and knew the future. Why was it necessary for God to change the system if he knew that the system was broken when he started it?
“And now concerning thy question regarding the nature of religion. Know thou that they who are truly wise have likened the world unto the human temple. As the body of man needeth a garment to clothe it, so the body of mankind must needs be adorned with the mantle of justice and wisdom. Its robe is the Revelation vouchsafed unto it by God. Whenever this robe hath fulfilled its purpose, the Almighty will assuredly renew it. For every age requireth a fresh measure of the light of God. Every Divine Revelation hath been sent down in a manner that befitted the circumstances of the age in which it hath appeared.”
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 81