siti
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Are they? From my observations, I conclude that the world is becoming increasingly secular (which IMO is a generally positive trajectory*) but I don't see how you can claim that this constitutes "progress" towards a "world embracing" theocratic "vision for humanity" which is what you really mean....a world embracing vision for humanity based on Baha'u'llah's Teaching as yet eludes democracy as we know. The two are coming together though, slowly but surely.
*although I doubt that humanity is mature enough yet to abandon religion altogether - nor do I think that should be necessary - but I think any future global religion would have to be one that bases its principles on reason not revelation and on consensus rather than conformity - neither of these are characteristic of the Baha'i "world government" you are describing as far as I can tell - although your descriptions are still glibly platitudinous - if you don't mind me saying so. (I mean we are still no further on from phrases like "unity in diversity", "world-embracing vision"...etc. but there's no real flesh on the bones of this "vision"...no indication of how the "truly democratic" process of electing a world governing body from among 8 billion humans world really be workable.
...after noting that the what the world has is not really democracy you then go on to extol the virtue of the Baha'i system that finds no place for women in its international governing body!Everyone who is aged 21 or years or older is eligible to vote or be voted for. This happens first at a grassroots community level where people know each other first hand, then onto national elections where locally elected delegates participate, and then our 184 national assemblies vote for our international governing body.
I really wish that were true...but - as I seem to recall pointing out several thousand posts back in this thread - what Baha'i seems to offer is just (more or less) more of the same. I think its time to try something different - something other than divinely revealed religion - thinking for ourselves perhaps...but I have no faith at all that this will catch on any time soon.Religion has arguably demonstrated itself to be the most potent vehicle for social change, for better or worse throughout history. Christianity and Islam have had their day.