Or it is what we need, these two quotes offer thoughts
"The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger on the pulse of mankind. He perceiveth the disease, and prescribeth, in His unerring wisdom, the remedy. Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements." (
Tabernacle of Unity)
You do this by changing and "updating" other people's scriptures to where they have no value in and of themselves but only through the eyes of Baha'ullah's interpretation.
“The fundamental principle enunciated by Bahá’u’lláh, the followers of His Faith firmly believe, is that Religious truth is not absolute but relative, that Divine Revelation is a continuous and progressive process, that all the great religions of the world are divine in origin, that their basic principles are in complete harmony, that their aims and purposes are one and the same, that their teachings are but facets of one truth, that their functions are complementary, that they differ only in the non-essential aspects of their doctrines and that their missions represent successive stages in the spiritual evolution of human society.”
From the Bahá’í Writings
Peace cannot happen by literally making one truth, one religion, one progression, and one defined origin by interpreting our scriptures to mean something to Bahai that they don't mean to us.
This causes wars not peace.
Don not address the scriptures. Address the people.
We do not need unity/unification (having one truth) to build peace among humanity.
This as the remedy has been given, this is part of that remedy;
"This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been infused into all created things. It is incumbent upon all the peoples of the world to reconcile their differences, and, with perfect unity and peace, abide beneath the shadow of the Tree of His care and loving-kindness."
Ignoring the unique diversity (differences) of faiths by making everything one truth to cure problems defined by Bahaullah causes wars.
You don't have to defend your faith. It is what it is.
That is what we work towards, how about you, is it important to you if we all reconcile our differences?
No.
Differences are diversity. I see no reason to believe in god in order to find peace.
I see no reason for my beliefs to be part of a progression and foundation of the divine to help people while not attempting to change their foundation of beliefs in the process.
I don't see the need to accept differences as superficial (as I quoted) but as the core of why we can
work together without stepping on each other's toes.
If you live the virtues and we also live the virtues, what differences can we have that are important?
Diversity? Why is diversity important?
For example, Christian's foundation is believing that peace comes from the death of a person.
The Buddha taught peace comes from the life of The Dhamma.
They both teach love and compassion. They also both have rituals that have been practiced for thousands of years and still to this day.
All of their teachings promote peace among others; and, because of these teachings, they find ways to help the
people without needing to change each others scriptures.
No Christian changes the suttas to find unity and help others. No Buddhist changes the bible to find unity to help others.
Our differences support us and encourage us to help find a cure to humanity's illnesses, if you like. Christians see cures as everlasting life. Buddhist see the cure as a peaceful death by no longer being reborn into suffering.
The beautiful of differences/diversity let's people feel appreciated for who they are whether as a community or as an individual.
It gives them a sense of self and purpose that they don't need to compromise their or their community's belief to fit someone else's that completely opposes them.
Wars happen when we do not respect another person's differences. Peace is developed when we do. Wars happen when we make another person's differences superficial. Peace happens when we are encouraged by are differences to work together for the same goal. Wars happen when we have one person dictating peace for diversity. Peace happens when diversity is involved in decision making of the whole.
You can't have peace with diversity under one person's truth.