Trailblazer
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@TransmutingSoul said: The solution is easy. The entirety of humanity could bring the most great peace about tomorrow by embracing what God has offered through Baha'u'llah.Do you mean, by everyone practicing his teachings? It’s interesting to me that the Baha’i Faith focuses more on transforming society than some other religions, so I can see the appeal for people who are dreaming of a better world.
I don't know what Tony meant, but I think the solution would be for everyone to recognize Baha'ullah as the latest Manifestation of God, the return of Christ, and the Promised One of all the religions, which is who Baha'is believe that He was. Of course we all know that is not going to happen, at least not within our lifetimes or even any time soon, the main reason for that being that people cling tenaciously to the older religions.
I believe it will happen because Baha'u'llah wrote that it will happen:
“Warn and acquaint the people, O Servant, with the things We have sent down unto Thee, and let the fear of no one dismay Thee, and be Thou not of them that waver. The day is approaching when God will have exalted His Cause and magnified His testimony in the eyes of all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth.” Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 248
As I said above, I think that will happen someday but I have no idea about how that will happen, by what processes, or how long it will take. I don't think anyone except God knows that.I’m supposing that you think that some day most or all people will be practicing Baha’u’llah’s teachings. Do you have any ideas about how that will happen, by what processes, and how long it might take?
I think more people will find out about the Baha'i Faith when more Baha'is start doing what Baha'u'llah has enjoined us to do.......How will more and more people find out about it, and what will be their reasons for wanting to learn more about it?
“Say: Teach ye the Cause of God, O people of Bahá, for God hath prescribed unto every one the duty of proclaiming His Message, and regardeth it as the most meritorious of all deeds.” Gleanings, p. 278
“Unloose your tongues, and proclaim unceasingly His Cause. This shall be better for you than all the treasures of the past and of the future, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth.” Gleanings, p. 330
I think that Baha'is need to consider proclaiming the message more important than the other Baha'i activities they are presently engaged in.
Nobody likes to get the kind of rejection we often get, so that is one reason Baha'is would rather be doing other things rather than teaching the Faith.
I don't have any interest in any of those other Baha'i activities, and I don't mind the rejection, I just want to do what Baha'u'llah enjoined me to do. It is true that Baha'is have to tend to other duties such as serving on the LSA, organizing activities in the community, and teaching Ruhi classes, but it seems to me that is all they do, at least in my community.