WITHOUT GOD, THERE CAN BE NO LASTING PEACE:
That is what I believe.
But is it more than a just a belief, is it the chance of fulfillment that all Faiths have been waiting for?
Is that not the quandary faced in every age, is that not a lesson that history has taught us, that God has been found in many Names and in many ways?
For me to be true to that belief, that there is no Peace without God, my role first and foremost, in my daily life, is to be an example of what that lasting peace entails.
Another major part of that example is to make mention of that possibility, only to those that desire to talk upon that subject. That is where an individual's responsibly with God ceases.
So this OP is focused on this passage, that I see has come from God, it was given to us in the mid to late 1800's.
"....The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established. This unity can never be achieved so long as the counsels which the Pen of the Most High hath revealed are suffered to pass unheeded...."
It is offered in that same Tablet, that God has never left us to ourselves, that we have always had the chance to find that peace and security in the wisdom given by God.
It has also been offered that in previous ages, persons known as Noah, Abraham, Moses, Krishna, Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad (to name but a few) have all given us that chance at peace, given from God. They have all offered, each in turn, that it would be in the future when all humanity would be given the chance once again. Then the Bab came and offered that that day had come, that He was the Gate to that Day of God. Then Baha'u'llah offered that the Message He had, was that promised 'Day of God'.
"...The Pen of the Ancient King hath never ceased to remember the loved ones of God. At one time, rivers of mercy have streamed from His Pen, at another, through its movement, God’s perspicuous Book hath been revealed. He is the One to Whom none can compare, Whose utterance mortal man can never rival. He it is Who from everlasting hath been established upon the seat of ascendancy and might, He from Whose lips have gone out counsels that can satisfy the needs of the whole of mankind, and admonitions that can profit them...."
I see that is the Truth, that we cannot and will not find peace without embracing what God has said we need to do in this age.
What a quandary life offers.
Regards Tony
Peace requires discussion (diplomacy).
Clara Tea's opinions: I'll toss out the ideas, and they'll toss me out. The cancel culture doesn't allow ideas, nor the American First Amendment freedom of press--the American way. Trump, while still president, was banned by Facebook and Twitter.
It is delightful to converse with you because you have such peace in your heart. If we could clone you, peace would reign supreme in the world--a world full of yous.
Many believe that Christian forgiveness means that we have to forgive everyone (Hitler, who created torture camps, and W. Bush who created torture camps, and forgive both for their unprovoked wars against peaceful antions).
Looking at only positive attributes, Hitler fed starving citizens (who had been paying European nations for WW I reparations), and he built a strong military and made companies efficient. But praising Hitler, while ignoring his horrors, would offend Jews and many others.
In the 1960's, teens were drafted into the Vietnam war. The hippy movement had problems. They shunned jobs, had free sex with multiple partners, used narcotics. Yet, they also had a positive side. They had an abiding thirst for freedom.
Their songs reflected their sterling natures:
"You're old enough to fight, but not for votin'. You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'." (Barry McGuire).
"Silence like a cancer grows." (Simon and Garfunkle, Sounds of Silence). It was about war protesters beaten over the heads (like the ones ordered to be beaten by California governor (later US president) Ronald Reagan at UC Berkeley). The media (newspapers, radio, TV) banned hippy's explanations of their protests, and they were deemed rabble rousers with no agendas. Simon and Garfunkle made the point that the 1960's cancel culture couldn't stop all dissent, "words of the prophets are written on the subway walls" (can't stop grafitti--truth outs).
Drafting for never-ending wars for freedom and peace.....senseless. The Vietnam war was a battle of super-powers (US, China, and Russia) to prevent Communism spreading centuries of dictatorship and oppression. A mere decade before, Blacks were beaten in the streets of Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama for asking for simple equality.
let me sing a simple song of freedom - Google Search
(Above) "Come and sing a simple song of freedom. Sing it like you've never sung before. Let it fill the air. Tell the people everywhere....We, the people here, don't want a war."" "Seven hundred million are enlisted. Most of what you read, most of what you read, is made of lies." (Bobby Darin, Simple Song of Freedom).
Antiwar songs were not new to the 1960's. An ancient Scot song "Shoon, shoon shularoon"....was rewritten in English as "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier." It is about a woman who sold all of her possessions to make sure that her boyfriend had a sword to keep him safe when he went to war, but she had sold her spinning wheel (only means of making a living), and fishing reel (only means of eating), so was forced into prostitution, to her family's shame. Their point was that war affects not only soldiers, but those whom they leave behind (civilians). The horrors of war extend far further than most people realize.
Imagine a world that doesn't have wars, and doesn't spend billions of dollars on tanks, guns, soldiers, and destruction of houses and deaths of young people. We could spend our money, instead, on spending to elimenate pollution, housing and jobs for the poor, paying off national debt, interventions for narcotics addicts, etc.
So, it is mandatory that we follow God's law "thou shalt not kill" (no wars), to make this paradise that I speak of.
Notice that President W. Bush didn't wait to understand whether or not Afghanistan nor Iraq was guilty of terrorism, but hastily and without diplomacy, declared war, with no end game strategy.....(how do we pull out?????).
We need leaders with patience, who lack greed, who don't lie, who don't kill. In other words, we need to follow the bible and stay away from the deadly sins.
In short, I agree with your sentiment. Reality, on the other hand, doesn't work that way. Once terrorists attacked the US, the US felt obligated to protect its people and attack the bad guys, preferably on their soil, not ours.
Satan rules by lies, fear, and makes wars. Obviously if we shun the bible and adhere to the tools of the devil, we will end up with a living hell on earth, and end up with our souls burning in the fires of the bottomless pit of hell for all eternity.
