- In sharing Bahá'u'lláh's message, Bahá'is need to recognize the widespread misconceptions about the nature of religion.
- The diverse and conflicting conceptions of religion have one thing in common: all impose human limitations on something transcendent.
- Humans cannot "capture" God. The Creator interacts with an ever-evolving creation via the appearance of prophetic Figures.
- These "Manifestations" appear at different times, yet all proclaim the same Faith.
- The Manifestations imbue individuals with Divine attributes, helping them carry forward an "ever advancing civilization".
- Belief is a necessary and irrepressible urge of the human race.
- The work of the Manifestations is not merely repetitive but progressive. Successive revelations awaken humankind to its capacities and responsibilities as the trustees of creation.
- Bahá'u'lláh has not brought a new religion, but rather recast the entire conception of religion. Humanity today is the heir of history's entire spiritual legacy.
- God's "proof" is that He has repeatedly manifested Himself. The Manifestations exert an influence beyond that of any other historical phenomenon.
None of the established religions can be refashioned to serve as an ultimate guide for modern life. Yet this is simply an inherent feature of an evolutionary process. Previous
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