• The oneness
of mankind
"So powerful is the
light of unity that it can
illuminate the whole
earth." --Bahá'u'lláh
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• A universal
auxiliary language.
A language shall be agreed upon by which
unity will be established in the world. Each person will require training
in two languages, his native tongue and the universal auxiliary form of
speech.
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A spiritual solution to the economic problem.
Through the manifestation
of God's great equity the poor of the world will be rewarded and assisted
fully and there will be a readjustment in the economic conditions of mankind
so that in the future there will not be the abnormally rich nor the abject
poor.
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• Universal compulsory education.
Universal education is a universal law. It is
therefore incumbent upon every father to teach and instruct his children
according to his possibilities. If he is unable to educate them, the body
politic, the representative of the people, must provide the means for their
education.
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• Elimination
of prejudice of all kinds.
God has created mankind
with equal endowment and right to live upon the earth. As a city
is the home of all its inhabitants, although each may have his individual
place or residence therein, so the earth's surface is one wide native land
or home for all races of humankind.
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• Equality
of men and women.
For the world of humanity possesses two
wings, man and woman. If one wing remains incapable and defective, it will
restrict the power of the other, and full flight will be impossible. Therefore
the completeness and perfection of the human world is dependent upon the
equal development of these two factors.
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• The essential
harmony of science and religion.
Religion must conform to science and
reason, otherwise it is superstition.
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• The common
foundation of all religions.
The foundation of all the divine religions
is one. All are based upon reality. Reality does not admit plurality,
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• Independent
investigation of truth.
God has given man the eye of investigation
by which he may see and recognize truth. He has endowed man with ears that
he may hear the message of reality and conferred upon him the gift of reason
by which he may discover things for himself. This is his endowment and
equipment for the investigation of reality.
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• Universal
peace upheld by a world government.
True civilization will unfurl its banner
in the midmost heart of the world whenever a certain number of its distinguished
and high-minded sovereigns--the shining exemplars of devotion and determination--shall
for the good and happiness of all mankind, arise, with firm resolve and
clear vision, to establish the Cause of Universal Peace. They must make
the Cause of Peace the object of general consultation, and seek by every
means in their power to establish a Union of the nations of the world.
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