INTRODUCTION TO THE BAHA’I FAITH THE FORTHCOMING GOLDEN AGE In the future society The outline and structure of the unity of mankind when it is achieved are indicated in the following passage from the writings of Shoghi Efendi, the great grandson of Baha’u’llah and Guardian of the Baha’i Faith as invisaged by Baha’u’llah in around the 1870s while locked in a prison cell. (About the same time the US government was considering closing the patent office since all inventions of worth had already been invented.) Science and religion, the two most potent forces in human life will be reconciled, will co-operate and will harmoniously develop. The press will under such a system, while giving full scope to the expression of the diversified views and convictions of mankind, cease to be mischievously manipulated by vested interests whether private or public, and will be liberated from the influence of contending governments and peoples. The economic resources of the world will be organized, its sources of raw materials will be tapped and fully utilized, its markets will be coordinated and developed, and the distribution of its products will be equitably regulated. National rivalries, hatreds and intrigues will cease. Racial animosity and prejudice will be replaced by racial amity, understanding, and cooperation. The causes of religious strife will be permanently removed. Economic barriers and restrictions will be completely abolished, and the inordinate distinction between classes will be obliterated. Destitution on one hand and gross accumulation of ownership on the other will disappear.
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