Relativity of Religious Truth
The Relativity of Religious Truth Religious conflict is an age-old problem. ... Just what is the cause of religious conflict and intolerance? How can humanity learn to engulf a truth that transcends the limitations of traditional religions? ... In describing the major tenets of the Baháí Faith, Shoghi Effendi (Guardian of the Baháí Faith 1921 – 1957) stated that ”Its teachings revolve around the fundamental principle that religious truth is not absolute but relative, that Divine Revelation is progressive, not final.” The failure to understand religious belief as relative and the consequent general acceptance that it is absolute has been one of the major causes of religious conflict and prejudice in history. ... Traditional religion has to a large extent become an empty shell that has lost tract of its purpose and aims and has become dipped in a sort of materialism embellished by a fervor which may be religious but not spirituality. Religious intolerance and prejudice do not accommodate the concept of God as an all loving Creator and the world as an evolving society.