Editing Universalism (section)

===Baháʼí Faith===
[[File:Wilmette how side.jpg|upright|alt=A white column with ornate designs carved into it, including a Star of David|left|thumb|Symbols of many religions on a pillar of the [[Baháʼí House of Worship (Wilmette, Illinois)|Baháʼí House of Worship]] in [[Wilmette, Illinois]]]]
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In the [[Baháʼí teachings|teachings]] of the [[Baháʼí Faith]], a single God has sent all the historic founders of the world religions in a process of [[Progressive revelation (Baháʼí)|progressive revelation]]. As a result, the major world religions are seen as divine in origin and are continuous in their purpose. In this view, there is unity among the founders of world religions, but each revelation brings a more advanced set of teachings in human history and none are syncretic.<ref>{{cite book |title=Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baháʼí Faith |url=https://archive.org/details/paradiseparadigm00buck |url-access=limited |location=Albany |publisher=State University of New York Press |year=1999 |page=[https://archive.org/details/paradiseparadigm00buck/page/n303 292] |last=Buck |first=Christopher}}</ref> In addition, the [[Baháʼí teachings]] acknowledge that in every country and every people God has always revealed the divine purpose via messengers and prophets, masters and sages since time immemorial.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |access-date=August 4, 2022 |website=Bahaipedia |title=Manifestation of God |url=https://bahaipedia.org/Manifestation_of_God}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=August 4, 2022 |website=Bahaiteachings.org |title=How Many Prophets? |url=https://bahaiteachings.org/how-many-prophets/ |last=Langness |first=David|date=30 May 2015 }}</ref>

Within this universal view, the unity of humanity is one of the central teachings of the Baháʼí Faith.<ref name="Stockman">{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Stockman |title=Sourcebook of the World's Religions |isbn=1-57731-121-3 |publisher=New World Library |year=2000 |editor-first=Joel |editor-last=Beversluis |chapter=The Baha'i Faith |page=[https://archive.org/details/sourcebookofworl00beve/page/7 7] |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/sourcebookofworl00beve/page/7 }}</ref> The [[Baháʼí teachings]] state that since all humans have been created in the image of God, God does not make any distinction between people with regard to race, colour or religion.<ref name=PSIntro>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Smith (historian) |year=2008 |title=An Introduction to the Baha'i (sic) Faith |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |place=[[Cambridge]] |isbn=978-0-521-86251-6}}</ref>{{rp|138}} Thus, because all humans have been created equal, they all require equal opportunities and treatment.<ref name="Stockman" /> Hence the Baháʼí view promotes the unity of humanity, and that people's vision should be world-embracing and that people should love the whole world rather than just their nation.<ref name=PSIntro/>{{rp|138}}

The teaching, however, does not equate unity with uniformity; instead the Baháʼí writings advocate the principle of ''[[unity in diversity]]'' where the variety in the human race is valued.<ref name=PSIntro/>{{rp|139}} Operating on a worldwide basis this cooperative view of the peoples and nations of the planet culminates in a vision of the practicality of the progression in world affairs towards, and the inevitability of, [[world peace]].<ref name=PSEncyclo2000IA>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope0000smit/page/266 |title=peace<!--- yes, it's lowercase ---> |pages=266–267 |last=Smith |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Smith (historian) |encyclopedia=A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith |year=2000 |edition=illustrated, reprint |publisher=[[Oneworld Publications]] |place=[[Oxford]] |isbn=1-85168-184-1 |via=[[Internet Archive]] |url-access=limited }}</ref>