I've had a few bother me.
Seeing as how there are no true Messengers who are alive, I don't see how that is possible.
The problem is, each religion has their own messengers which gives a different message; each contradicting the other. So even if I wanted to believe, I wouldn't know which messenger to believe because the real messenger does not stick out of the crowd of all the fake ones. How can you call this a system that works?
There is more than one real Messenger but each Messenger had a different message since they all came in different ages to different peoples.
In every age God sends a new Messenger and that is the Messenger we are enjoined to follow since He brings the message that applies to the present age.
The spiritual teachings of all the Messengers are the same and they are renewed in every new age since they are all but forgotten by the time a new Messenger comes. The laws that pertain to the material world are is modified and altered in every new age in accordance with the necessities of the times.
“the Law of God is divided into two parts. One is the fundamental basis which comprises all spiritual things—that is to say, it refers to the spiritual virtues and divine qualities; this does not change nor alter: it is the Holy of Holies, which is the essence of the Law of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Christ, Muhammad, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh, and which lasts and is established in all the prophetic cycles. It will never be abrogated, for it is spiritual and not material truth; it is faith, knowledge, certitude, justice, piety, righteousness, trustworthiness, love of God, benevolence, purity, detachment, humility, meekness, patience and constancy. It shows mercy to the poor, defends the oppressed, gives to the wretched and uplifts the fallen......
These foundations of the Religion of God, which are spiritual and which are the virtues of humanity, cannot be abrogated; they are irremovable and eternal, and are renewed in the cycle of every Prophet.
The second part of the Religion of God, which refers to the material world, and which comprises fasting, prayer, forms of worship, marriage and divorce, the abolition of slavery, legal processes, transactions, indemnities for murder, violence, theft and injuries—this part of the Law of God, which refers to material things, is modified and altered in each prophetic cycle in accordance with the necessities of the times.”