CG Didymus
Veteran Member
The laws are still laws, and to be effective, must be enforced. Baha'i laws still have a penalty for murderers, arsons and thieves. Prison or death for murderers and arson, and a tattoo and banishment for the third offence for a thief. Who will be the judges and who will be the enforcers?People will always choose their own beliefs but key is we will hopefully accept our oneness and reach a level of maturity where we are able to settle our disputes through consultation instead of confrontation. Whether in the future people choose one religion or ten religions the main thing is that they treat each other with respect and as equal fellow humans no matter what they believe.
What the future world will look like nobody knows. All we believe is that people will tire of wars and want peace. The one thing humanity has not tried is peace and once they do try it I believe nobody will want to return ever to wars again.
Baha’u’llah’s teachings and laws are an attempt to free the world of prejudices. Over time people can observe for themselves whether they work or not.
But then Baha'is have moral laws and laws against drugs and alcohol. How will those be enforced? Will people stop "fooling" around? Will people stop going to prostitutes? Will people stop using drugs and stop drinking? And then there is always... What will be the laws concerning homosexuality? Is this future spiritual society going to allow these things to continue, or expect these things to be stopped and those who involved in these things punished?
Then what do you do with religious "radicals"? Like "true" believers in a religion that doesn't believe in the Baha'i Faith? Will they be tolerated? Even if they cause trouble? And what about those that believe in Baha'u'llah but don't believe in the leadership of the Baha'i Faith, the covenant-breakers. Where is their place in society when they have already been shunned by the Baha'i Faith?
Anyway, if all the people aren't all on board with the rules and moral laws, and if they don't believe that Baha'u'llah is a true prophet, then there is going to be problems. For the good of all the "good" people, those that believe in the "oneness" of God, religion and humanity, what is going to be done to control those other people? Those that drink, smoke pot, fool around, and that have gay sex or have other "vices"? No other religion has been able to put a stop to "sinning".