Each one of what the world regards as independent religions
is set in the mould created by its authoritative scripture and its history. As
it cannot refashion its system of belief in a manner to derive legitimacy from
the authoritative words of its Founder, it likewise cannot adequately answer
the multitude of questions posed by social and intellectual evolution.
Distressing as this may appear to many, it is no more than an inherent feature
of the evolutionary process. Attempts to force a reversal of some kind can lead
only to still greater disenchantment with religion itself and exacerbate
sectarian conflict.
(From “One Common Faith”, a document commissioned by and
prepared under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice, 2005)
