Evolution - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/evolution/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:24:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 How to Overcome Survival of the Fittest https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-overcome-survival-of-the-fittest/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-overcome-survival-of-the-fittest/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87333 How to Overcome Survival of the FittestWhen people unite around some limited idea, cause, or characteristic but are opposed, sometimes violently, to those who differ from them, each group thinks they are right and the others...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-overcome-survival-of-the-fittest/feed/ 0 Noah’s Ark and Human Evolution: Embracing the Divine Toolkit https://bahaiteachings.org/noahs-ark-and-human-evolution-embracing-the-divine-toolkit/ https://bahaiteachings.org/noahs-ark-and-human-evolution-embracing-the-divine-toolkit/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86273 Story of Noah's Ark adventure with animals in the Bible and History books, wooden carved doll, Christian concept.This morning, I found myself in a surprising conversation with my father, a staunch believer in the literal authenticity of the Bible. For the first time, he volunteered the perspective...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/noahs-ark-and-human-evolution-embracing-the-divine-toolkit/feed/ 1 Understanding the Nature of Evolution Itself https://bahaiteachings.org/understanding-the-nature-of-evolution-itself/ https://bahaiteachings.org/understanding-the-nature-of-evolution-itself/#respond Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:00:21 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74748 From a big picture perspective, all of reality – everything in the entire creation originating from the Creator – is intricately tied together in a delicate balance of wholeness and...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/understanding-the-nature-of-evolution-itself/feed/ 0 The Evolution of Religion: The Mystery of Divinity https://bahaiteachings.org/the-evolution-of-religion-the-mystery-of-divinity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-evolution-of-religion-the-mystery-of-divinity/#respond Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:00:01 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74671 The great writer and philosopher Leo Tolstoy, reading the writings of Baha’u’llah, said “We spend our lives trying to unlock the mystery of the universe, but there was a Turkish...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-evolution-of-religion-the-mystery-of-divinity/feed/ 0 Understanding the Grand Design of Human Evolution https://bahaiteachings.org/understanding-grand-design-human-evolution/ https://bahaiteachings.org/understanding-grand-design-human-evolution/#comments Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:00:05 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=49143 The Baha’i Faith—a world religion with the purpose of uniting the diverse peoples of the world into one universal cause —offers a central teaching, called progressive revelation, which fosters that...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/understanding-grand-design-human-evolution/feed/ 7 Epigenetics Proves that We’re Not Just Physical Creatures https://bahaiteachings.org/epigenetics-proves-that-were-not-just-physical-creatures/ https://bahaiteachings.org/epigenetics-proves-that-were-not-just-physical-creatures/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:59:47 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=48837 Today, when scientists examine the question of our inner human life and why it exists, they attempt to solve a conundrum called the “Hard Problem of Consciousness.” In a nutshell,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/epigenetics-proves-that-were-not-just-physical-creatures/feed/ 8 Evolution: The Human Race, Maturing Past Materialism https://bahaiteachings.org/evolution-human-race-maturing-past-materialism/ https://bahaiteachings.org/evolution-human-race-maturing-past-materialism/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:00:26 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=45273 The popular evolutionary belief declares that we have been created like all other animals and have evolved to become human beings. From a Baha’i perspective, though, that scientific conclusion doesn’t...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/evolution-human-race-maturing-past-materialism/feed/ 5 Imagining UN’s Evolution, Global Governance Specialists Collaborate https://bahaiteachings.org/imagining-un-evolution-global-governance-specialists-collaborate/ https://bahaiteachings.org/imagining-un-evolution-global-governance-specialists-collaborate/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:36:08 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=43689 As the world grows more interconnected and as the imperative to unite humanity becomes ever more strongly felt, systems of global governance need to evolve.  This idea is at the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/imagining-un-evolution-global-governance-specialists-collaborate/feed/ 1 Harmony: The Next Stage in Human Evolution? https://bahaiteachings.org/harmony-next-stage-human-evolution/ https://bahaiteachings.org/harmony-next-stage-human-evolution/#respond Mon, 28 May 2018 17:00:12 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=42323 As a species we human beings have a natural curiosity about the world—so we ask and have asked for countless centuries many questions. We ask not just, what, when, where,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/harmony-next-stage-human-evolution/feed/ 0 Creating a New Consciousness https://bahaiteachings.org/creating-new-consciousness/ https://bahaiteachings.org/creating-new-consciousness/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:00:20 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=40003 There is a need in our world today for a unifying vision. Whatever can be said about human beings, it must be accepted by every clear-thinking individual that we live...

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