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TIL that the Bahá'í Faith is a religion that focuses on unity of all humankind and sees diversity in race and culture as something worthy of appreciation, that all religions believe in the same one God, but each divine prophet (Jesus, Buddha, Moses…) made a religion best suited to its people

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