If the edifice of religion shakes and totters, commotion and chaos will ensue and the order of things will be utterly upset, for in the world of mankind there are two safeguards that protect man from wrongdoing. One is the law which punishes the criminal; but the law prevents only the manifest crime and not the concealed sin; whereas the ideal safeguard, namely, the religion of God, prevents both the manifest and the concealed crime, trains man, educates morals, compels the adoption of virtues and is the all-inclusive power which guarantees the felicity of the world of mankind. But by religion is meant that which is ascertained by investigation and not that which is based on mere imitation, the foundation of divine religions and not human imitations.
Author: TVBahai
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Junior Youth: Walking the straight path
The Junior Group has recently started studying a new book Walking the Straight Path. This material will equip the youth with the tools needed to recognize the moral issues underlying the choices they make.
Here are some drawings created by the members of the group inspired by stories and quotations that they studied.
‘Protect yourselves with utmost vigilance, lest you be entrapped in the snare of deception and fraud.’
‘Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created.’
Thames Valley Bahá’í Community 