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Study indicating that religion is set for extinction is ‘part of the natural cycle’

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Thames Valley’s Bahá’í Community has said that the results of a study using census data from nine countries which shows that religion is set for extinction there is just part of the natural cycle of the world.

Shawn Khorassani
Bahá’u’lláh predicted that religion would decline - but this would present an opportunity.

The study, reported on the BBC News website today (Tuesday 22 March), found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation. It looked at census data stretching back a century from countries in which the census asked about religious affiliation. The American Physical Society meeting in Dallas, US, heard that religion is expected to all but die out altogether in those countries.

Shawn Khorassani, a West Berkshire Bahá’í, said: “This is just part of the natural order of things – Bahá’u’lláh said that the world would eventually get fed up with religion. People would recognise that religion can be the cause of some of the world’s problems and that they would reject it.

“But Bahá’u’lláh said that eventually people would realise that everything becomes worse without it and that they can not live without a moral compass. That is when the Bahá’í Faith will shine.”

Free talks about the Bahá’í Faith offered to West Berkshire schools

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West Berkshire Bahai Myra Erbenova giving a talk at a West Berkshire school
Myra holds the children's attention as she talks about the Bahai Faith

Thames Valley Bahá’í Community wants teachers in West Berkshire to take advantage of a service by Bahá’ís to give talks about the Bahá’í Faith in schools.

One talk has alaready been scheduled, in support of March’s ‘Celebrating RE Month’, and it is hoped that more teachers will come forward to use the free service. The celebration is organised by the RE Council for England and Wales and financially supported by the Bahá’í National Spiritual Assembly.

Myra Erbenova (pictured), of Thames Valley Bahá’í Community, said: “Education is seen as an important aspect of life within the Bahá’i Community. There are some five million Bahá’is in 189 countries and 46 territories worldwide, but how many adults – let alone children – in West Berkshire are aware of what the Bahá’i Faith is all about?”

If you would like someone from the Thames Valley Bahá’í Community to give a talk at your school in March, or at any other time of the year, please email Myra and Shawn Khorassani on myra@khorassani.com  or call 07964 676461, leave a message and we will get back to you.