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One of the fundamental teachings of Baha'u'llah is that true science and religion must always be in harmony. Truth is one, and whenever conflict appears it is due, not to truth, but to error.. As Huxley tells us, "The great deeds of the philosophers have been less the fruit of their intellect.. (but) rather to their patience, their love, their single-heartedness and self-denial.." Boole, the mathematician, assures us that "geometric induction is essentially a process of prayer-- an appeal from the finite mind to the Infinite for light on finite concerns." The great prophets of religion and science have never denounced each other. It is the unworthy followers of.. (these) who have always been the persecutors.. They have studied the light of the particular revelation.. defined its properties.. as seen in their limited vision, with the utmost care and precision. That is for them the one true light. If God.. sends fuller light.. instead of welcoming.. (it) they are angry and alarmed. This new light does not correspond with their definitions. It has not the orthodox color, and does not shine from the orthodox place, therefore it must at all costs be extinguished lest it lead men astray into the paths of heresy!.. blind leaders of the blind..
(197:2)
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