Earth is But One Country by -J. Huddleston- 7 Para

All levels of matter are forever changing and developing in relation to themselves and to the environment. Man himself has developed over an immense period of time from the most primitive beginnings and in the process of evolution has passed through many different forms. However, he has always had the potential to be ultimately what he has become, just as the acorn, though humble in size and appearance, has the potential of becoming a mighty oak tree. From this perspective evolution not only results from the ancestry and environment but involves the fulfillment of inherent potential. (30:1)

..The various levels of material development appear all over the universe, and there is life on the planets of other stars.. Though individual planets and stars form and break up at different times, the basic units (atoms).. have no beginning in time: (30:2)

"...It is certain that this world of existence, this endless universe, has neither beginning nor end. Yes, it may be that one of the parts of the universe, one of the globes, for example, may come into existence, or may be disintegrated, but the other endless globes are still existing; the universe would not be disordered nor destroyed; on the contrary, existence is eternal and perpetual. As each globe has a beginning, necessarily it has an end, because every composition, collective or particular, must of necessity be decomposed; the only difference is that some are quickly decomposed and others more slowly, but it is impossible that a composed thing should not eventually be decomposed." ('Abdul-Baha) (30:3)

The Baha'i view is that the universe is not an accident but the creation of some force outside itself.. (30:4)

"Now, formation is of three kinds and of three kinds only: accidental, necessary and voluntary. The coming together of the various constituent elements of beings cannot be accidental, for unto every effect there must be a cause. It cannot be compulsory, for then the formation must be an inherent property of the constituent parts and the inherent property of a thing can in no wise be dissociated from it, such as light that is the revealer of things, heat that causeth the expansion of elements and the (solar) rays which are the essential property of the sun. Thus under such circumstances the decomposition of any formation is impossible, for the inherent properties of a thing cannot be separated from it. The third formation remaineth and that is the voluntary one, that is, an unseen force described as the Ancient Power, causeth these elements to come together, every formation giving rise to a distinct being." ('Abdul-Baha) (30:5)

That unseen force is God. Baha'u'llah said that the evidence of the existence of God is all around for us to see, in nature, in man himself, in history: (31:1)

"Every created thing in the whole universe is but a door leading into His knowledge, a sign of His sovereignty, a revelation of His names, a symbol of His majesty, a token of His power, a means of admittance into His straight Path.." (Baha'u'llah - Gleanings) (31:2)

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