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A Prayer from the Baha'i Writings A Prayer from the Baha'i Writings
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The Unity of Religion and Science

We may think of science as one wing and religion as the other; a bird needs two wings for flight, one alone would be useless. Any religion that contradicts science or that is opposed to it, is only ignorance - for ignorance is the opposite of knowledge.

Religion which consists only of rites and ceremonies of prejudice is not the truth. Let us earnestly endeavour to be the means of uniting religion and science.

Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, said: 'That which is in conformity with science is also in conformity with religion'. Whatever the intelligence of man cannot understand, religion ought not to accept. Religion and science walk hand in hand, and any religion contrary to science is not the truth.

('Abdu'l-Bahá: Paris Talks, Pages: 130-131)

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Bahá'í Gardens on Mt. Carmel, Haifa, Israel.
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View a larger picture. Two women -- from different countries but with the same aim -- brought the Bahá'í Faith to [the Cook Islands] half a century ago.

As part of an internationally co-ordinated effort to spread the Bahá'í Faith around the world, Edith Danielsen, from the United States, and Dulcie Dive, from New Zealand via Australia, arrived here in 1953 and 1954 respectively.

Their efforts soon bore fruit. In March 1955, two Cook Islanders, Tuaine Karotaua (also known as Mr. Peter Titi) followed by Rima Nicholas, became Bahá'ís. A year later, the first Local Spiritual Assembly was formed. The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Cook Islands was first elected in 1985.

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