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Should the lamp of religion be obscured, Baháulláh explained, chaos and confusion will ensue, and the lights of fairness and justice, of tranquility and peace cease to shine.
"On October 12, at the Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, Abdul-Bahá put religion to the test. He asked the congregation to help him consider the record of religion, to see whether it is the animating impulse of all human advancement, or a detriment and a source of degradation to mankind. They would go to the source to the founders of religion to review the story of Their lives, compare the conditions preceding Their appearance with those subsequent to Their departure.
"Abdul-Bahá outlined the central events of Jewish history. He emphasized the four hundred years of slavery the Jews suffered at the hands of the Egyptians before Moses led them from captivity.
When a movement fundamentally religious makes a weak nation strong, he argued, changes a nondescript tribal people into a mighty and powerful civilization, rescues them from captivity and elevates them to sovereignty, transforms their ignorance into knowledge and endows them with an impetus of advancement in all degrees of development . . . it becomes evident that religion is the cause of mans attainment to honor and sublimity.
Religion: The Driving Force Behind Human Civilization
"On October 12, at the Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, Abdul-Bahá put religion to the test. He asked the congregation to help him consider the record of religion, to see whether it is the animating impulse of all human advancement, or a detriment and a source of degradation to mankind. They would go to the source to the founders of religion to review the story of Their lives, compare the conditions preceding Their appearance with those subsequent to Their departure.
"Abdul-Bahá outlined the central events of Jewish history. He emphasized the four hundred years of slavery the Jews suffered at the hands of the Egyptians before Moses led them from captivity.
When a movement fundamentally religious makes a weak nation strong, he argued, changes a nondescript tribal people into a mighty and powerful civilization, rescues them from captivity and elevates them to sovereignty, transforms their ignorance into knowledge and endows them with an impetus of advancement in all degrees of development . . . it becomes evident that religion is the cause of mans attainment to honor and sublimity.
Religion: The Driving Force Behind Human Civilization