Core tenet of The Bahá'í Faith
Science and religion cannot finally contradict.
Truth is one; a religion at war with reason is, on this view, misreading itself.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
The claim that science and religion cannot ultimately conflict is doctrinally binding rather than a slogan: if a religious teaching contradicts established science, Bahá'í teaching holds that the religious understanding is superstition and should be discarded. Abdu'l-Bahá put it as religion without science being superstition and science without religion being materialism. The community's emphasis on education and the number of Bahá'í-run schools follow directly.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
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