What keeps us from descending into total chaos?
Category: Religion and Philosophy
Here’s some interesting food for thought:
And among the teachings of Bahá’u'lláh is that religion is a mighty bulwark. If the edifice of religion shakes and totters, commotion and chaos will ensue and the order of things will be utterly upset, for in the world of mankind there are two safeguards that protect man from wrongdoing. One is the law which punishes the criminal; but the law prevents only the manifest crime and not the concealed sin; whereas the ideal safeguard, namely, the religion of God, prevents both the manifest and the concealed crime, trains man, educates morals, compels the adoption of virtues and is the all-inclusive power which guarantees the felicity of the world of mankind. But by religion is meant that which is ascertained by investigation and not that which is based on mere imitation, the foundation of Divine Religions and not human imitations.
‘Abdu’l-Baha, Bahai World Faith–Selected Writings of Baha’u'llah and ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Section Only), (Wilmette: US Bahai Publishing Trust, 1976 edition) P. 289. Available from http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/BWF/bwf-19.html.
So religion, although not the most splashy of issues, is the reason a society, group of people, or culture has any stability and progress at all? How Interesting!
