Today, the greatest
and speediest remedy and the sole effective antidote that the Divine Physician
has prescribed for the world's ills is the oneness of humanity, universal
peace, the explanation of the principles of the divine religions and the
removal of dogmatic imitations and customs which are contrary to science and
reason. Indeed, one of the chief reasons for irreligion among people is that
the leaders of religion, such as the Catholic priests, take a little bread and
wine, blow a breath over it and then say that the bread is the flesh of Christ
and the wine is the blood of Christ. Of course, a man of understanding would
not accept these dogmas and would say that if this bread and wine is turned
into the flesh and blood of Christ by the breath of a priest, then the priest
must be superior to Christ. Thus Bahá'u'lláh has said, `Every matter that is
contrary to sound reason and science and is opposed to the fundamental
principles of the divine religions is an obstacle to progress and a cause of
people avoiding and rejecting the laws of God.'
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, October
11, 1912, San Francisco, USA, recorded by Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
