…Religion must correspond with science. For God has endowed
man with mind or reason whereby he is required to determine the verity of
propositions. If religious questions be contrary to the standards of science,
they are no other than pure superstition and imagination. For the opposite of
knowledge is ignorance. Unquestionably religion must agree with science. It
must be reasonable in order that it may instill man with confidence. If a
question be contrary to reason and science, it is impossible for man to attain
confidence; he will always be vacillating.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (From a talk, June 9, 1912’ Baptist Temple,
Philadelphia; Star of the West, vol. 5, no. 7, July 13, 1914)
