Southwark Bahá'í Community

• Humanity is one.

• People of all races, nations, economic groups and religious backgrounds are equal in the sight of God.

• The Bahá’í Faith does not have clergy or priests. Bahá’í believe believe that the time for independent investigation of religious and spiritual truths has now arrived.

• Bahá’ís do not preach or try to convert others.

• All religions share a common foundation.

• Each individual is responsible for investigating truth independently.

• Universal education to ensure that every child is entitled to a sound, basic education is fundamental.

• Full equality between women and men in all departments of life and at every level of society.

• The elimination of all forms of prejudice.

• Harmony between science and religion as two complementary systems of knowledge that must work together to advance the well-being and progress of humanity. Science without religion is materialism; religion without science is superstition.

• Recognition of the common origin and fundamental unity of purpose of all religions.

• Spiritual solutions to economic problems and the removal of economic barriers and restrictions.

• The abolition of extremes of wealth and poverty.

• The adoption of a world auxiliary language, a world script, a uniform and universal system of currency and of weights and measures.

• The establishment of a universal peace protected by a world commonwealth of nations.

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• ​All humanity was created by one God and is part of one human race.

• The purpose of life is to know and worship God, to acquire virtues, to promote the oneness of mankind, and to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.

• Work performed in the spirit of service is a form of worship.

• The soul, created at the moment of conception, is destined by God to reach the afterlife where it will continue to progress until it attains the presence of God.

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• ​Independent investigation of truth.

• High moral principles, including trustworthiness and honesty.

• Daily prayer and communion with God.

• A life dedicated to the service of humanity.

• Fellowship with the followers of all religions and faiths.