..
.
.
But education, according
to Baha'u'llah,
is not only to learn how to read and write . Children must be educated
in such a way that they will be able to
serve the human race. At
present, children who
live in different parts of the world are being brought up to be
loyal to their own country
alone, and sometimes hatred towards another nation
is engraved on their
young minds . They are taught to be proud of being
Germans or Arabs, or
Chinese and made to believe that their race,
their religion or their
special caste is the best in the world.
According to the Baha'i
Faith this is not correct.
The aim
of education must be to
bring up men and women
who believe that
" the
earth is one country and mankind its citizens
",
and who will give their
love and their services to the betterment of the
whole world. If people
adopt this method of education, it will take but one
generation to establish
the unity of all mankind.
.
Baha'u'llah also says:
.
"
Schools must first train the children in the principles
of religion. so that the Promise and the Threat, recorded in the Books
of God, may prevent them from the things
forbidden
and
adorn them with the mantle of the commandments. But this in such a
measure
that it may not injure the children by resulting in ignorance
fanaticism
and bigotry. "
.
This means that the
spiritual values taught by the Manifestations
of God, must be the basis for every system of education. Only
through spiritual enlightenment can men become happier
in life, because they
will learn to live without any prejudice
towards their fellowmen
and be full of hope
and confidence for the future.
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