Re: Purpose of Life

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:04:14 CST, "Joan Jensen"
<j-l-jensen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Dear Friends,
> A new Baha'i in our community has been invited to present =
>information about the Baha'i Faith to her high school World Religions =
>class. She asked me to summarize certain topics she thinks would be of =
>interest to her classmates. I submit some of the questions here, =
>because other readers might find the answers, discussion and selected =
>quotation from the Writings interesting.
>
>Question1:
>What do Baha'is believe is the purpose of life?

I bear witness O my God that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to
worship Thee... Short Obligitory Prayer, Baha'u'llah

Pax Terra
God said BE!
and Symmetry was fractured!

.

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