Education, accordingly, should be universal and should incorporate positive spiritual values and moral attitudes. Students must be given the tools to analyze social conditions and requirements themselves, to take part in community planning and action, and to investigate truth on their own. The oneness of humanity is an essential element of every Bah ' curriculum. His writings portray science and religion as different yet harmonious approaches to the comprehension of reality. These two paths are essentially compatible and mutually reinforcing.
Scientific method is humanity's tool for understanding the physical side of the universe.
It is the key to new technologies. Science cannot, however, guide us in the use of such knowledge. The revelation of God offers to humanity a basis for values and purpose. It provides answers to those questions of morals, human purpose, and our relationship to God that science cannot approach. The independent investigation of reality, whether scientific or religious, is strongly encouraged in Bah 'u'll h's writings.