The friends should candidly accept that the spiritual and
social environment they create in their communities and their homes has a
profound influence on shaping the thought and character of young people and
that the negative influences of disunity, complaints and contention, and
disparaging references to the believers, the institutions, or community affairs
can gradually, imperceptibly, and cumulatively extinguish the spirit of faith
in young and impressionable hearts that no curriculum or educational program
can overcome.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 4 November
2019 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual
believer)
