Editing Pre-existence (section)

==Baha'i Faith==
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[[Baháʼí literature]] refers in a number of places to at least four key dimensions of pre-existence. Firstly, that the individual soul of a human being comes into being at the time of conception<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hornby |first1=Helen |title=Lights of Guidance |publisher=Baha’i Publishing Trust of India |page=344 |edition=1988 |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref> and only thereafter is eternal; in other words, it is not pre-existent. Secondly, in distinction to the above, that the souls of the world's greatest spiritual teachers, the founders of world religions, are pre-existent. Thirdly, that God, a reality which human consciousness can not comprehend, is pre-existent, that is he exists prior to time and to his creation. Fourthly, that the relationship between God and the phenomenal or contingent world is one of emanation, as the rays of the sun are to the earth. In other words, the pre-existent world of God remains separate from and does not descend into his creation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-15 |title=The Hidden Nature of Life After Death |url=https://bahaiteachings.org/hidden-nature-life-after-death/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=BahaiTeachings.org |language=en-US}}</ref>