What's the Baha'i Faith?

Answer 1

The Bahá'í Faith is a religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th century Persia. In the early twenty-first century, Bahá'ís number around six million in more than two hundred countries around the world.

In Bahá'í teachings, religious history is seen as an evolving educational process for mankind, through God's messengers, which are termed Manifestations of God. Bahá'u'lláh is seen as the most recent, pivotal, but not final of these individuals. He claimed to be the long-expected educator and teacher of all peoples, prophesied in Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and other religions, and that his mission was to establish a firm basis for unity throughout the world, and inaugurate an age of peace and justice, which Bahá'ís expect will inevitably arise.

Fundamental to Bahá'í teachings are the principles of the oneness of God, the oneness of religion, and the oneness of humanity. These principles have a profound impact on the theological and social teachings of this religion.

Don -- The Baha'i Faith has the same relationship to Islam that the Christian Faith has to Judaism -- does that make Christianity an "outcast Jewish religion"? :-)

And I don't understand what you mean by "the peace of Saladin"?

Answer 2

It is the homophobic version of unitarian universalism

oh and a s s don: all religions are cults dear. according to the dictionary. Including that monsterous one you follow, christianity. the dictionary not the merriam - websters but the standard is a great book you should read it sometime.

cult ( P ) Pronunciation Key (klt)
n.

A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.
The followers of such a religion or sect.
A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.
A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.

Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.
The object of such devotion.
An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.


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[Latin cultus, worship, from past participle of colere, to cultivate. See kwel-1 in Indo-European Roots.]
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cultic or cultish adj.
cultism n.
cultist n.
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Baha'i

Bahai \Ba*hai"\ (b[.a]*h[imac]"), n.; pl. Bahais (-h[imac]z). A member of the sect of the Babis consisting of the adherents of Baha (Mirza Husain Ali, entitled ``Baha 'u 'llah,'' or, ``the Splendor of God''), the elder half brother of Mirza Yahya of Nur, who succeeded the Bab as the head of the Babists. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Bahais in the United States.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


Baha'i

Bahai adj : of or relating to Bahaism [syn: Bahai] n : a teacher of or believer in Bahaism [syn: Bahai]


Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

Answer 3

Bahai is an outcast muslim religion...a Cult.

The leader in the next world church... a leader in the United Nations relious institution.

Peacnicks for now. doing the ""Peace of Saladin"" Thing!

Answer 4

its a mix of hinduism and islam, created by the blood line of a son in law of Mohammed

Its only about 200 yrs old

Answer 5

no it is not a cult. it is a religion. bahais believe in oneness of god, oneness of mankind and oneness of religion. they believe in unity in diversity, in equality between men and women, in harmony between science and religion, in absence of prejudice....