The Baha'i faith tell me...?

Question

What do you know about this faith or think you know about it? I know many Baha'i's

Answer 1

The Bahá'í Faith is a religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th century Persia. Bahá'ís number around 6 million in more than 200 countries around the world.

According to 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 expected redeemer and teacher 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.

"Bahá'í" is either an adjective referring to this religion or the term for a follower of Bahá'u'lláh, and not a noun referring to the religion as a whole. The term comes from the Arabic word Bahá’ (بهاء), meaning "glory" or "splendor".

Three underlying core assertions are often simply referred to as the unity of God, the unity of religion, and the unity of mankind. This formulation is often helpful in understanding Bahá'í approaches to a variety of religious topics, though it belies much of the complexity found in the hundreds of books and letters that form the Bahá'í texts. Much of Bahá'í practice and social teachings are rooted in these priorities.

Answer 2

According to 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 expected redeemer and teacher 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

Answer 3

And now you know another one! I'm a Baha'i. We follow the teachings of Baha' u' llah ("The Glory of God"), Who appeared in Iran about 150 years ago. He taught that we all worship the same God, no matter what Name we call Him by. He taught that women and men are equal - a very radical idea at that time and still pretty radical to some. He advocated universal education, the abolishment of all forms of prejudice and the adoption of a universal auxilary language so we could all unerstand each other.

Answer 4

The Baha'i claim to be forward thinking, yet they are intolerant of gay people. Sorry, but I always judge religions by the way they view and treat gay people. It's my hot button issue, and most people don't seem to care, and that makes me care even more.

Because the Baha'i claim to be forward thinking, yet they have very bigoted, outdated views regarding gay people, I consider their beliefs to be very hypocritical.

I've included a link below on the religious tolerance web site, which addresses this issue.

There are some topics on which the Baha'i teachings are very tolerant and just - such as accepting insights from all religions, and a belief in the absolute equality of men and women.

However, I hold them responsible for encouraging religious bigotry towards gay people, and that's evil, though I realize they do not consider themselves bigoted.

Answer 5

Hi, im a Baha'i, and Baha'u'llah (Manifestation of God) is the founder of the Baha'i faith. We believe in unity in diversity.
Here is a good site, www.bahai.org

Answer 6

all i know is that truth always prevails long term,if that so called faith starts to unwind it most likely is dangerous ,BE CAREFULL!!