What are the core beliefs of the Ba'hai faith?

Answer 1

1) Adoration of one God and the reconciliation of all major religions.

2) Appreciation of the diversity and morality of the human family and the elimination of all prejudice.

3) The establishment of world peace, equality of women and men, and universal education

4) Cooperation between Science and Religion in the Individual's search for truth.

To these may be added certain implicit beliefs and practices.

5) A Universal Auxillary Language

6) Universal Weights and Measures

7) God who is Himself unknowable nevertheless reveals himself through manifestations.

8) These manifestations are a kind of progressive revelation

9) No proselytizing (aggressive witnessing)

10) The study of different Scriptures besides simply Baha'i books.

11) Prayer and worship is obligatory, and much of that according to specific instructions.

Answer 2

The Bahá'í Faith is the religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th century Persia. There are around six million Bahá'ís in more than 200 countries around the world.[1][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, Hinduism, 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.[3]

"Bahá'í" (/baˈhaːʔiː/) can be an adjective referring to the Bahá'í Faith, or the term for a follower of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í is not a noun meaning the religion as a whole). The term comes from the Arabic word Bahá’ (بهاء), meaning "glory" or "splendour".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahai
http://www.bahai.org/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/bahai.htm

Answer 3

I want to know this, too.

I know they believe that most faiths were started by true prophets (and they don't believe in the divinity of Jesus - to them he is a prophet).

My Ba'hai friends used to hold festivals at certain times of the year. I think it was related to the moon.

I also once prayed with my Ba'hai friend, and we sat in front of each other cross-legged and held hands, and she told me to hold my thoughts somewhere near my forehead - so it seems they believe in meditation, and maybe in chakras, too. I think they believe a lot of things.

They are beautiful people. I think me and my friend (the Ba'hai) were the most well-known religious people in our school, because we were the only "weird" ones (ie not mainstream Christian, atheist or agnostic), and both were very devoted.

Answer 4

I don't know exactly, but Khalil Greene is a pretty good Shortstop. Go Padres! (he's of the Ba'hai faith)

Answer 5

Three core principles of Bahá'í teachings are often referred to simply as: the unity of God, the unity of religion, and the unity of mankind. Many Bahá'í beliefs and practices are rooted in these priorities; but taken alone these would be an over-simplification of Bahá'í teachings.

Answer 6

From what I understand, they believe in everything.

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith