ita a cult
2007-05-26 16:43:17
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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I do not know much about Bahai's Faith, to give you an informed answer.
I do however, enjoy what appears as tolerance. I couldn't say for sure, what it really is like on the inside.
I do have two cousins, who are part of the faith, and they did not know each other prior to discovering their faith, they met through their faith. (1st cousins, but an extremely large family, and big age gaps, of 20 years between the two).
And, I also have cousins who follow the Native American spirituality (after discovering their tribal affiliations and being adopted into the Tribe). And cousins, who are Buddhists. And of course, the main religion in our geographical area of Catholicism, and other Christians faiths.
However, I did notice that they completely twisted the Buddha's message, when trying to convince me that some Buddhists have converted. Claiming that Buddha must have believed in a Creator God, when Buddha clearly never did do this, it is not in any of the early writings. But somehow Bahai's said he did, and that the Buddhist Writings are wrong, and missing information...
So how much of this do they do to other religions, I would research?
2007-05-26 23:50:48
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answered by Sapere Aude 5
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The Baha'i Faith is the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible and the Qur'an. It adapts the laws of God to the requirements of our time. Encourages people to search independantly for the Truth, abolished clergy, promotes the equality of men and women. It accepts the Prophets of the past.
2007-05-27 04:42:41
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answered by Reindeer Herder 4
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A note - I am a former Baha'i.
Um, don't believe the hype. They are just as homophobic as the other traditional Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and for all their talk of the equality of men and women, they do not allow women to serve on the Universal House of Justice which is their highest authority in the religion (and the group they feel will eventually become the world government and rule over all of the non-Baha'is as well).
BTW, they "accept" other faiths as true as valid only to the point that they feel that Baha'i is now the true fulfillment of those religions (which they view as more primitive predecessors). To do this they often misrepresent the teachings and prophecies of earlier religions to "show" how they point to the "higher" truth of the Baha'i Faith.
2007-05-27 00:36:56
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answered by David S 4
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I do not know enough details of its theology to have a well-grounded opinion. I know a bit of its history, but that is not of help in answering this question.
2007-05-26 23:46:39
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answered by Anonymous
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I like that idea of all religions being acceptable in one form or another.
2007-05-26 23:44:08
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answered by Tina Goody-Two-Shoes 4
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahai
2007-05-28 04:52:27
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answered by ? 4
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I don't like it. It claims to "all inclusive" and respectful, but it's still fiercely anti-homosexual and anti-woman (they don't allow women on their high clergy panel), and also anti-polytheism.
2007-05-27 04:06:43
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't generally think about it at all
2007-05-26 23:46:17
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answered by Nemesis 7
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i like fireball. shes pretty.
2007-05-26 23:45:12
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answered by Anonymous
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