Just curious if I'm the only one or not.

Is this what you're talking about?

Bahaism (a religion founded in Iran in 1863; emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind; incorporates Christian and Islamic tenets; many adherents live in the United States) "Bahaism has no public rituals or sacraments and praying is done in private"

I guess being that they do things in private they would be pretty low-profile.

Sounds like a meek polite version of the Mediterranean philosophies.

May I ask if they view Christ as a divine messiah, or just as a prophet? The definition above says that Bahaism has some Christian tenets. I'm wondering if they believe that Christ died for their sins? Do they believe in the virgin birth, sacrificial lamb, and ressurection thing?

Or do they just believe in his moral teachings as a prophet?

I'm just curious.

No need to answer if you don't want to.

Way to go, James. Overwhelm the girl her first time in our "wacky religions" forum.

Curiousity killed the cat.

Sorry.

Seeing as how we believe in a progressive revelation then yes we believe in Christ and that he was a manifestation of God.

*Note... google progressive revelation and the Wikipedia link is the first up. It's pretty good.

For those of you who have never heard of the Baha'i faith and are wondering what we're about, here are the basic principles:

The oneness of mankind

Universal peace upheld by a world government

Independent investigation of truth

The common foundation of all religions

The essential harmony of science and religion

The equality of men and women

Elimination of prejudice of all kinds

Universal cumpulsory education

Elimination of the extremes of poverty and wealth (a spiritual solution to an economic problem)

A universal auxiliary language (a common language shared by all peoples of the world in addition to each person's native tongue so that the language barriers of our current world become nonexistant)

That sounds more like a political agenda than a spiritual agenda.



Would this include embracing those who study witchcraft as their independent investication into truth?



Is it important that everyone agree on who the manifestations of God are?

I read the progressive revelation thing from wikipedia and found the following:



I take it from this and the referrence to being "regular and periodic", that Jesus is just seen as merely one of many prophets then?

Do they recognize Buddha as a manifestation of God?

I guess they do. I just read further and found the following:



So they view Jesus as just another prophet then.

That's cool.

Sounds like a nice religion. As long as they don't burn me at a stake for praying to the Moon Goddess and talking to Trees I'm all for it.

Not going there...




Yes. Though, while witchcraft is not recognized as one of the religions, it is indeed a valid avenue of investigation for each person must make their own decisions on what is the truth for them. Bahai's are against blindly following the beliefs and teachings of the family simply for the family's own sake. And since I know someone will ask, yes, Baha'i families will allow their children to investigate and follow the paths they feel to be true.

very interesting, Krobin. Thanks for sharing this info with us.

You're welcome, though that wasn't the intent of this post. Oh well. It didn't bother me in the least.

I've visited a Baha temple before, it was a very beautiful and sincere place aside all the tourist couples there to take pictures. I lingered around after 'closing' and really explored the beauty of the place.

I agree with most of their beliefs expect for the one world government. I'm not even going to go into all the conspiracy theories surrounding that, I'll leave that to Jim Marrs. If your unfamiliar with the man, I highly recommend you pick up a copy of Rule By Secrecy.

krobin-

I just joined this site; Allah'u'abha!!

I know they are generous in paying for entertainment on some of their Holidays!!!!

I like their view on relationships between men and women. Something about "A bird with only one wing cannot fly"