Baha'is are followers of the teachings of Baha'u'llah, who brought an entirely new, worldwide Faith to humanity. [22] Bah scholar Udo Schaefer stated that the legitimization of the death penalty in cases of murder and arson is usually met with disapproval and suspicion in Europe. Origin of the Baha'i Religion. Goodbye. "When a difficulty is brought out into the daylight and freely discussed by a duly authorized and responsible group of people who are sincerely desirous of finding the best solution and are free from prejudice or personal motive, then there is a good chance of overcoming it, but discussion of the faults of others behind their backs by unauthorized people who have no authority to take action in the matter, is surely one of the most fertile causesprobably THE most fertile causeof disunity, and the importance of putting an end to this practice should be impressed on all Bahs.". In Iran and other parts of the Middle East, Bahs continue to be criticized for breaking with Islam and accused of conspiring with western powers, resulting in intense persecution and the loss of civil rights. My life has changed in ways that I had hoped the Bahai Faith would help me do, but in 35 years has not. The exclusion of same-sex marriage among Bahs has garnered considerable criticism in the Western world, where the Bah teachings on sexuality may appear to be unreasonable, dogmatic, and difficult to apply in Western society. In this two-part article we will briefly examine: (1) the Baha'i approach to other religions; (2) the absence of the personal requirements Baha'i demands for the Manifestations; (3) anachronistic Baha'i scriptures; (4) the Miller analysis of the Baha'i faith; (5) moral concerns; (6) some Baha'i errors; and (7) failed prophecy and Baha'i misuse of The primary functions of both groups are to propagate the Bah Faith and protect the community. In such cases, of course, the name of the person or persons involved will have to be mentioned. After full consideration, the Spiritual Assembly should take such action as it deems advisable, and it is incumbent upon all members of the group to be loyal to whatever decision is arrived at by the Spiritual Assembly. Its six years since I declared and four or five since I became an ex Bahai. A Unitarian Bahai comes across as an idiot, again! ThenI cut completely all personal ties to the Bahais in the Fort Worth area. Thus you will grow, become more perfect. According to Bah' belief, there have been individuals throughout history who were Manifestations of God, who founded major world religions and had certain supernatural powers, such as the ability to prophesy. "This is the attribute of the children of the Kingdom. (Bnai Brith means children of the covenant.). Abd al-Bah actively administered the movements affairs and spread the faith to North America, Europe, and other continents. [24] The religion has seen a few attempts at splintering, but they have remained extremely small and declined over time. Marrying that mentally immature woman was perhaps the biggest mistake of my life, and joining the Bahai Faith was the second biggest. If some means were devised so that the doors of backbiting were shut eternally and each one of the believers unsealed his lips in praise of others, then the teachings of His Holiness Bahullh would spread, the hearts be illumined, the spirits glorified, and the human world would attain to everlasting felicity.' ", "When criticism and harsh words arise within a Bah community, there is no remedy except to put the past behind one, and persuade all concerned to turn over a new leaf, and for the sake of God and His Faith refrain from mentioning the subjects which have led to misunderstanding and inharmony. Corrections? His writings, which promote peace and unity, are at the heart of the . While Bah teachings assert that men and women are spiritually equal, some areas of differentiation remain. He concluded from this that the Bah' World Faith must be God's religion. For many, the Baha'i faith is one of the most universal religions. "On no subject are the Bah teachings more emphatic than on the necessity to abstain from fault-finding and backbiting while being ever eager to discover and root out our own faults and overcome our own failings. The principal Bah tenets are the essential unity of all religions and the unity of humanity. Bah Allhs peculiar function was to overcome the disunity of religions and establish a universal faith. If manifestations are allowed to contradict one another, then there is no way to separate false manifestations from true ones or to discover if any of them really speak for the true and living God. Your opinion is based on no facts whatsoever and therefore is not worth considering. [15] Douglas Martin wrote that Miller's writings were driven by animus against what he saw as a successful rival faith that was moving into Christian lands. The criticism and challenges it has faced vary considerably in different regions of the world. The Bah religion originally grew out of the Bb faith, or sect, which was founded in 1844 by Mrz Al Moammad of Shrz in Iran. Deborah Clark Vance earned a Ph.D. from Howard University in Intercultural Communication and served as Assoc Prof. and Chair of the Dept of Comm & Cinema at McDaniel College. [7][8], The Bah Faith has maintained its unity and avoided serious division, although several attempts have been made to create sects. In the summer and fall of 2004, I gradually came to the conviction that the Bahai Faith was no longer worthy of my allegiance. The truth, on the contrary, is that the Bahai Faith teaches progressive revelation, which means, as Abdul-Baha said in a talk he gave in the United States in 1912, that: the divine religions of the holy Manifestations of God are in reality one, though in name and nomenclature they differ. The condemnation of backbiting could hardly be couched in stronger language than in these passages, and it is obviously one of the foremost obligations for Bahs to set their faces against this practice. [25] Jason Boyett wrote in 12 Major World Religions that, "The [Bah] condemnation of covenant-breakers is immediate, absolute, andin a religion promoting love and acceptanceprofoundly disconcerting. The first is that they equate Krishna to many other prophets, as if somehow Krishna in either case is the main god or spokesperson or prophet of Hinduism as a monolithic religion. He taught there is one God and one human family, and that the great religions of the world represent successive stages in the spiritual evolution of human society. After Islamic fundamentalists came to power in Iran in 1979, the 300,000 Bahs there were persecuted by the government. On no subject are the Bah teachings more emphatic than on the necessity to abstain from fault-finding and backbiting, while being ever eager to discover and root out our own faults and overcome our own failings.' You should urge your fellow-Bahs to take this point of view, and to support you in a strong effort to suppress every critical thought and every harsh word, in order to let the spirit of Bahullh flow into the entire community, and unite it in His love and in His service. The majority of Baha'is, however, live in the global south. He was asked 'How shall I overcome seeing the faults of othersrecognizing the wrong in others? The followers of such splinter groups are shunned and not considered Bahs by the majority. Baha'is were nonetheless subjected to persecution, as some Muslim clerics perceived their faith to be a heresy. [27] For example, Juan Cole converted to the Bah Faith in 1972, but later resigned in 1996 after conflicts with members of the administration who perceived him as extreme. [27][31], Denis MacEoin, a scholar who had previously been a Bah, criticized what he saw as a threat to the impartiality of the academic field of Bb and Bah studies due to the dominance of practising Bahs in the field. The Bah's are fully entitled to address criticisms to their assemblies; they can freely air their views about policies or individual members of elected bodies to the assembly, local or national, but then they must whole-heartedly accept the advice or decision of the assembly, according to the principles already laid down for such matters in One must expose the praiseworthy qualities of the souls and not their evil attributes. All national spiritual assemblies of the world periodically constitute themselves an international convention and elect a supreme governing body known as the Universal House of Justice. "The question of dealing with those who call themselves Bahs but who act in ways which we believe to be detrimental to the interests of the Cause is a very difficult one. Updates? Heaven and Hell and the Baha'i Faith. The year begins on the first day of spring, March 21, which is one of several holy days in the Bah calendar. 9 Politics: Here a number of criticisms about the Bahai faith aligning itself with different historical superpowers are listed. The Bah Faith was first mentioned in the United States in 1893 at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Baha'u'llahs followers disseminated his teachings in the Middle East and beyond. Goodbye. He appointed his eldest grandson, Shoghi Effendi Rabbn (18971957), his successor. ", "It is obvious that if we listen to those who complain to us about the faults of others we are guilty of complicity in their backbiting. Quoted in, Last edited on 12 February 2023, at 13:17, Political accusations against the Baha'i Faith, "The Economist explains: The Bahai faith", "Possible Criticisms of the Baha'i Faith from a Feminist Perspective", "The Baha'i Faith in America as Panopticon, 1963-1997", "Fundamentalism in the Contemporary U.S. Baha'i Community", "Bah' Youth and Sexuality A Personal/Professional View", "Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bah' Faith", "Marginality and Apostasy in the Baha'i Community", "An Introduction to Bah' Law: Doctrinal Foundations, Principles and Structures", "A Short Introduction to the Bah' Faith", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_the_Bah_Faith&oldid=1138934100, This page was last edited on 12 February 2023, at 13:17. If you dont recognize Bahaullah as a manifestation of God then you arent really a Bahai whether or not you happen to be part of the Bahai Administrative Order. Get in touch with the Bahais in your community. It was during this exile that he publicly announced the establishment of the Baha'i faith. If capable, those between the ages of 15 and 70 are required to fast 19 days a year, going without food or drink from sunrise to sunset. An overwhelming majority of Bbs acknowledged his claim and thenceforth became known as Bahs. The religion officially formed in 1863, but a Shiite Muslim man in Iran began paving the way in 1844 by announcing a new prophet was to come - after Muhammad. The Bahi Faith underwent a rapid expansion beginning in the 1960s, and by the early 21st century it had more than 180 national spiritual assemblies (national governing bodies) and several thousand local spiritual assemblies. Message and data rates may apply. [3][9], Christian author and missiologist Ed Stetzer rejects the Bah Faith as a syncretic combination of faiths,[10] while Christian author John Ankerberg points to discrepancies between faiths to contradict the idea of unity of religion.[8]. There are more than 100,000 local Baha'i communities in places as diverse as Chile, Cambodia and the United States. I desire this distinction for you. If some Islamic countries were confused about how to classify the Bahai Faith, why have many of them officially recognized it as an independent religion distinct from Islam since early in the 20th century? "You also ask what one should do to 'handle depression and anger with someone' one feels 'very positively about'. At the time, I didnt care. Because the Bahai Faith is based in the grassroots, any social action is the result of consultative decisions made in any given locality and depends on local capacities. A third cried out: 'What a stench! A "Unitarian Baha'i" comes across as an idiot, again! A few weeks later, the NSA replied that they had accepted my resignation and expressed hope that I would one day decide to return. I have been studying AJ Millers teachings for 17 months now. The Bahs must be distinguished from others of humanity. Shouldst thou transgress this command ACCURSED ART THOU.' (5) Moral concerns. If he looks to this side and that to see how Tom and Harry are getting on and to criticise their ploughing, then his own furrow will assuredly become crooked. Handwriting Analysis of the Will of Abdu'l Baha by Dr. Mitchell; Hermann . Knowing you seem similar to my mindset from a brief review of your site, I might be more inclined to try the UU route. I decided that if she wanted to marry me, she would have to leave that church, because I would never join it and she still wanted us to worship together on Sundays. Quite controversially, the Bab claimed that his teachings were a revelation from God and predicted that a new prophetic figure, or manifestation of God, would soon appear. My future wife was a member of First Baptist Church of Dallas, a stronghold of fundamentalism. The Bible provides ALL the answers, in my truly humble (!) You don't need to belong to a religion to be of service to others and do good in the world. Bah Faith, religion founded in Iraq in the mid-19th century by Mrz osayn Al Nr, who is known as Bah Allh (also spelled Bahullh), which in Arabic means Glory of God. The cornerstone of Bah belief is the conviction that Bah Allh and his forerunner, who was known as the Bb (Persian: Gateway), were manifestations of God, who in his essence is unknowable. gss t ws mr lk prf tht yr prblms l lss n pltcs nd rlgn nd mre n mntal hlth sss? [27] Soon after his resignation, Cole created an email list and website called H-Bahai, which became a repository of both primary source material and critical analysis on the religion. The external article completely drops any pretenses of neutrality, blaming certain events (like the attempted assassination of Iranian officials) as done by . Lights of Guidance Backbiting, Criticism, Faultfinding, Gossip, Lies, Slander Etc. The Bah' Faith is a world religion based on the teachings of Bah'u'llh. Targeting the faith's followers is a longstanding feature of the Islamic Republic but has been escalating of late. Actually, Baha'is have been imprisoned and martyred since their Faith began in Persia, because of the persecution of the powerful Islamic clerics who consider the Baha'i Faith and its progressive principles a threat. Bah's recognize the coming of Bah'u'llh as the latest expression of God's guidance . On January 18, a court in Iran's Mazandaran province ordered that property belonging to Bahai citizen Sheida Taeed be confiscated and transferred to the "Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order," a committee controlled by . You must become distinguished for loving humanity; for unity and accord; for love and justice. They and other UUs are destined to do the work of peace, unity, and freedom that Bahais cannot and will never do! Eventually, what started as a compromise between us grew into a case of full blown allegiance to the UU church for both of us. I would later realize how useful those books could have been as weapons against my former religion, but I also was able to find enough online resources for my purposes. Message and data rates may apply. Do this whenever you are tried through the words or deeds of others. You know nothing about why my marriage failed and it had nothing to do with lack of parental consent. Deeds not words are what they demand, and no amount of fervor in the use of expressions of loyalty and adulation will compensate for failure to live in the spirit of the teachings.". ", "As regards backbiting, i.e., discussing the faults of others in their absence, the teachings are very emphatic. The Christian Bible clearly displays this concept, as it includes the Old Testament prophets Moses and Abraham, along with the New Testament prophet Jesus Christ, all of whom Bahais revere and consider divine messengers. "You ask in your letter for guidance on the implications of the prohibition on backbiting and more specifically whether, in moments of anger or depression, the believer is permitted to turn to his friends to unburden his soul and discuss his problem in human relations. ', and He replied: 'I will tell you. But even if these are not taken from the records it still does not make them either true or false. The Earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens, Committee Member - MNF Research Advisory Committee, PhD Scholarship - Uncle Isaac Brown Indigenous Scholarship. Zackery M. Heern does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. claimed the lives of thousands of his followers. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Importantly, the Bahai Faith first emerged in a Muslim culture in what is now Iran, so Islam could be said to be its parent Faith in the same way that Judaism was the parent Faith of Christianity. In 'Star of the West', Volume 8, No. Despite their apparent differences, the worlds great religions, according to the Bahs, teach an identical truth. They also. "As to backbiting, the House of Justice points out that learning not to concern oneself with the faults of others seems to be one of the most difficult lessons for people to master, and that failing in this is a fertile cause of disputes among Bahs as it is among men and women in general. Bahais have no clergy. Bah Allh was arrested in 1852 and jailed in Tehrn, where he became aware that he was the prophet and messenger of God whose coming had been predicted by the Bb. After years of investigation and soul-searching, I have finally come to the sad understanding that I can no longer bring myself to believe in Bahaullah or any of the institutions established in His name, including the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice. Baha'is, for example, embrace interracial marriage and education for girls. [21], In the Kitb-i-Aqdas, Bahu'llh prescribed the death penalty both for intentional arson and murder. In this article I will respond to these arguments as they relate to the different views held by Bah's and Christians on (1) the nature of God, (2) biblical prophecy, and (3) religious unity. Ratings: +1,422. As a member of Irans nobility, Baha'u'llah was offered a government position. An unethical teaching from the Caleb and Sophia Series December 24, 2022. He remained there until his passing in 1892. Its 2014 now. Check your email for the latest from BahaiTeachings.org. read more. Also, the lack of actual places of worship was another big shock. opinion. Jehovah's Witnesses and Baha'is were among the most . Baha'is believe that God has . A Question About Translating the Baha'i Writings December 11, 2022. The Baha'i Faith is a scriptural religion; the current written texts are considered fully authoritative. Baha'i Viewpoint Heaven and Hell are not seen as literal places that the soul of man goes after physical death but are seen as the . At the same time, the Baha'i faith has spread around the globe. On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i faith, the question remains: What is the reason for their persecution? Baha'u'llah, whose name means Glory of God in Arabic, was born in Tehran in 1817. Im glad to know that you have found a better life after moving on, as have I. Select search scope, currently: articles+ all catalog, articles, website, & more in one search; catalog books, media & more in the Stanford Libraries' collections; articles+ journal articles & other e-resources Before Bah Allh died in 1892, he appointed his eldest son, Abd al-Bah (18441921), to be the leader of the Bahi community and the authorized interpreter of his teachings. But ere long this merciful door will be closed and such enemies will be attacked with a madness. Cults separate themselves from society, and Bahais take part in society. It is not an ordinary distinction I desire: not scientific, commercial, industrial distinction. When people say that the Bahai Faith has something to do with Judaism, its often a result of confusing the word Bahai with Bnai Brith, a service organization dedicated to the social and educational betterment of Jews. Perhaps youll be inspired to organize a similar discussion where you live. I encourage you to look him up and see if it resonates with you. I do not desire for you financial distinction. Do it yourself clergy aka the horrible administrative order, no politics allowed aka also another side effect of the administrative order as a model for the world at large, no alcohol drugs gambling gossip sex outside of heterosexual monogamy aka loads and loads of rules, etc are all drawbacks of being a Bahai. Being involved in interfaith work, Im constantly asked Whos your local spiritual leader, or priest, or pastor? The fact is, there isnt one. The last claim is partially rooted in the presence of the Bah World Centre in northern Israel. For most Muslims, the prophet Muhammad was the last and final prophet. But the enemies who call themselves friends and who persistently violate every fundamental law of love and unity, are difficult to be dealt with in this day, for the mercy of God is still great. 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