I first heard about the Baha'i Faith a few years ago when a colleague from South Africa shared her story of leaving the Catholic Church and joining the Baha'is. She explained that after adopting two children of color, she faced criticism from her church members. However, she was warmly welcomed by the Baha'is. I recently discovered that we have a small Baha'i community in my country, which I had not known about it until now. Irony: the Baha'i Faith advocates for women's rights, and equality but the leadership within the community consists only of men?
The following are my own views, and not meant to represent the Bahá'í Faith as a whole. The Faith is very focused on the equality of men and women, but I can understand how this can seem ironic. According to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in selections of the writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the membership of the Universal House of Justice (UHJ) is confined to men: “The House of Justice, however, according to the explicit text of the Law of God, is confined to men; this for a wisdom of the Lord God’s, which will erelong be made manifest as clearly as the sun at high noon.” While the rationale behind this restriction of the Universal House of Justice is not fully explained, both 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi have indicated that the wisdom behind it will be revealed in due time. They have urged us as Bahá'ís to accept this provision with faith, despite the lack of immediate clarity regarding its purpose. This limitation is not viewed as a reflection of inherent capabilities of women but rather as a divine wisdom that is yet to be fully understood. While women are excluded from the Universal House of Justice, we do serve in other capacities within the Bahá'í administrative structure, including local and national assemblies, as continental counselors and on committees. This reflects the Bahá'í principle of gender equality, which asserts that men and women are equal in rights and responsibilities in most areas of the Faith, except for the specific case of being elected to the UHJ. As an individual believer and a woman, my personal view is that it’s a blessing bestowed on us as women to not be called to serve on the UHJ, as such service contains an immense responsibility and the literal weight of the world. I think being exempted from serving is by the grace of God. Having met numerous retired UHJ elected members, I stand even more firmly in this belief and am grateful for this exemption (which is honestly how I view it). I served on the Local Spiritual Assembly in my area for years, and can attest that upholding the principles of the Bahá'í Faith in practice is a daily challenge, with lofty goals of conduct, character, and consultative communication while creating unity in diversity in a greater society that is currently far from unified. I will leave you with this uplifting quote from 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the Perfect Exemplar of our Faith, “It is not through lip-service only that the elect of God have attained to holiness, but by patient lives of active service they have brought light into the world.Therefore strive that your actions day by day may be beautiful prayers. Turn towards God, and seek always to do that which is right and noble. Enrich the poor, raise the fallen, comfort the sorrowful, bring healing to the sick, reassure the fearful, rescue the oppressed, bring hope to the hopeless, shelter the destitute!”
@@bahaiprayer "Thank you for your explanation; it really helps me to understand your faith better. I probably wouldn't have considered it a blessing on my own, especially given how my perspectives on anything have been shaped by various critical views, but I see now that it's a valid perspective, and moreover, I like it.
*Not allowing women to become the members of the House of Justice is a superstition.* _God has endowed man with intelligence and reason... If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science, they are mere superstitions and imagination... If religious belief and doctrine is at variance with reason, it proceeds from the limited mind of man and not from God; therefore, it is unworthy of belief and not deserving of attention... How can man believe that which he knows to be opposed to reason?... Can the heart accept that which reason denies?_ (Loyalty to the Covenant and Critical Thought - A Commentary by Udo Schaefer)
Dear Quo Vadis, Thankyou for this wonderfully lucid video. Well done. However, it isn't perfect. Could you kindly blur out the pictures of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh as requested by the Universal House of Justice who deem it disrespectful, owing to the sacredness of these images. Bahá'ís do get to see the originals when on pilgrimage to Haifa. Just as visitors to Holy sites are requested to dress with moderation so too Bahá'ís are expected to not display publicly pictures of the Twin Manifestations. I would happily show this video to anyone if you would just do this one thing. Thank you in anticipation.
A pretty good review of the information related to the religion, but the pronunciation seems a bit off. Actually talk to some Baha'is, and that will help with the pronunciation.
They are a faction of Islam and the Wahabis wants to eliminate them as much as the Sufi, the Dervish and the Shias. It is irony that Shia also want to get rid of Bhais.
@@brooksellis3891 The Bábí movement developed out of a school of Twelver Shiism known as Shaykhism, so called after its founder Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í (d. 1826), which contained millenarian emphases. Many prominent Bábís were converts from Shaykhism which came under the leadership of Sayyid Kázim Rashtí, al-Ahsá'í's successor…. Mírzá Husayn 'Alí quickly became a prominent figure in the Bábí movement, and increasingly played a low-key leadership role after the government's incarceration of the Báb in Azerbaijan in 1847. When the Báb declared himself the Qá'im, the messianic return of the Twelth Imám, Bahá'u'lláh organized a conference of Bábí leaders in the hamlet of Badasht to publicize this claim and obtain a consensus about it. There, the Bábí disciple and poetess, Țáhirah Qurratu'l-'Ayn, scandalized some of the faithful by casting aside her veil to symbolize the advent of a new dispensation. At this conference, Mírzá Husayn 'Alí took as his Bábí title the divine name Bahá' (Splendor). In the late 1840s, fighting broke out between Bábís and Shí'ís in Mazandaran, Zanján and Nayríz. Bahá'u'lláh was not present when government troops besieged the shrine of Shaykh Ṭabarsí in Mazandaran, where hundreds of Bábís had gathered, because Shí'í adversaries imprisoned him in the town of Amul. They at length released him, but they stripped him of at least some of his property. (From Iran East and West, edited by Juan Ricardo Cole, Moojan Momen)
Not a faction of any religion. The Supreme Court of Egypt has ruled in 1924 that the Baha'i Faith is a religion independent from Islam. The Court's decision is legal and binding, not your opinion.
Please learn and stop spreading errors and falsehood. Babism is not Islamic. Truth stands apart from all errors in all its forms. There's no god but Allah.
*Here are some of the cult-like tendencies in the Baha'i Faith that are not found in other major religions:* 1. Each Baha'i has a 'membership card' with a membership number 2. Strict censorship and approval process for new books 3. Punishments against individuals for perceived infractions include deprivation of voting rights and potential ostracism and shunning 4. Ban on Baha'i Studies courses to prevent hierarchy formation perceived as a threat to the administrative structure 5. Suppression of Baha'i academics who don't follow the party line and agenda 6. Misuse of the notion of "unity" to silence and penalise divergent views 7. Discouragement from reporting misconduct of individual members in the interests of "unity" and public image 8. Selective translation of literature to control information and maintain a marketable narrative despite internal contradictions 9. Revisionist edits in new editions of books (e.g. removal of failed prophecies and intolerant language) 10. Frequent fundraising for projects to enhance global image
@@brooksellis3891 Baha'is are not allowed to read the writings of the so-called covenant-breakers. Baha'i execrate, shun and ex-communicate and shamelessly claim that they are the proponent of unity! Baha'is are strongly discouraged to ask questions on sensitive issues such as continuation of Guardianship, will and testament of Abdul Baha, position of Khadimullah in the will and testament of Baha'u'llah, infallibility of the UHJ, sudden death of Shoghi Effendi, Shoghi Effendi's will, Shoghi Effendi's not having a child, Shoghi Effendi's homosexuality, etc.
Bahai faith also have many enemies who actively work against it including this person who on every bahai youtube repeat his views. All his points are his own interpretation and out of context. If you want to know go and read their books and talk to them.
No, Bahais place Baha'u'llah in a series of God-sent messengers, which includes Moses, Christ, and Muhammad. It is an Abrahamic religion with a prophet-founder, like Judaism, Christiantity and Islam. Bahais *also* believe that the present time --- say from 1844 or from 1863 -- is the "day of God" that the religions have foretold. It's the day when world unity and world peace are possible. Because Baha'u'llah's era is the "day of God," he is the pivot where human history makes a turn. But at the same time, he is one more in the long series of prophets and messengers and sages and visionaries who have guided human souls and societies.
@@senmcglinn Thank you very much for your reply but may I ask you why he cancelled the Sharia of Quran? any logic? Secondly, there is another prophet called Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in India. What do you guys believe about him? was he a prophet or not? If no, then , why?
@@AHumanVoice123 : "the Shariah" does not exist as such, it is an ongoing process of rational discussion about the applicability and application of the standards of the Quran and hadith and sunna to society. As society changes, the shariah changes, just as a road passing through the mountains is not the same as the road through a marshland. The tashri` - the making of shariah - is a necessary and good process in itself, but it is constrained by its sources. As centuries pass, it becomes more and more necessary to begin again, with a new revelation of the will of God for humanity. That revelation is Baha'u'llah, who shows us the will of God today. Based on that revelation, tashri` begins anew, within new constraints. God says to Baha'u'llah : "O Inmost Heart of this Temple! We have made thee the dawning-place of Our knowledge and the dayspring of Our wisdom unto all who are in heaven and on earth. From thee have We caused all sciences ('ulum, such as fiqh, shariah, kalimat) to appear, and unto thee shall We cause them to return. And from thee shall We bring them forth a second time." (Baha'u'llah, in The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 35). Good question about Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, but I know little and I do not have a clear picture, from what I do know, of whether he was reviving Islam or acting like a Revelation founding a new religion.
Thank you for being here! In this video, I love the idea of divine physicians. If you were one, what would you prescribe for today's world?
Something against hate and greed.
Searching for God's Truth with an open mind and a humble heart, not rejecting an idea because of prejudice.
Greed and selfish behaviour to be cured
I am a physician and I recommend Ayahuasca
Thank you for this well put together description.. the world needs these teachings..
Wow this was amazing! What an incredible Faith! Wow
Bahut khoob thanks 😊
Well said sir..
Baha'u'llàh is , the prophet founder of the Baha'i faith 🙏
is the return of all the prophets....... .......
It was so good and with good expectations it makes people to accept this new reality .
I first heard about the Baha'i Faith a few years ago when a colleague from South Africa shared her story of leaving the Catholic Church and joining the Baha'is. She explained that after adopting two children of color, she faced criticism from her church members. However, she was warmly welcomed by the Baha'is. I recently discovered that we have a small Baha'i community in my country, which I had not known about it until now. Irony: the Baha'i Faith advocates for women's rights, and equality but the leadership within the community consists only of men?
The following are my own views, and not meant to represent the Bahá'í Faith as a whole. The Faith is very focused on the equality of men and women, but I can understand how this can seem ironic. According to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in selections of the writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the membership of the Universal House of Justice (UHJ) is confined to men: “The House of Justice, however, according to the explicit text of the Law of God, is confined to men; this for a wisdom of the Lord God’s, which will erelong be made manifest as clearly as the sun at high noon.” While the rationale behind this restriction of the Universal House of Justice is not fully explained, both 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi have indicated that the wisdom behind it will be revealed in due time. They have urged us as Bahá'ís to accept this provision with faith, despite the lack of immediate clarity regarding its purpose. This limitation is not viewed as a reflection of inherent capabilities of women but rather as a divine wisdom that is yet to be fully understood.
While women are excluded from the Universal House of Justice, we do serve in other capacities within the Bahá'í administrative structure, including local and national assemblies, as continental counselors and on committees. This reflects the Bahá'í principle of gender equality, which asserts that men and women are equal in rights and responsibilities in most areas of the Faith, except for the specific case of being elected to the UHJ.
As an individual believer and a woman, my personal view is that it’s a blessing bestowed on us as women to not be called to serve on the UHJ, as such service contains an immense responsibility and the literal weight of the world. I think being exempted from serving is by the grace of God. Having met numerous retired UHJ elected members, I stand even more firmly in this belief and am grateful for this exemption (which is honestly how I view it). I served on the Local Spiritual Assembly in my area for years, and can attest that upholding the principles of the Bahá'í Faith in practice is a daily challenge, with lofty goals of conduct, character, and consultative communication while creating unity in diversity in a greater society that is currently far from unified.
I will leave you with this uplifting quote from 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the Perfect Exemplar of our Faith, “It is not through lip-service only that the elect of God have attained to holiness, but by patient lives of active service they have brought light into the world.Therefore strive that your actions day by day may be beautiful prayers. Turn towards God, and seek always to do that which is right and noble. Enrich the poor, raise the fallen, comfort the sorrowful, bring healing to the sick, reassure the fearful, rescue the oppressed, bring hope to the hopeless, shelter the destitute!”
@@bahaiprayer "Thank you for your explanation; it really helps me to understand your faith better. I probably wouldn't have considered it a blessing on my own, especially given how my perspectives on anything have been shaped by various critical views, but I see now that it's a valid perspective, and moreover, I like it.
Yes and their anti-LGBQT2S is what turned me against this religion.
@@violaviola7023 Happy to share my experience. May God Bless you on your journey to find all the answers to your questions.
*Not allowing women to become the members of the House of Justice is a superstition.*
_God has endowed man with intelligence and reason... If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science, they are mere superstitions and imagination... If religious belief and doctrine is at variance with reason, it proceeds from the limited mind of man and not from God; therefore, it is unworthy of belief and not deserving of attention... How can man believe that which he knows to be opposed to reason?... Can the heart accept that which reason denies?_
(Loyalty to the Covenant and Critical Thought - A Commentary by Udo Schaefer)
Very well prepared, thank you.
Thanks!
Sounds like a all good God 👍
Dear Quo Vadis, Thankyou for this wonderfully lucid video. Well done. However, it isn't perfect. Could you kindly blur out the pictures of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh as requested by the Universal House of Justice who deem it disrespectful, owing to the sacredness of these images. Bahá'ís do get to see the originals when on pilgrimage to Haifa. Just as visitors to Holy sites are requested to dress with moderation so too Bahá'ís are expected to not display publicly pictures of the Twin Manifestations. I would happily show this video to anyone if you would just do this one thing. Thank you in anticipation.
A pretty good review of the information related to the religion, but the pronunciation seems a bit off. Actually talk to some Baha'is, and that will help with the pronunciation.
English is basically the universal language but it needs a phonetic alphabet.
What happens when a new species of humans emerges?
They are a faction of Islam and the Wahabis wants to eliminate them as much as the Sufi, the Dervish and the Shias. It is irony that Shia also want to get rid of Bhais.
As a Baha'i, I disagree. We are not a faction of Islam. We are a new and independent religion.
@@brooksellis3891 The Bábí movement developed out of a school of Twelver Shiism known as Shaykhism, so called after its founder Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í (d. 1826), which contained millenarian emphases. Many prominent Bábís were converts from Shaykhism which came under the leadership of Sayyid Kázim Rashtí, al-Ahsá'í's successor….
Mírzá Husayn 'Alí quickly became a prominent figure in the Bábí movement, and increasingly played a low-key leadership role after the government's incarceration of the Báb in Azerbaijan in 1847. When the Báb declared himself the Qá'im, the messianic return of the Twelth Imám, Bahá'u'lláh organized a conference of Bábí leaders in the hamlet of Badasht to publicize this claim and obtain a consensus about it. There, the Bábí disciple and poetess, Țáhirah Qurratu'l-'Ayn, scandalized some of the faithful by casting aside her veil to symbolize the advent of a new dispensation. At this conference, Mírzá Husayn 'Alí took as his Bábí title the divine name Bahá' (Splendor). In the late 1840s, fighting broke out between Bábís and Shí'ís in Mazandaran, Zanján and Nayríz. Bahá'u'lláh was not present when government troops besieged the shrine of Shaykh Ṭabarsí in Mazandaran, where hundreds of Bábís had gathered, because Shí'í adversaries imprisoned him in the town of Amul. They at length released him, but they stripped him of at least some of his property.
(From Iran East and West, edited by Juan Ricardo Cole, Moojan Momen)
Bahai’s are DEFINITELY NOT a faction of Islam or any religion!!!!
Not a faction of any religion. The Supreme Court of Egypt has ruled in 1924 that the Baha'i Faith is a religion independent from Islam. The Court's decision is legal and binding, not your opinion.
Please learn and stop spreading errors and falsehood. Babism is not Islamic. Truth stands apart from all errors in all its forms. There's no god but Allah.
*Here are some of the cult-like tendencies in the Baha'i Faith that are not found in other major religions:*
1. Each Baha'i has a 'membership card' with a membership number
2. Strict censorship and approval process for new books
3. Punishments against individuals for perceived infractions include deprivation of voting rights and potential ostracism and shunning
4. Ban on Baha'i Studies courses to prevent hierarchy formation perceived as a threat to the administrative structure
5. Suppression of Baha'i academics who don't follow the party line and agenda
6. Misuse of the notion of "unity" to silence and penalise divergent views
7. Discouragement from reporting misconduct of individual members in the interests of "unity" and public image
8. Selective translation of literature to control information and maintain a marketable narrative despite internal contradictions
9. Revisionist edits in new editions of books (e.g. removal of failed prophecies and intolerant language)
10. Frequent fundraising for projects to enhance global image
How do any of these disprove the claim that the Baha'i Faith is a Revelation from God?
@@brooksellis3891 How do you disprove that all existing cults are not from God?
@NaserEmtesali : by studying various viewpoints, asking questions, and letting God guide.
@@brooksellis3891 Baha'is are not allowed to read the writings of the so-called covenant-breakers. Baha'i execrate, shun and ex-communicate and shamelessly claim that they are the proponent of unity!
Baha'is are strongly discouraged to ask questions on sensitive issues such as continuation of Guardianship, will and testament of Abdul Baha, position of Khadimullah in the will and testament of Baha'u'llah, infallibility of the UHJ, sudden death of Shoghi Effendi, Shoghi Effendi's will, Shoghi Effendi's not having a child, Shoghi Effendi's homosexuality, etc.
Bahai faith also have many enemies who actively work against it including this person who on every bahai youtube repeat his views. All his points are his own interpretation and out of context. If you want to know go and read their books and talk to them.
Thanks. May I ask that if Bhai's believe Baha'u'llàh to be a god? This is what has been told to us by our Mullahs in Islam... please reply. Thanks
No, Bahais place Baha'u'llah in a series of God-sent messengers, which includes Moses, Christ, and Muhammad. It is an Abrahamic religion with a prophet-founder, like Judaism, Christiantity and Islam. Bahais *also* believe that the present time --- say from 1844 or from 1863 -- is the "day of God" that the religions have foretold. It's the day when world unity and world peace are possible. Because Baha'u'llah's era is the "day of God," he is the pivot where human history makes a turn. But at the same time, he is one more in the long series of prophets and messengers and sages and visionaries who have guided human souls and societies.
@@senmcglinn Thank you very much for your reply but may I ask you why he cancelled the Sharia of Quran? any logic? Secondly, there is another prophet called Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in India. What do you guys believe about him? was he a prophet or not? If no, then , why?
@@AHumanVoice123 : "the Shariah" does not exist as such, it is an ongoing process of rational discussion about the applicability and application of the standards of the Quran and hadith and sunna to society. As society changes, the shariah changes, just as a road passing through the mountains is not the same as the road through a marshland. The tashri` - the making of shariah - is a necessary and good process in itself, but it is constrained by its sources. As centuries pass, it becomes more and more necessary to begin again, with a new revelation of the will of God for humanity. That revelation is Baha'u'llah, who shows us the will of God today. Based on that revelation, tashri` begins anew, within new constraints. God says to Baha'u'llah :
"O Inmost Heart of this Temple! We have made thee the dawning-place of Our knowledge and the dayspring of Our wisdom unto all who are in heaven and on earth. From thee have We caused all sciences ('ulum, such as fiqh, shariah, kalimat) to appear, and unto thee shall We cause them to return. And from thee shall We bring them forth a second time." (Baha'u'llah, in The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 35).
Good question about Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, but I know little and I do not have a clear picture, from what I do know, of whether he was reviving Islam or acting like a Revelation founding a new religion.