Jamar Martin that architecture is freakin incredible. No matter how I feel about religion, buildings and structures of worship are some of the most impressive feats of humans
Yes, the temple is mind-blowing to see up close - not ornate but overpowering. I was there a few weeks ago and to see that rising up from the mist in one of the few large green areas left in New Delhi is most impressive. The architect is a Iranian-American Fariborz Sahba, who made the design and led construction in his 30s, building it for vastly less money that considered possible through a clever combination of local artisans, computer technology (of the 1970s and 1980s) and collaboration with many great minds as well as the local population (they had on-site daycare and schools for the workers' families). The opening dedication featured music by Ravi Shankar. Mr. Sabha then went on to design the nineteen terraces that opened in 2000 on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel at the Baha'i World Center (check that out - we were there also a few weeks ago).
Hi. So there is a lot of misinformation going on in this comment section. I was born and raised in a Baha’i family, I can say with complete honesty that it is based around love and unity. I am an atheist, for multiple reasons. Even with my beliefs my family has done nothing but respect me. One of the fundamental values of the Baha’i Faith is the personal investigation and application of truth. That means you should look with your own eyes instead of following others. Which is the only religion I’ve ever crossed with that value. The Baha’i Faith makes sense whether you like it or not. So don’t go assuming things you don’t understand. It’s not Scientology, it’s not an offshoot of Islam. Please stop attacking it.
It makes absolutely no sence. How can it make sense to have part of the Christian faith under it? Bible believing Christian's know the Truth and that is Jesus Christ being the only way into everlasting life.
Diana Vee Christ was the only way for that time. That’s the idea of progressive revelation, he was the only way. In the Bible it says to wait for the return of Christ right? Well Baha’is believe the returning of Christ came in the form in the other messengers of God. Look at the main religions in history. You will notice that they all have the “wait for another” in common.
Naser Emtesali Congratulations you have found one of the reasons I am no longer a Baha’i. The Baha’i Faith also doesn’t support gay marriage which is the main reason I’m not a Baha’i. There are flaws as in every religion. The writing say that there is a great reason for this that is yet to be revealed. You are correct with the Bab starting the Babi Faith. My entire point was to ask people to stop assuming things. You seem to know what you are taking about and I appreciate that a lot.
Naser Emtesali Are you religious? To me, every religion is a cult and harmful in some way. Although the Baha’i Faith seems to be the least harmful and the more productive. From what I’ve seen at least.
I bike past this building every day, it’s absolutely beautiful. I’m an agnostic, but I do think there is something up there, watching over us. This building is gorgeous.
@Snow Leopard The Torah is The Only Real Word of G_d. G_d wrote the Torah before Creation. G_d encoded the Torah/Tanach, The Hebrew letters, and the Hebrew language, so there is much hidden in plain sight. Hebrew is the Sacred language, and the Torah is The Book of Life and the Blue Print of Creation. The One True Creator G_d specifically warned not to veer to the right nor left of the Torah/Tanach, nor to Never accept anybody else's religion! Never!
Please remember this is a religion. We do not criticize and trivialize Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, etc. in disrespectful ways. Baha’i faith is not only the idea of unity but the idea of respect and truth in all beliefs and religions. Please, be respectful❣️
I’m not Baha’i - but nothing they say here rubs me the wrong way. I personally think that this is worth investigating for spiritual development. I pray you will listen as I do, and go with the Lord wherever and when we you are called.
@Science Enthusiast an utter failure? Did not achieve anything? Mate the first coming was to give us Salvation by Jesus representing us humanity and oveecome our sinful nature and death in this world to give, to those who simply accepted him into their hearts and put their trust in him, eternal life. That wasnt nothing. His 2nd coming is when he would come with an iron fist the damn the wicked, mainly the false prophet and the antichrist. His first coming was that of a sacrificial lamb. His second coming will be a lion devouring the wicked and resurrect the elect. When you end up in damnation because of your own ignorance of Jesus and his finished work, then blame yourself.
@@diollinebranderson6553 The rejection of alternate religions based not on their beliefs but vague claims of said religions belonging to the Antichrist is inherently reactionary.
“ If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men. ” - Abdu'l-Bahá
Oh please. U don’t have to be a certain religion just to make friends with religious people. I am Christian and I have friends from many different religions. My close family is baptist, agnostic, atheist, Muslim, church of Christ, non denominational, and Catholic. But we all can get together and be friends and we love each other.
The Unity and friendship of all humankind does not require an authoritarian institution that practices pretty harsh censorship and shunning. The ideals of Bahai are awesome, the organization you can keep.
Main teachings: there is One God, one humankind, one tree of religion. Also equality of man and woman, universal education, and the harmony of science and religion
It is a Bahá'í temple but it's actually a Temple for all humanity. I'm a Bahá'í from Puerto Rico, and have never been to The Lotus Temple. Hope I can visit it one day.
It is like many people, beautiful on the outside, but rotten & ugly on the inside (from a moral standpoint). Do not be deceived by mere appearance, love what is good, flee from doing evil, repent, & follow Jesus Christ to God the Father. Whoever doesnt believe in Jesus Christ is condemned already, for he has not believed in the only Son of God, whom the Father Himself sent!
“The second most geographic diverse religion in the world after Christianity” I swear there is a religion called Islam that has like 1.6 billion people. From Albania to Egypt to Indonesia to Nigeria
Thank you CBS for this beautiful article! Such a eye opening. It is always good to know and learn about each other’s believes with open minded, so we may be able to find the truth and be able to help each other. That is faith!
What is the truth exactly? That every religion is equal to the one before it? I'm sorry but the Baha'i religion isn't deep enough to be considered a religion. If anything it's a wholesome Facebook group with a temple
@@ballinspalding11 Hello Sameer . What do you think the truth is ? How much about the Bahai faith have you independently investigated ?. I do find your summing up of the faith amusing "A wholesome facebook group with a temple ' lol. You have a great sense of humour, and your choice of words, suggests you have a good heart, and the ability to independently investigate the reality of this existence. Blessings from New Zealand.
@@tripzville7569 I've tried to understand it to an extent but I cannot find a religion in it. I personally am a follower of the Islamic faith after researching monotheistic religions. I will note that many of the ideas in Baha'i are found in the Islamic faith and would encourage free thinkers to investigate for themselves. Many blessings to you too.
The 12 Principles of the Baha’i Faith 1.The Oneness of Humanity 2.The Independent, Unfettered Investigation of the Truth 3.The Foundation of all Religion is One 4.Religion is the Source of Unity 5.Religion and Science must Correspond 6.The Equality of Men and Women 7.The Removal of All Prejudice 8.Universal Peace Upheld by a Spiritual World Government 9.Universal Compulsory Education 10.A Spiritual Solution to the Economic Problem 11.A Universal Auxiliary Language 12. An International Tribunal Covenant, A Parliament of Mankind
*Some lesser-known facts about the Baha'i Faith:* 1) Women are not allowed to serve the most Supreme Administrative Body, the Universal House of Justice. So there is no Equality of Men and Women. 2) Baha'is are working to establish a Baha'i inspired New World Order, a Baha'i Super-state, headquartered in Haifa, Israel. 3) Baha'is shun (ex-communicate) Covenant-Breakers and execrate them. 4) Baha'is persecute the so-called covenant-breakers, they have desecrated the grave of Diya'u'llah who was buried next to his father Baha'u'llah. 5) Baha'is have as many as 15 splinter groups, sects. 6) Baha'is have their religious text Copyrighted and religious symbols Trademarked. 7) Baha'is teach their 'faith' everywhere except in Israel for unknown reasons! 8) Baha'is lie regarding their population, they claim their population in India to be over 1.8 Million, while the government census of 2011, reveals their figure to be 4572. 9) Baha'is selectively translate their writings for western audience and there is very heavy Baha'i censorship. 10) There is no independent Baha'i Scholarship, all Baha'i texts need to be approved before publication. 11) Baha'is see all other religions as corrupted and dead. They believe that every religion has a life of 1000 years. There is nothing like "unity of religions" - they believe their religion is superior to all other religions. 12) Baha'is believe that Baha'u'llah is the sender of all prophets, the revealer of all holy books and Lord of the Lords! 13) Babis (predecessors of Baha'is) have killed many Muslims in Iran. Baha'is have also killed a few Azalis. 14) Baha'is believe their supreme body (The UHJ) to be infallible, they call it as 'Seat of God'! 15) Baha'i guardian Shoghi Effendi was a closeted Homosexual, he used to spend months in Switzerland with Baha'i money.
They all teach essentially the same thing. Religions have been corrupted over the years. But don't they all teach us to love one another, to meditate/pray, to be truthful, to be pure? Maybe their outward appearances look different, but that's due to the time & place, and also down to what humans have added onto their religions (e.g. superstitions)
@@ahmedetemadi3434 aqeedah is very important...also love is not everything...we should love wat God loves and hate wat God hate and avoid false doctrine
That is the beauty of the Baha'i teachings. It holds the key with which you can see the different religions as coming from one source, and with one goal. It allows us to acknowledge the followers of the various faiths as brothers and sisters. That goal has always been to learn what is our potential is as humans and then to achieve it. When religious institutions are helping their followers to reach high standards of conduct and to show kindness, love to all, then they are doing their job. Otherwise they are not representing the ideals of their founders. Each religion speaks of other religions to come and a time of gathering together, but the language used in religions to describe this has been difficult to interpret, leading to unrealistic expectations that have locked religious followers in doctrines that divide peoples and prevent universal brotherhood. Again Baha'i teachings, for me at least, seem to have that key to show an overall plan in all the various religions, and a way forward to create a future world in which people can realize the highest and best that their religion inspires them to.
Shahbaz Fawbush “We spend our lives trying to unlock the mystery of the universe but there was a Turkish prisoner, Bahá'u'lláh, in Akka, Palestine who had the key.” ~ Leo Tolstoy
they have one in Delhi . it looks very much like the sydney opera house. cool faith tho, probably the least dogmatic and most tolerant religion I've come across
@@kushal4956 yo I am an Indian and before your comment u never knew lotus temple which is very beautiful is a bahai faith temple Our school in gk classes should definitely try to tell us more about important landmarks of india than just its location
To make you all understand in a very simpler way .. we are a Hindu family from Nepal and yet we are Bahá'í. Nothing has changed in tradition, culture, religion or the way we pray or worship or conduct any Hindu/Sanatana Dharma rituals or traditions. Yet my parents and other Bahá'ís from the town conduct feasts, gatherings and sharing knowledge of the Bahá'í faith on a regular basis.
Baha'i faith has some shared Dharmic values with so called Dharmic religions but it isn't exactly same teachings, for an instance from a far lens Baha'i seems a reformed Islam to some, to some a new world order, to some unity among all Abrahamic Faiths, but in near lens it's still very much Abrahamic, in Baha'i they still are against gay people being gay for an instance, idc if you are too, but don't fold words of dharama, Dharama has no problem with someone being homosexual, now Baha'is still do have that Other instances it's not Dharama, it's strictly Abrahamic version of god, and doesn't have sense for cosmos, god isn't seperate from universe but is universe itself by being in every particle and everything. Baha'is also don't have concept of atheist or nastik people, Dharama has whole sect of itself for atheists, atheism is another way to explain the world, world shouldn't fight among theists vs athiests, world should celebrate both, we need concepts that are understandable by science instead just faith sometimes
@@bruhmode3041 That is true ofcourse and that is why the Baha'i Faith is an independent religion than the Sanatan Dharma. However, the point is that there is a great deal of similarities between the 2 traditions. Moreover, you should know that the 6 schools of thought in the Sanatan Dharma came to their maturity through a timeline of centuries of debates. The Baha'i Faith on the other hand is a very young religion, its interpretation is standardised by the central figures and we don't have clergy. So the understanding of each of those concepts depends on the deepening and background of the individual believer. Separation of cosmos and creation comes from the Advaita tradition of Shankaracharya. The dvaita tradition believes in duality of the Brahman and atman. The Baha'i Faith is compatible with both. However, any statement about metaphysics is considered limited to circumstances and perspectives in Baha'u'llah's writings. The Baha'i Faith focuses more on the Karma or actions which nourish the Dharma and Atma resulting in the progress of the Sansara. It does considers metaphysics to be of lesser importance than Karma.
We are as a baha'I see people attack or praise the belief, Baha'Is didn't ask CBS to do this. They did it very nice of them. A true Baha'I will shine by his attitude and actions with other people not just reading and praying but doing on daily basis, trying to bring quality of humanity, unity, love, oneness...... do we baha'I fail? Yes we're human, we do fail sometimes but that doesn't have anything to do with baha'I belief. Who has the the clear Heart, eyes and ears will feel something like a passing breeze and who doesn't they never will, just like people in past who stayed against Messiah, just like people stayed against Mohamad, just like people stayed against the Bob, Bahaallah... i forgot to mention that we keep those people in our pray, god himself help them and guide them maybe they will see and hear what they should see and hear.
@@ArmanKhorram Lol. Disunity with whom? And you guys execrate the Covenant-breakers: _"There is no doubt that in a thousand passages in the sacred writings of Bahá'u'lláh the breakers of the Covenant have been execrated."_ - Abdul Baha bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/251-255.html
“Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility.” ― Baha'u'llah
"Joyce was attracted to the Bahai faith because she says it teaches what she already believes." A sure sign that you've stumbled upon the true meaning of life.
Karma Jones there is definitely appeal to a sense of unity in beliefs, but to accept the teachings of Jesus and the Bible, for example, is incompatible with other religions or beliefs.
@@davidslaton expect that Jesus was Jewish and the old testament is the Hebrew bible. Sounds pretty compatible. But serious question, why do so many Christians need to knock everyone else's beliefs? Insecurity?
I used to be a Roman Catholic ,Jewish,bahai and studied islam,Jain and Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. But I ended up being a Buddhist cause Buddha’s teachings are pretty universal and easy to follow and also it seems most religions have picked up bits from Buddhism and called them their own. Baha’i is a relatively new religion compared to Christianity,Buddhism ,Hinduism,Judaism and Zoroastrianism, so we hopefully it’ll lead people through a positive and peaceful path.
⭐⭐⭐You express Truth. Buddha taught non judgement, non attachment. Nonjudgmental will open many doors in Life. Some people will see you as a threat, that's when they will demonstrate aggression verbally and sometimes physically. When this happens you practice non- Judgement and Non attachment that will be aligned with the 8 fold path, 5 precepts, and the 5 hindrance
The main teaching is Progressive Revelation. How does religion handle the current and future problems of our society? Bahai Faith is ready. The next main religion will be present to handle a different set of problems. 500 to 1000 years from now. There will be a time when no world leader wants to govern their own country. It will be thay bad. And that is when Bahai Faith will save the world.
I was a Baha'i for 2 years when I was coming out of drug addiction and I was convinced God was real but I had been so scarred by my upbringing in an Evangelical Church that I was looking for something different. I really have nothing negative to say other than where my Evangelical Church seemed to be Christian because to them it meant conservative and traditional values, the Baha'is I worshipped often came off as a hippie commune. Other than that they were great people and even though I joined the Catholic Church years ago now I still keep a copy of "Hidden Words" in my desk drawer. I could never fully embrace any of the prophets other than Jesus(which told me I was just an ecumenical Christian) but I absolutely believe Baha'u;llah was a holy and wise man. As was his son I believe Abdul Baha
@@snowleopard3470 Islam is Arianism in Arabic, a teaching that coincidentally came out of Egypt a couple of centuries before Muhammad was driving caravans in that region. Like Arianism Islam is a simplified understanding of God for those who believed the nature of God should be easy for us to comprehend told by a man who committed sins far too grave for the “chosen of Allah” and conveniently had a divine revelation that matched his desires. God bless
@Fernando The One True Creator G_d warned us about Christianity long ago. Christianity is not the group that they claim to be, Christianity is a Wolf in Sheep's clothing! Try actually reading the scriptures where G_d gave the Torah/Tanach and the 10 Commandments to Mosche and the Children/Nation of Israel on Mt. Sinai. G_d specifically told them in no uncertain terms that neither they nor any of their descendents all through time are to Never veer to the right nor left of the Torah/Tanach! Never!!! G_d also told them in no uncertain terms that neither they nor any of their descendents all through time are to Never accept anybody else's religion! Never!!! G_d warned us about Christianity thousands of years ago. Christianity is not the group that they claim to be, Christianity is a Wolf in Sheep's clothing! Christianity lies! NO Hebrew/Jew was ever named Jesus, nor John, nor especially James! There is No letter J in the Hebrew alephbet, nor does any of the Hebrew letters even make a J sound.
They're monotheistics, it's a new religion based on Abrahamic faithes (they recognise all prophets, including Muhammad) and they also acknowledge other non Abrahamic faiths.
@@Tarazatfilms U need to man up son the holy scriptures say no effeminate man shall inherit God's kingdom (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) also cross dressing is condemed in the scriptures (Deuteronomy 22:5)
Are you kidding, I like to wear comfortable clothes like yoga pants, and colors that might not be all manly but that doesn't make me a cross dresser. Take your judgments somewhere else. I'm fine building my own kingdom then so I don't have to be in the one you are in.
georockstar09 Book of revelation. It’s a very hard read, but revelation 17 speaks of a false religion. The one-world religion described in Revelation 17:1-18 as “the great harlot” will be part of the end-times scenario. The term harlot is used throughout the Old Testament as a metaphor for false religion. All prophecy will be fulfilled, hallelujah for the believers! Repent and put your faith in Jesus Christ!
The Sea you’re right yes. But it doesn’t say ‘one world religion’ - Revelation prophesies the Anti-Christ a lot, which in my opinion already came. There’s a whole history about it which most people don’t know. If you’re interested I can try to enlighten you 💫
@UCvE67hGFkeaBS45XNGF3o-w and they are admirable thoughts, I've come to the conclusion that all religions and indeed political ideologies only fail because of the human element. You can always trust homosapiens to muddy up the water.
@@raceanadreamcargrameater6227 tell me something we have contributed to the nature/planet since our arrival as a species. On one hand we are building animal hospitals on the other somewhere people are killing/eating those very animal. It's a zero sum game.
@@edwardkumarkenway1875 mate even without us the world would end. Living on earth even as a incompetent being like a dog is a zero sum game at the end. The world's will end even if we never existed. We are just accelerating to the next global climate calamity. We can't even gauge how much we are accelerating it by
"The Flower, thus far hidden from the sight of men, is unveiled to your eyes. In the open radiance of His glory He standeth before you. His voice summoneth all the holy and sanctified beings to come and be united with Him. Happy is he that turneth thereunto; well is it with him that hath attained, and gazed on the light of so wondrous a countenance.” (Bahá’u’lláh)
_He who shall accept and believe (in Baha'i Faith), shall receive his reward; and he who shall turn away, shall receive none other than his own punishment._ reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-161.html
As an African American visual artist from the Carolinas, I really like the fact that there’s no iconography in these Bahá’í churches, just symbols, ornate markings and patterns. I’ve always thought the Islamic patterns, forms and shapes are a breath of fresh air. It’s the lack of iconography that is refreshing because it doesn’t hint at a ethnic racial hierarchy, unlike most traditional churches especially Protestant and Catholic churches.
Exactly... That's why we avoid representations in islam so people won't follow the image and they can keep their focus on the message regardless of who you are and where you come from. Unfortunately, we blew it up during the course of history, people are always having this urge to recreate a physical representation, so they decided to focus on persons and the culture (arabic one for muslims) ... That's how many got "arab washed" lol. Diversity in religious practice and culture is a divine decision (mentioned explicitly in quran), we should keep our culture to keep diversity while using it to know each other, not to belittle or invade others.
They believe that each spiritual teacher had a time and place to serve... in Buddhism they believe that a new Buddha/Teacher is sent to Earth when we need spiritual guidance again.
@@NaserEmtesali In Buddhism anyone can become a "Buddha"... so anyone who chooses to follow the "middle path" and anyone who chooses to be "good, kind and loving" to others is already on their way to becoming a "enlightened"... while those people they infuence around them are their "students". Buddhism is not just about the temples, the safron robes, rituals meditation, chants, etc. Buddha said that you should not just believe in anyone, even in him... you rather need to examine his teaching and if it doesn't make any sense to you, then you could choose not to follow them... basically, nothing is really set in stone... this is the reason why Buddhism is said to be the most "compatible" religion to the modern world... it doesn't pressure you to follow it 100% and it is also not a faith based religion, where you are expected to believe in every single word.
"One Lord, one faith, one baptism," Eph 4:5 "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Act 4:12 "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Php 2:10-11
@@incognitonotsure909 He is just quoting from the Bible. The Bible certainly claims exclusivity and it shouldn't be a surprise. Bahai is a false religion just by pure logic itself, we don't even have to bring in theology to see that. When one religion says that Christ is the son of God who died for our sins and the other says (Islam) that God (Allah) has no son and that Christ was only made to appear as if he was dead but in reality it was a look alike who was crucified then these two religions are contradicting each other, even Bahai can not unite them.
Brian, if everyone else decides to be converted into your own religion, what would happen? The world wouldn't be converted to a one world religion community as well? And then I ask you, how bad it would be? Edit: Forget it dude, this thing about _"one world religion"_ is a complete bogus thing that some retards out there claim about. The world is and will ever be very much diverse in tastes and opinions. Not even money hunger and consumerism - which is a broadly and a very well accepted behavior - embraces everyone. You must notice that traditional religion is getting weaker actually, atheism is spreading out while spiritualism is growing as well. There will be proportionally fewer and fewer evangelists.. The _"one world religion"_ is anything else than an absurd belief.
Odisséia Evolutiva The one world religion that will come won’t have God as their leader, rather man. Luke 18,8. That’s the difference. As a Catholic I’m called to evangelize, whether or not people change is not up to me. The Lord has already foreseen mankind’s contempt/ rejection to submit to him.
CBS You failed to mention anything about the Baha'i sects. There are around 15 sects in the Baha'i Faith. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_divisions
I Love this!! I left the Christian/Southern Baptist Church 20yrs ago. Mainly because of what I saw in those congregations...their treatment of others and I began to study different faith from the beginning of humankind. I'll have to look into this...but it sounds like what I currently believe now. 💜💜✌️✌️
My Baha'i family volunteered there for three days over Christmas Break, what a bounty. They get about 30,000 visitors per day to a place that on the inside has no stained, glass, no artwork, no statues, no paintings, no sculptures, no lectures, no preaching, no musical instruments , but also no noise, no photo cameras clicking, no talking. The only ornamentation is a special symbol at the apex of the ceiling that represents the relationship of mankind, the Divine Messengers and Creator, called the Baha'i ring-stone symbol (please look up its meaning).
Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men but is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets. And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things. (Quran 33:40)
@@Fernando-fr5cu Use your brain. Christians spout One God but yap about the trinity. They also believe that every human is born a sinner by default because of what Adam and Eve did. So according to Christianity, you’re guilty for the sins that some people committed untold ages ago, and the only way you can be forgiven for that sin is accepting God sacrificing His own son on a cross. *You know that can’t be a true religion.* This is not found in Islam. Islam teaches personal responsibility and serving the One Ever-Living God Who created everything.
"O ye children of men! The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men. Suffer it not to become a source of dissension and discord, of hate and enmity." -- Baha'u'llah
_"He who shall accept and believe (in Baha'i Faith), shall receive his reward; and he who shall turn away, shall receive none other than his own punishment."_ reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-161.html
Im not a fan of any religious institutions. Very much an atheist. But it baffles me how many in the comments seem to misunderstand on purpose or ignorance what the religion is about. Its not that complicated. And makes more sense than most religions to me.
They say it’s a religion that is about equality, love, no judgement and so on , I grew up in this religion, but if you are gay or trans it’s another story, let’s just say I’m no longer Baha’i.....just saying
Plenty of gay Baha'is... We don't exactly expel them or excommunicate them. I have yet to read something from the House of Justice denouncing homosexuals as the blight of society. So far, most of their letters are compassionate towards gays. I don't know why you say "they say". Nobody says anything, you're supposed to read the Baha'i writings for yourself.
@@ironhyde02 because you do not know God. This Bahai nonsense is another lie from Satan. John 14:6 “Jesus answered, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
In the Baha'i Faith, we belief that all religions come from the same Source, our Creator!! So then, all religions have a common foundation and duty, the worship of our Creator!! Think of light coming from our sun, white light, but if you see that same light pass thru a prism, there are different colors inside the white light, like there are different religions inside the Mercy and Compassion of our Creator, and revealed by the different Messengers from God, down thru the ages.......
When researching the Bahá'í Faith, please do not limit yourself only to the officially-sanctioned literature of the Bahá'í Administrative Order. Here are a few observations... 1) The Bahá'í Faith exists solely to perpetuate itself, 99% of its focus and activities are toward this one goal, growth in membership. Throughout their history they have been preparing their members for the "entry by troops" of new converts, which has yet to materialize. They do a minimal amount of humanitarian or charity work. 2) Bahá'ís use terminology in ways that was not intended. Bahá'ís don't have censorship, they have "review." They don't proselytize, they "teach." They don't have missionaries, they have "pioneers." They don't have prophets, they are called "manifestations." And so forth. 3) Bahá'ís have a "lo is us" sense of historical persecution. If you look at their history, though, most would call it just fruits. During the founding of the religion, the forebear Babi sect led a violent, apocalyptic revolution in Iran, and some of their members later attempted to assassinate the Shah. Their leadership were exiled to the Ottoman Empire where schismatic violence within the group later led to house arrest. Of course, this is all billed as being persecuted. 4) Bahá'ís lament how others view them in a conspiratorial light, when in fact, again, this is based on historical reality. In Iran the Babis had the protection of the Russian ambassador (Russia being an imperial power that had seized wide swaths of territory from Iran and at one point the Russian ambassador had to approve Iranian cabinet ministers). In the Ottoman Empire, Bahá'ís conspired with the Young Turks, who deposed Sultan Abdul Hamid II in a coup. Later, they would assist the British, and their leader `Abdu'l-Bahá earned knighthood, being designated KBE. With their headquarters in Haifa, Bahá'ís have cooperated with the state of Israel, to the extent that some of the Bahá'í World Center buildings are built on land expropriated from absentee Palestinian land owners. 5) Bahá'ís inflate their membership numbers. Comparing census data of various nations to self-reported data confirms this. The outside data Bahá'ís often cite, like from the Association of Religion Data Archives, only uses self-reported data, creating a circle. 6) In the community I was a member of, even in the lifetime of Khomeini, there were Persian Bahá’ís who would regularly travel to Iran during their summer holidays to visit family. When I would ask them how that was possible, their response was always along the lines that the arrested Bahá’ís were those who were administratively and politically active, almost to the point of referring to them as "troublemakers." The Bahá’í Administrative Order uses these news stories of alleged persecution very astutely to generate media attention. A Google News search for the term "Bahá’í" shows a predominance of news stories regarding Bahá’í temples and discrimination. Otherwise, the Bahá’í Faith generates little to no interest. 7) Bahá'ís initially hide from members some of the more unsavory realities of their religion. Men and women are equal, but women are barred from serving in the highest organ of the religion, the Universal House of Justice, and will presumably be barred from the local and national Houses of Justice that the current LSA's and NSA's will one day evolve into. The hierarchy is billed as being democratic, but only in the sense of council democracy as it still exists in Cuba where individuals elect local committees, who then elect national committees, who then elect the Universal House of Justice. There is a parallel appointed hierarchy. With no politicking or partisanship allowed, elected members in the higher ranks serve for life until they die or retire, and are subsequently replaced by nomenklatura. 8) Bahá'ís hide from members some of the more unsavory realities of their history. After Bahá'u'lláh their leader was 'Abdu'l-Bahá and then Shoghi Effendi. By the time Shoghi Effendi died, all the living descendants of Bahá'u'lláh had been excommunicated from the religion for various offenses, including marrying a "lowborn Christian girl," a term he would later defend. Shoghi Effendi was also designated the "Guardian," by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. The Guardian was supposed to designated subsequent Guardians, but did not do so, although the entire Bahá'í administrative structure depended on it. 9) Ignoring failed prophecies, like `Abdu'l-Bahá declaring the peace of the world to come by the year 2000. Those of us around in the 1980's and 1990's remember the crescendo, and the anticlimactic ignoring of reality and denial of the build up. 10) Many Bahá'ís books have been posthumously rewritten to remove references to to failed prophecies and prominent individuals who left the Bahá'í Faith for various reasons. These rewrites are more than minor edits and constitute a different process than "Bahá'í review" which the euphemism used for pre-publication censorship. 11) Bahá'ís claim earlier religions are valid, but in reality they only do this in an Islamic sense (i.e., the earlier revelation was perverted over time). For example, they deny the parts of Bible written by Paul. Or when Muhammad says he is the last prophet, Bahá'ís say that was true only for the Adamic Cycle, but now we are in the Bahá'í Cycle. 12) The Universal House of Justice has noted that only "A fraction of the total numbers of unique works have been published in the original languages or translated into Western languages." The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the central book of the Bahá'í Faith written by Bahá'u'lláh, was only officially translated into English in 1992, by which time other translations, such as one by the Royal Asiatic Society, were becoming increasingly available through dissemination via the internet. My personal opinion is that the material in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas is so objectionable that the Bahá'í authorities wished to shield Western believers from its contents, as they do from Bahá'u'lláh's other works by not publishing the originals or providing translations. I could go on.
God can only be understood through His Son Jesus Christ. John 14:6 “Jesus answered, ‘I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life- no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
@@GreekOrthodox7 christian’s are the only religion who can’t have a conversation about beliefs without preaching to others and telling them they’re sinners 😂 lol, i’m happy for you that your religion brings you peace, but give it a rest with others.
@@NaserEmtesali Dude get a thing here, Architecture depended highly on respective cultural influence, it's a form of art, it has nothing to belong to a particular religion or anything as such. Temples are temples, mosques are mosques, churches are churches, but an Indian temple ain't the same as the Buddhist temple as they vary in terms of who is their Lord or whom they are praying but they might look the same in terms of architecture as they both if located somewhere India. Now again a Buddhist temple in India and a Buddhist temple in Japan and a Buddhist temple in China will all look different from each other, although they pray the same Lord, why is it so? *ART & C U L T U R A L INFLUENCE ON INFRASTRUCTURE AS A FORM ART* Exactly why a Baha'i might have similar infrastructural works as they originated in same geographical regions. It's good to be proud of your religion but not over proud, there's no need to seek credits for everything in the world, it only shows that our religion is that needy! Anybody can have the *I'm the best* claim what's the big achievement in this? Sorry brother if I was too blunt, I hope you didn't mind much. Have a good day. Assalamowalaikum !
False religion. FEAR these words "Depart from Me, I know you not" Those will be said to all who reject Jesus Christ. By Jesus Christ. If that doesn't make you think, all I can say is I hope you like it hot....
Naser Emtesali can you stop i swear im reporting you do one more thing and you’ll see your just a bad human being thats trying to ruin stuff but honey its not working learn about new religions and read but not everything they post online is tru so go a baha faith and talk and learn with them instead of hating why did your parents teach you that and im pretty sure they didnt im pretty sure their amazing parents but why did you come out like that
@@loulou6374 LOL. That was a good comment from a Ruhiized Haifan Baha'i. Whatever I have written is true, if you want clarification or varifiable proofs, please don't hesitate to ask for.
TheMrpalid same rate of child molesters in the public school system, not making an excuse for it tho. Can’t quit believing in something just because some who follow it are bad ppl
"Hear Me, ye mortal birds! In the Rose Garden of changeless splendor a Flower hath begun to bloom, compared to which every other flower is but a thorn, and before the brightness of Whose glory the very essence of beauty must pale and wither." ~ Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Faith
Christine Badostain as Bahá’ís we believe strongly in free will ✊ people succumb to their lower animal nature all the time which is why we have so much evil in the world. Baha’is trying to live according to their higher spiritual nature, that’s it 😊❤️🙏
Background. The Bahá'í faith began to take its present form in 1844 in Iran. It grew out of the Shi'ite branch of the Muslim faith. The faith was proclaimed by a young Iranian, who called himself The Báb. This religion is basicly a sect of Islam, some even say its Islam "lite" version lol
For short yet beautifully written stories of Bahá’u’lláh, everyone should purchase this book: www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Bahaullah-Promised-One-Religions/dp/1931847134
I looked back at history and apparently Jews were living in different areas of the Arabian and non Arabian land (i.e. humans living across the world), so no need to chose a land that interests you, occupy it, extort its people and claim it as your own.
I attended a bahai gathering at the mansion of some wealthy Iranian. Very nice group of people, but weird. In a conversation I mentioned Christ the Lord and they look at me as if I had said something very wrong. I never returned.
You might have had a better experience if you went to a gathering of impoverished or middle class Bahais. Keep in mind the statement "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God". That statement holds true today. And just because they were wealthy doesn't mean they were educated. I've been around these same type of individuals. They don't speak about most of the Manifestations of God and oftentimes it seems to arise to a competition. Let them follow their own ideals
So sorry you had to go through that experience. I am a Bahá'í from Puerto Rico and we have never reacted like that when a friend talks about Jesus..on the contrary. Being a Bahá'í does not mean we are perfect. It just means that we try to apply each day the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh to be a better person each day. Obviously those bahais you visited have a longer way to go. Pray for them, bit also ask God to open your heart with no preconceptions or prejudice because of it where for the acts of Christina's throughout history, no one would be a Christian. But we all know Christianity comes from God too.
The Baha'i Faith greatly embraces logic and physics and math. One of our Central tenants is the harmony of science and religion. Another is the independent search of Truth. And there is always an emphasis on logic and pragmatism in our consultation.
@@andrewtyler2747 so the official stance says and even says a view of the religion will be dropped if science disagrees with it. Yet today, in 2020, in modern civilization, members of the LGBTQ community are still not allowed to be open and affirmed in their life if they are Baha'i, even though it is very well accepted that homosexuality is a naturally occurring part of a large swathe of the species on this planet, including human beings. Homosexuals in the Baha'i faith are considered sinful, and wrong unless they choose to be celibate. Meaning they can be a part of the faith only so long as they agree to completely subsume an entire part of themselves, and give up any hope of attaining the happiness of sharing their lives with someone they love. So, yeah, please don't sit there and try to say the Baha'i faith embraces logic or science, or in any way promotes unity, or harmony, while it still stands in antagonism of any group on this planet.
@@carlbeaty4888 if your statement is based on a conversation you had with a Baha'i, I apologise that you met one who would say such things. The Universal House of Justice has specifically instructed us to not discriminate against the LGBT community, and people of any sexual orientation are more than welcome to join the Baha'i community. There are openly gay Baha'is in the world, including one in my community whom we love dearly. If your statement is based on something you read online, it could perhaps be outdated, or you read the Wikipedia article which I know to be less than accurate in reflecting the views of the contemporary Baha'i community.
@@andrewtyler2747 taken directly from Bahai.org ******************** The Bahá’í teachings on sexual morality center on marriage and the family as the bedrock of the whole structure of human society and are designed to protect and strengthen that divine institution. Bahá’í law thus restricts permissible sexual intercourse to that between a man and the woman to whom he is married. In a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi it is stated: No matter how devoted and fine the love may be between people of the same sex, to let it find expression in sexual acts is wrong. To say that it is ideal is no excuse. Immorality of every sort is really forbidden by Bahá’u’lláh, and homosexual relationships He looks upon as such, besides being against nature. To be afflicted this way is a great burden to a conscientious soul. But through the advice and help of doctors, through a strong and determined effort, and through prayer, a soul can overcome this handicap. Bahá’u’lláh makes provision for the Universal House of Justice to determine, according to the degree of the offense, penalties for adultery and sodomy (Q&A 49). ************************* Please, tell me again how I am misinterpreting the founding principles of the Baha'i faith. Anecdotal evidence from your experience does not invalidate the fact that your religious institution violates the human rights of LGBTQ people by making their relationships less than fully accepted. They also violate the human rights of LGBTQ people by stating that being gay is an affliction, and that with help from doctors, with determined effort and prayer, a person may overcome the handicap. Do you have any idea how absolutely disgusting that is? Do you have any idea how hurtful? To tell someone that their sexuality is wrong, and that if they want to practice your faith they have to put it aside and be alone for life is a violation of their basic humanity. I am unable to find any information on Bahai.org or any other website that shows these highly inflammatory, discriminatory, and offensive views have changed. I have found no evidence that homosexual relationships are welcomed and affirmed int he Bahai faith, outside of your stating there are gay members of your Bahai community. Are those gay members in healthy loving relationship they are allowed to be open about? Are their relationships celebrated by the congregation the same way a heterosexual relationship would be? Are they welcome to seek marriage through your community? Until these views are excised, and publically denounced by the leaders of your faith the LGBTQ community will rightly stand in opposition to those seeking our destruction, and the denial of spirituality to our people. Just saying they can't be discriminated against, or that they are accepted, but only if they don't have a sexual relationship because your faith restricts marriage to one man and one woman, and rejects all forms of sexual expression outside that extremely narrow limit, is not even close to saying they are accepted loved. It is saying they are tolerated.
⚠️If the Baha’i faith: 1) accepts not all rather some of the teachings of world religions as truth 2) believes their God is the Abrahamic God 2) their God wants to unite all religions including the big three Then why didn’t that God just profess, teach, and guide humans throughout early history with those teachings? Instead of you know, allowing all those religions to be founded and cause extraordinary human death and conflict?⚠️
Excellent Qs. Simply the same reason a father/teacher doesnt teach his child/student all the knowledge known to man. The child cant simply comprehend, its a matter of capacity. The child has to also learn on their own through trial and error.
The oneness of all world religions . Its a no brainer for those that are awakened. Join us as we do our little bit using our music and messages to shine some light in these challenging times. UNITY IN DIVERSITY, TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER.
In the practice of Islam in our daily lives, we must make sure our religious acts are in accordance with the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ. As the Prophet ﷺ said, “He who does something contrary to our way will have it rejected.” [Muslim 1718] That is why for our religious actions to be accepted by Allah, we must ensure that it is established in the religion, and following the way of the Prophet ﷺ.
I like the idea of peace and friendliness between religions, but I think it's a ignorant hope that all religions are right and can be equally embraced. Any true follower of a religion denies that other religions are true, thus the followers of this religion, in believing in everything believe in nothing. Saying that all religions are true is saying that no religion is true, because to say that all religions are true denies the beliefs of each individual one.
Speaking respectfully, this isn't true. Each of the Divine Messengers has recognized and upheld the Divinity of each of the Messengers of God before Him, and bidden Their followers to do the same. Moses recognized the Divinity of Abraham; Jesus Christ recognized the Divinity of Moses and Abraham; Muhammad recognized the Divinity of Jesus, Moses, and Abraham; Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb, the Twin Manifestations of God and Founders of the Bahá'í Faith, recognize the Divinity of Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, and Abraham. It is truly One Religion, revealed progressively by God to mankind through each one of these Messengers over the ages. “It is clear and evident to thee that all the Prophets are the Temples of the Cause of God, Who have appeared clothed in divers attire. If thou wilt observe with discriminating eyes, thou wilt behold them all abiding in the same tabernacle, soaring in the same heaven, seated upon the same throne, uttering the same speech, and proclaiming the same Faith. Such is the unity of those Essences of being, those Luminaries of infinite and immeasurable splendor. Wherefore, should one of these Manifestations of Holiness proclaim saying: ‘I am the return of all the Prophets,’ He verily speaketh the truth. In like manner, in every subsequent Revelation, the return of the former Revelation is a fact, the truth of which is firmly established." (Bahá'u'lláh)
Devon Hockley In the Bible, neither Moses nor Abraham are said to be divine, only God and the "divine council", which are the angels. (Though not equal to God) Moses and Abraham, among many other prophets, are simply men called to be prophets. They prophesied the will of God, as well as the future coming of God the Son. As for the Qur'an: the Qur'an does not recognize Jesus as the Son of God and the third person of the trinity. In fact, the Qur'an actively dismisses the idea of the the Trinity. (4:171, 5:73, as well as 5:116.). As much as I respect other religions and other religious people, I do not believe that all religions "agree with one another". If you like, I'd suggest comparing the doctrines of Christianity and Islam, as set out by the Bible, the Qur'an, and the Hadith. All three books identify the various facets and attributes of God and Allah, many of which are contradictory. The core identity of God is that there is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This is not so and in fact is an abomination in Islamic teaching. (I do respect your opinion and your right to disagree with me, however. :) )
@Coelophysis Denying the Trinitarian nature of God is denying the Scriptural identity of God, thus alienating yourself from Biblical Christianity. All the way from Genesis to Revelation, this doctrine cannot help but be noticed; this is especially and more evidently true if one has even a crude understanding of Biblical languages. Once someone denies a core attribute of God, an attribute that makes God the God of the Bible, they step outside the communion of believers and outside Christianity, thus making them something other than a Christian. There are no 'Non-Trinitarian Christians'.
Mankind includes ALL OF US -- from the first human pair, unto the last man, and for those who pass the faith test -- into the afterlife. We are ONE Creation -- potentially everlasting. And WE (you too) have been tasked with the progressive perfection of Mankind -- God's composite of unique individuals with ascension promise -- even if it takes us all 6,494 years remaining in Abraham's 10,000-year Covenant (after Moses renegotiated face to face as a friend, and some years are not counted.) What did Jesus teach? Matthew 5: 44-45. Matthew 22: 36-40. Matthew 16: 16-18. If you still seek a place to make your stand -- Revelation 3: 6-12. Stand with the church of brotherly love. The Vernal Equinox of 2030 marks the beginning of the 3rd, 1000-year Day of Heaven since Jesus taught us, ALL Men Are Brothers -- love one another -- and be perfect. And we have been told SOONER! There's an Epochal Eclipse across the US on April 8th 2024, when more shall be revealed to those with "eyes and ears." The rest will see only an eclipse. Most men and women are nearly deaf and blind spiritually. There are fewer than 500 million truly God-conscious souls alive on Earth today. Was Trump really Chosen by God? Not just those Evangelicals, but even the Illuminati Luciferians have been fooled. They await the real Lucifer, and not some Artificial Intelligence, code-named the NEON GAUD -- the IMAGE of the Beast. Next Up -- the War of God vs God vs God vs Not God -- the Unseen devil's trick to prove Mankind Unfit for God's Kingdom. "Every nation for itself . . . in the Name of GAUD." Grand Architect of Ur Destruction.
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever… But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” (John 14:16-26.) “Give ear unto that which the Dove of Eternity warbleth upon the twigs of the Divine Lote-Tree: O peoples of the earth! We sent forth him who was named John to baptize you with water, that your bodies might be cleansed for the appearance of the Messiah. He, in turn, purified you with the fire of love and the water of the spirit in anticipation of these Days whereon the All-Merciful hath purposed to cleanse you with the water of life at the hands of His loving providence. This is the Father foretold by Isaiah, and the Comforter concerning Whom the Spirit had covenanted with you.” (Bahá'u'lláh)
swastik Nagar religion is the manifestation of a religious instinct, and the desire for this instinct is to create something like a transcendent ultimate ideal, which includes things like peace, love and humanity. Without religions, it would have been difficult to construct a world that was more peaceful, loving and humane. That’s not to say that religions can’t go wrong because they can, but just because some do doesn’t condemn the entire notion of religion just like how a bad parent doesn’t do away with the fundamental need for parents. Parents and arguably religion have been necessary cornerstones for the survival of our species.
21 21 I think religion is something akin to an institution or system that’s focused on transcending humanity in a spiritual and religious(circular i know) manner. In a way, it teaches people that they have a divine nature and that we should treat each other accordingly. I don’t think religions necessarily have to have a god in order to be functional/established ie. Buddhism, but having a god erected in one’s religion is one way of transmitting and showcasing what one’s ultimate ideals look like to the rest of the world.
21 21 i think philosophy and religions are both important, and they sort of reinforce each other although serving different purposes. It’s hard to say tho if the world doesn’t need religion any longer because religions are products of a religious instinct, and so if you do away with the institution of religion that still doesn’t get rid of that fundamental religious instinct that formed it. You just suppress it and force it to come out in different ways. I think it’s more reasonable to say that we maybe no longer need to rely on the religions of the past as they may be less relevant to our modern times unless we can update them significantly. And although Japan and China are secular states, the people and culture very much still embody a certain kind of religiosity if you notice their day to day lives. Japan especially has embedded religious aspects into the culture itself (ie. rituals: visiting temples/sacred spaces, blessing meals, etc.) even if it doesn’t formally practice any strict form of religion, and it’s arguably the same with China (ie. ancestor worship, etc..). So in a way, the instinct is still there, it’s just hidden or incorporated in different ways into the culture/society.
21 21 I understand what you’re saying. It’s hard to say whether religions being removed is actually even desirable. There’s that saying in biology that what isn’t useful(for a species or an organism) dies. If religion wasn’t useful for survival it would just easily die out, so the fact that it has survived for so long and appears to be so “sticky” suggests that it has immense survival value for our species and if you think about it, it’s no wonder. With the sort of social cohesion that it provides as well as the safety and meaning it comes with. But obviously the negative consequences are there like you said ie. the anti-scientific stance that some modern religions hold. But that doesn’t seem enough to just throw the whole thing out, especially if it provides immense value still. Its like if a lot of governments are bad, is the whole entire notion of government bad? What’s the alternatives to having a government? Just going back to anarchy and chaos? Can there still be a good or better form of government? There’s really a huge risk of throwing out the baby with the bath water in this scenario imo bc you don’t know what sort of instability you might get. You might get a society that is far worse than if things just stayed the same. Just food for thought... But really, ask yourself what problem was religion trying to solve in the first place, and will those solutions still be provided for once religion is gone? Is it reasonable to expect society to run the same if you just remove certain parts of it without compensating for the thing that was removed? But yeah, thanks for the compliment btw. I appreciate the conversation and am not insulted in any way. It’s good to think about these things.
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Not going to lie the temple architecture is dope
Jamar Martin that architecture is freakin incredible. No matter how I feel about religion, buildings and structures of worship are some of the most impressive feats of humans
Concrete tiddie🙌😫
Yes, the temple is mind-blowing to see up close - not ornate but overpowering. I was there a few weeks ago and to see that rising up from the mist in one of the few large green areas left in New Delhi is most impressive. The architect is a Iranian-American Fariborz Sahba, who made the design and led construction in his 30s, building it for vastly less money that considered possible through a clever combination of local artisans, computer technology (of the 1970s and 1980s) and collaboration with many great minds as well as the local population (they had on-site daycare and schools for the workers' families). The opening dedication featured music by Ravi Shankar. Mr. Sabha then went on to design the nineteen terraces that opened in 2000 on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel at the Baha'i World Center (check that out - we were there also a few weeks ago).
The Azadi tower, the symbol of the capital of Iran is also designed by a Bahai architect, they sure know how to build cool buildings!
Nah..mosque are better
Hi. So there is a lot of misinformation going on in this comment section. I was born and raised in a Baha’i family, I can say with complete honesty that it is based around love and unity. I am an atheist, for multiple reasons. Even with my beliefs my family has done nothing but respect me. One of the fundamental values of the Baha’i Faith is the personal investigation and application of truth. That means you should look with your own eyes instead of following others. Which is the only religion I’ve ever crossed with that value. The Baha’i Faith makes sense whether you like it or not. So don’t go assuming things you don’t understand. It’s not Scientology, it’s not an offshoot of Islam. Please stop attacking it.
It makes absolutely no sence. How can it make sense to have part of the Christian faith under it? Bible believing Christian's know the Truth and that is Jesus Christ being the only way into everlasting life.
Diana Vee Christ was the only way for that time. That’s the idea of progressive revelation, he was the only way. In the Bible it says to wait for the return of Christ right? Well Baha’is believe the returning of Christ came in the form in the other messengers of God. Look at the main religions in history. You will notice that they all have the “wait for another” in common.
Naser Emtesali Congratulations you have found one of the reasons I am no longer a Baha’i. The Baha’i Faith also doesn’t support gay marriage which is the main reason I’m not a Baha’i. There are flaws as in every religion. The writing say that there is a great reason for this that is yet to be revealed. You are correct with the Bab starting the Babi Faith. My entire point was to ask people to stop assuming things. You seem to know what you are taking about and I appreciate that a lot.
@@TrueFreedom4kindness I am also an ex-Baha'i. This religion doesn't makes any sense to me! It is cultish.
Naser Emtesali Are you religious? To me, every religion is a cult and harmful in some way. Although the Baha’i Faith seems to be the least harmful and the more productive. From what I’ve seen at least.
My wife's grandfather designed the North American temple. It was a revolutionary architectural design in the 1920s.
Ulrich Semrau what a privilege
stop lying dude
Are you talking about "Charles Mason Remey"? He broke the Baha'i covenant so he was expelled from the Baha'i Faith.
Ulrich Semrau yeah right
@@JohnnySmoove Louis Bourgeois was her grandfather. Sorry dude.
I bike past this building every day, it’s absolutely beautiful. I’m an agnostic, but I do think there is something up there, watching over us. This building is gorgeous.
Islam is truth. QURAN IS BOOK from God. In islam no racism. Their is Strict monothiesm. Mercy and kindness is a great virtue in islam.
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@Snow Leopard The Torah is The Only Real Word of G_d. G_d wrote the Torah before Creation. G_d encoded the Torah/Tanach, The Hebrew letters, and the Hebrew language, so there is much hidden in plain sight. Hebrew is the Sacred language, and the Torah is The Book of Life and the Blue Print of Creation. The One True Creator G_d specifically warned not to veer to the right nor left of the Torah/Tanach, nor to Never accept anybody else's religion! Never!
Agnostic is worse than religion.
You come out better just saying that you don't have religion but you are spiritual
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It's a small part of the whole. Likewise all part of the creator
Please remember this is a religion. We do not criticize and trivialize Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, etc. in disrespectful ways. Baha’i faith is not only the idea of unity but the idea of respect and truth in all beliefs and religions. Please, be respectful❣️
John 14:6
“Jesus answered, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
@@GreekOrthodox7 go away
@@GreekOrthodox7 truth!
@@notanaveragestudent that’s what Satan wants. Jesus is LORD!
@@GreekOrthodox7 Jesus is fake
I’m not Baha’i - but nothing they say here rubs me the wrong way. I personally think that this is worth investigating for spiritual development. I pray you will listen as I do, and go with the Lord wherever and when we you are called.
Yea. They search for unity, wich only the Antichrist can provide. We all know how the prophecy goes
@Science Enthusiast an utter failure? Did not achieve anything? Mate the first coming was to give us Salvation by Jesus representing us humanity and oveecome our sinful nature and death in this world to give, to those who simply accepted him into their hearts and put their trust in him, eternal life. That wasnt nothing.
His 2nd coming is when he would come with an iron fist the damn the wicked, mainly the false prophet and the antichrist.
His first coming was that of a sacrificial lamb. His second coming will be a lion devouring the wicked and resurrect the elect.
When you end up in damnation because of your own ignorance of Jesus and his finished work, then blame yourself.
@@diollinebranderson6553 The rejection of alternate religions based not on their beliefs but vague claims of said religions belonging to the Antichrist is inherently reactionary.
Islam is truth. QURAN IS BOOK from God. In islam no racism. Their is Strict monothiesm. Mercy and kindness is a great virtue in islam.
Seems like the Christian viewers here don't like the idea of one world religion if it's not Christianity.
Duncan Pinderhughes That’s why the Bible clearly states God is going to judge us based on our hearts and relationship rather than your religion
There is only one way to Heaven -JESUS CHRIST. Things not related to Christ is all CULT AND FAKE!!..
THIS CASE IS ABOMINABLE
anord kiri jesus isn’t G-d’s son
Pretty sure no Christian believes that Christianity should be, or ever will be, a one world religion (until the new heaven and new earth).
Nic Ford “the new heaven and new earth” “new name” “new wine”. New. All new. Bahá’u’lláh was the return of Christ in the glory of the Father.
It’s like a spiritual buffet.
No...its actually not
Mmmmm buffet
That’s called ‘idolatry’ aka buffet god. Pick and choose what you want, make it into your own image.
John 3:8 , I concur.
@@subjecttochrist better than a jew god
“ If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men. ” - Abdu'l-Bahá
Oh please. U don’t have to be a certain religion just to make friends with religious people. I am Christian and I have friends from many different religions. My close family is baptist, agnostic, atheist, Muslim, church of Christ, non denominational, and Catholic. But we all can get together and be friends and we love each other.
lol cmon bro
The Unity and friendship of all humankind does not require an authoritarian institution that practices pretty harsh censorship and shunning.
The ideals of Bahai are awesome, the organization you can keep.
@@saklee1777 true. The quote didn’t say you had to join anything.
Main teachings: there is One God, one humankind, one tree of religion. Also equality of man and woman, universal education, and the harmony of science and religion
I've been going to the lotus temple in Delhi all my life but I just realised that it's a Baha'i temple.
It is a Bahá'í temple but it's actually a Temple for all humanity. I'm a Bahá'í from Puerto Rico, and have never been to The Lotus Temple. Hope I can visit it one day.
I really like the architecture. You can see influences from Moorish, Gothic, Persian, Baroque and Indian Architecture and more styles as well.
The building design is very beautiful
Remind TV 📺 wtf? Why are you acussing this beautiful, peaceful religion of being the devil's work?
Remind TV again, what are the reasons for those accusations. They are terribly unfounded. Do you have ANY proofs or arguments to support that?
Remind TV Do you know there’s other religions besides Christianity not everyone believes in God you Jesus freak
Gabriel L No offense, but you’re honestly quite el stupido.
It is like many people, beautiful on the outside, but rotten & ugly on the inside (from a moral standpoint).
Do not be deceived by mere appearance, love what is good, flee from doing evil, repent, & follow Jesus Christ to God the Father.
Whoever doesnt believe in Jesus Christ is condemned already, for he has not believed in the only Son of God, whom the Father Himself sent!
“The second most geographic diverse religion in the world after Christianity”
I swear there is a religion called Islam that has like 1.6 billion people. From Albania to Egypt to Indonesia to Nigeria
The Bahá'í Faith has small numbers but there are Bahá'ís in every corner of the globe.
The Báb was Mahdi, and Bahá'u'lláh was Isa. Look into it x
Ahmed Etemadi
That’s great. But Islam is far bigger. There is a mosque in every country on earth. But there isn’t a Baha’i building every country.
@@arandomhandsomeman7725 true.
@@ahmedetemadi3434 2.2 million in India is not a small number! Or that is a lie?
Baha'i: One planet, one people, please. Me: I needed to hear this today.
How one people when they have denied what the God sent of all prophets n preachings have denied
That's what the people said when they were building the Tower of Tongues (aka the Tower of Babel).
Wow! Deffinetly a religion worth investigating. It does appeal to the modern mind. So refreshing to see a religion neither divided or stained 🙌🏾❤
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Thank you CBS for this beautiful article! Such a eye opening. It is always good to know and learn about each other’s believes with open minded, so we may be able to find the truth and be able to help each other. That is faith!
Dear CBS, please make a documentary on Orthodox Baha'is and their persecution by the mainstream Haifan Baha'is.
The truth is Jesus is the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father except by him.
@@sunflowerrayne6026 thank you Diana. I'll see you in Heaven, we can glorify Jesus together.
@@NaserEmtesali It would be a very dull documentary, as the way we persecute them is by ignoring their existence.
@Rickey H. Or we are tired of that message and would like to hear something new that God has to say.
Used to be a member and was involved in their youth group The Baha'i faith will always have a special place in my heart.
Why did you leave?
@Rickey H. jesus spent time in Kashmir chilling and smoking pot
@@edwardkumarkenway1875 bcuz she's moved on to witchcraft and sorcery, divining. 🤷🏾♂️
Used to?
then now?
@Rickey H. Way ignorant your comment. That's what the Jews said when Jesus came.
Truly beautiful. The seeds of unity that were planted in the 1800s are beginning to sprout. The truth is unstoppable .
Hinduism is better
@@v.k5417 It is not a competition my friend lol. Unity in diversity
What is the truth exactly? That every religion is equal to the one before it? I'm sorry but the Baha'i religion isn't deep enough to be considered a religion. If anything it's a wholesome Facebook group with a temple
@@ballinspalding11 Hello Sameer . What do you think the truth is ? How much about the Bahai faith have you independently investigated ?. I do find your summing up of the faith amusing "A wholesome facebook group with a temple ' lol. You have a great sense of humour, and your choice of words, suggests you have a good heart, and the ability to independently investigate the reality of this existence. Blessings from New Zealand.
@@tripzville7569 I've tried to understand it to an extent but I cannot find a religion in it. I personally am a follower of the Islamic faith after researching monotheistic religions.
I will note that many of the ideas in Baha'i are found in the Islamic faith and would encourage free thinkers to investigate for themselves.
Many blessings to you too.
The 12 Principles of the Baha’i Faith
1.The Oneness of Humanity
2.The Independent, Unfettered Investigation of the Truth
3.The Foundation of all Religion is One
4.Religion is the Source of Unity
5.Religion and Science must Correspond
6.The Equality of Men and Women
7.The Removal of All Prejudice
8.Universal Peace Upheld by a Spiritual World Government
9.Universal Compulsory Education
10.A Spiritual Solution to the Economic Problem
11.A Universal Auxiliary Language
12. An International Tribunal Covenant, A Parliament of Mankind
Charlie Wonka ... Thank you.
That sounds like a way of life that would build a healthy planet and a creative world.
*Some lesser-known facts about the Baha'i Faith:*
1) Women are not allowed to serve the most Supreme Administrative Body, the Universal House of Justice. So there is no Equality of Men and Women.
2) Baha'is are working to establish a Baha'i inspired New World Order, a Baha'i Super-state, headquartered in Haifa, Israel.
3) Baha'is shun (ex-communicate) Covenant-Breakers and execrate them.
4) Baha'is persecute the so-called covenant-breakers, they have desecrated the grave of Diya'u'llah who was buried next to his father Baha'u'llah.
5) Baha'is have as many as 15 splinter groups, sects.
6) Baha'is have their religious text Copyrighted and religious symbols Trademarked.
7) Baha'is teach their 'faith' everywhere except in Israel for unknown reasons!
8) Baha'is lie regarding their population, they claim their population in India to be over 1.8 Million, while the government census of 2011, reveals their figure to be 4572.
9) Baha'is selectively translate their writings for western audience and there is very heavy Baha'i censorship.
10) There is no independent Baha'i Scholarship, all Baha'i texts need to be approved before publication.
11) Baha'is see all other religions as corrupted and dead. They believe that every religion has a life of 1000 years. There is nothing like "unity of religions" - they believe their religion is superior to all other religions.
12) Baha'is believe that Baha'u'llah is the sender of all prophets, the revealer of all holy books and Lord of the Lords!
13) Babis (predecessors of Baha'is) have killed many Muslims in Iran. Baha'is have also killed a few Azalis.
14) Baha'is believe their supreme body (The UHJ) to be infallible, they call it as 'Seat of God'!
15) Baha'i guardian Shoghi Effendi was a closeted Homosexual, he used to spend months in Switzerland with Baha'i money.
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Naser Emtesali
Yeas post this at the top of the thread
People need to know this
@@Shineynsparkles look at his channel it's all covenant breaker content, idk I would look for a more credible non bias source of information
How can you believe in differing religions? Isn’t that a complete contradiction?
They all teach essentially the same thing. Religions have been corrupted over the years. But don't they all teach us to love one another, to meditate/pray, to be truthful, to be pure? Maybe their outward appearances look different, but that's due to the time & place, and also down to what humans have added onto their religions (e.g. superstitions)
@@ahmedetemadi3434 aqeedah is very important...also love is not everything...we should love wat God loves and hate wat God hate and avoid false doctrine
Tazboy God knows right + wrong yes, and we should follow the laws of God.
That is the beauty of the Baha'i teachings. It holds the key with which you can see the different religions as coming from one source, and with one goal. It allows us to acknowledge the followers of the various faiths as brothers and sisters.
That goal has always been to learn what is our potential is as humans and then to achieve it.
When religious institutions are helping their followers to reach high standards of conduct and to show kindness, love to all, then they are doing their job. Otherwise they are not representing the ideals of their founders.
Each religion speaks of other religions to come and a time of gathering together, but the language used in religions to describe this has been difficult to interpret, leading to unrealistic expectations that have locked religious followers in doctrines that divide peoples and prevent universal brotherhood.
Again Baha'i teachings, for me at least, seem to have that key to show an overall plan in all the various religions, and a way forward to create a future world in which people can realize the highest and best that their religion inspires them to.
Shahbaz Fawbush “We spend our lives trying to unlock the mystery of the universe but there was a Turkish prisoner, Bahá'u'lláh, in Akka, Palestine who had the key.” ~ Leo Tolstoy
The temple is beautiful, so gorgeous, as if the temple was inspired by every most famous monument of the three abrahamic religions.
I couldn't imagine there's a religion out there that could combine those three Abrahamic religions in these times.
they have one in Delhi . it looks very much like the sydney opera house. cool faith tho, probably the least dogmatic and most tolerant religion I've come across
@@kushal4956 yo I am an Indian and before your comment u never knew lotus temple which is very beautiful is a bahai faith temple
Our school in gk classes should definitely try to tell us more about important landmarks of india than just its location
The arrogance of some people in the comments just shows me how people are lost in this material world😥
Aesthetic Decision gaming would mean he’s a sinner or .....
To make you all understand in a very simpler way .. we are a Hindu family from Nepal and yet we are Bahá'í. Nothing has changed in tradition, culture, religion or the way we pray or worship or conduct any Hindu/Sanatana Dharma rituals or traditions. Yet my parents and other Bahá'ís from the town conduct feasts, gatherings and sharing knowledge of the Bahá'í faith on a regular basis.
Baha'i faith has some shared Dharmic values with so called Dharmic religions but it isn't exactly same teachings, for an instance from a far lens Baha'i seems a reformed Islam to some, to some a new world order, to some unity among all Abrahamic Faiths, but in near lens it's still very much Abrahamic, in Baha'i they still are against gay people being gay for an instance, idc if you are too, but don't fold words of dharama, Dharama has no problem with someone being homosexual, now Baha'is still do have that
Other instances it's not Dharama, it's strictly Abrahamic version of god, and doesn't have sense for cosmos, god isn't seperate from universe but is universe itself by being in every particle and everything.
Baha'is also don't have concept of atheist or nastik people, Dharama has whole sect of itself for atheists, atheism is another way to explain the world, world shouldn't fight among theists vs athiests, world should celebrate both, we need concepts that are understandable by science instead just faith sometimes
Islam is truth. QURAN IS BOOK from God. In islam no racism. Their is Strict monothiesm. Mercy and kindness is a great virtue in islam.
@@bruhmode3041 That is true ofcourse and that is why the Baha'i Faith is an independent religion than the Sanatan Dharma. However, the point is that there is a great deal of similarities between the 2 traditions. Moreover, you should know that the 6 schools of thought in the Sanatan Dharma came to their maturity through a timeline of centuries of debates. The Baha'i Faith on the other hand is a very young religion, its interpretation is standardised by the central figures and we don't have clergy. So the understanding of each of those concepts depends on the deepening and background of the individual believer.
Separation of cosmos and creation comes from the Advaita tradition of Shankaracharya. The dvaita tradition believes in duality of the Brahman and atman. The Baha'i Faith is compatible with both. However, any statement about metaphysics is considered limited to circumstances and perspectives in Baha'u'llah's writings. The Baha'i Faith focuses more on the Karma or actions which nourish the Dharma and Atma resulting in the progress of the Sansara. It does considers metaphysics to be of lesser importance than Karma.
We are as a baha'I see people attack or praise the belief, Baha'Is didn't ask CBS to do this. They did it very nice of them. A true Baha'I will shine by his attitude and actions with other people not just reading and praying but doing on daily basis, trying to bring quality of humanity, unity, love, oneness...... do we baha'I fail? Yes we're human, we do fail sometimes but that doesn't have anything to do with baha'I belief. Who has the the clear Heart, eyes and ears will feel something like a passing breeze and who doesn't they never will, just like people in past who stayed against Messiah, just like people stayed against Mohamad, just like people stayed against the Bob, Bahaallah... i forgot to mention that we keep those people in our pray, god himself help them and guide them maybe they will see and hear what they should see and hear.
Why you guys abhor, execrate and hate the Covenant-Breakers? There is no place for such things in the Baha'i Faith, right?
@@NaserEmtesali we don't hate you, but we aren't to consort with you as it will only lead to dis-unity. Goodbye.
@@ArmanKhorram Lol. Disunity with whom? And you guys execrate the Covenant-breakers:
_"There is no doubt that in a thousand passages in the sacred writings of Bahá'u'lláh the breakers of the Covenant have been execrated."_ - Abdul Baha
bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/251-255.html
Naser Emtesali Yes. There is one Baha'i Faith. It was instructed by God that there wouldn't be varying sects.
Gorefeast The one and only. The world's various religions all worship the same God. Mankind just changes the teaches or distorts them
“Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility.”
― Baha'u'llah
Aesthetic Decision The Baha'i Faith isn't a cult. Bahaullah is God's Divine Messenger for this point in time.
Aesthetic Decision investigation of truth goes a long way.
My grandmother was bah'hai. She got into it in the 80s/90s
You are not a Baha'i? It is such a wonderful religion! /s
@@NaserEmtesali I share many of the same beliefs. But I do not follow religion. I follow god and the path that has been hidden within everyone.
Same as me, i follow every religion 😊@@Matt-gj5ky
"Joyce was attracted to the Bahai faith because she says it teaches what she already believes."
A sure sign that you've stumbled upon the true meaning of life.
@Christos Anesti! I get around. :p
Or something that was simply greatly similar to what she already liked.
If you believe what you like in each religion, and reject what you don’t like, it’s not the teachings you believe, but yourself.
That's satanism bruh. Welcome
@@badabing191919 no it isn't lmao
I guess I'm imagining things, then
That's seeing the mankind influence in ea h religion. I see nothing wrong with teaching basic goodness into the world. 🤔🙄
Karma Jones there is definitely appeal to a sense of unity in beliefs, but to accept the teachings of Jesus and the Bible, for example, is incompatible with other religions or beliefs.
@@davidslaton expect that Jesus was Jewish and the old testament is the Hebrew bible. Sounds pretty compatible. But serious question, why do so many Christians need to knock everyone else's beliefs? Insecurity?
I used to be a Roman Catholic ,Jewish,bahai and studied islam,Jain and Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. But I ended up being a Buddhist cause Buddha’s teachings are pretty universal and easy to follow and also it seems most religions have picked up bits from Buddhism and called them their own. Baha’i is a relatively new religion compared to Christianity,Buddhism ,Hinduism,Judaism and Zoroastrianism, so we hopefully it’ll lead people through a positive and peaceful path.
And Sikhism?
⭐⭐⭐You express Truth. Buddha taught non judgement, non attachment. Nonjudgmental will open many doors in Life. Some people will see you as a threat, that's when they will demonstrate aggression verbally and sometimes physically. When this happens you practice non- Judgement and Non attachment that will be aligned with the 8 fold path, 5 precepts, and the 5 hindrance
The main teaching is Progressive Revelation. How does religion handle the current and future problems of our society? Bahai Faith is ready. The next main religion will be present to handle a different set of problems. 500 to 1000 years from now.
There will be a time when no world leader wants to govern their own country. It will be thay bad. And that is when Bahai Faith will save the world.
Islam is truth. QURAN IS BOOK from God. In islam no racism. Their is Strict monothiesm. Mercy and kindness is a great virtue in islam.
Concept of God or creator in buddhism. Who made the world or is buddha himself worshipped. God is unseen and not a man.
I was a Baha'i for 2 years when I was coming out of drug addiction and I was convinced God was real but I had been so scarred by my upbringing in an Evangelical Church that I was looking for something different. I really have nothing negative to say other than where my Evangelical Church seemed to be Christian because to them it meant conservative and traditional values, the Baha'is I worshipped often came off as a hippie commune. Other than that they were great people and even though I joined the Catholic Church years ago now I still keep a copy of "Hidden Words" in my desk drawer. I could never fully embrace any of the prophets other than Jesus(which told me I was just an ecumenical Christian) but I absolutely believe Baha'u;llah was a holy and wise man. As was his son I believe Abdul Baha
Are you tryna tell us that you left islam?
Que pena. A muchos judíos le peso lo.mismo.con Jesus.
Islam is truth. QURAN IS BOOK from God. In islam no racism. Their is Strict monothiesm. Mercy and kindness is a great virtue in islam.
@@snowleopard3470 Islam is Arianism in Arabic, a teaching that coincidentally came out of Egypt a couple of centuries before Muhammad was driving caravans in that region. Like Arianism Islam is a simplified understanding of God for those who believed the nature of God should be easy for us to comprehend told by a man who committed sins far too grave for the “chosen of Allah” and conveniently had a divine revelation that matched his desires. God bless
@Fernando The One True Creator G_d warned us about Christianity long ago. Christianity is not the group that they claim to be, Christianity is a Wolf in Sheep's clothing! Try actually reading the scriptures where G_d gave the Torah/Tanach and the 10 Commandments to Mosche and the Children/Nation of Israel on Mt. Sinai. G_d specifically told them in no uncertain terms that neither they nor any of their descendents all through time are to Never veer to the right nor left of the Torah/Tanach! Never!!! G_d also told them in no uncertain terms that neither they nor any of their descendents all through time are to Never accept anybody else's religion! Never!!! G_d warned us about Christianity thousands of years ago. Christianity is not the group that they claim to be, Christianity is a Wolf in Sheep's clothing! Christianity lies! NO Hebrew/Jew was ever named Jesus, nor John, nor especially James! There is No letter J in the Hebrew alephbet, nor does any of the Hebrew letters even make a J sound.
I still don't quite get what they believe in....
They're monotheistics, it's a new religion based on Abrahamic faithes (they recognise all prophets, including Muhammad) and they also acknowledge other non Abrahamic faiths.
It’s new age.
They're Satanists. Believing in one Power or Creator is not consistent with idol worshipping. This is garbage
@@5fiveyearmission5 Dating from the 1840s... ?
Globalism
Ask their perspective on the LGBTQ community. Not so inclusive.
Exactly! They ask "Homosexuals" to practice chastity and Same sex relations and marriage are not allowed in the faith
@1000JOyo buddhism is.
@@Tarazatfilms U need to man up son the holy scriptures say no effeminate man shall inherit God's kingdom (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) also cross dressing is condemed in the scriptures (Deuteronomy 22:5)
well atleast they got one thing right
Are you kidding, I like to wear comfortable clothes like yoga pants, and colors that might not be all manly but that doesn't make me a cross dresser. Take your judgments somewhere else. I'm fine building my own kingdom then so I don't have to be in the one you are in.
Recently discovered Baha'i faith. And I absolutely love it
1 world religion ? End of times ??
According to which specific passage in the Bible? This has been said so often in this comment section, I need to look it up for myself.
Na fam chill its only an option
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Book of revelation. It’s a very hard read, but revelation 17 speaks of a false religion. The one-world religion described in Revelation 17:1-18 as “the great harlot” will be part of the end-times scenario. The term harlot is used throughout the Old Testament as a metaphor for false religion. All prophecy will be fulfilled, hallelujah for the believers! Repent and put your faith in Jesus Christ!
The Sea you’re right yes. But it doesn’t say ‘one world religion’ - Revelation prophesies the Anti-Christ a lot, which in my opinion already came. There’s a whole history about it which most people don’t know. If you’re interested I can try to enlighten you 💫
The Sea thank you! I’ll email :)
These people know how to make a gorgeous temple. I often walk around their temple in Haifa Israel.
ruclips.net/video/ZgC3E2QGXHU/видео.html
See this,,
These people seem really nice and peaceful :)
It's true they're very peaceful. Bahá'í people are good in discipline and morality.
May The Almighty God bless you for your kind heart and warm words! A Bahai from Mongolia
Because what the world really needs is another religion.
@UCvE67hGFkeaBS45XNGF3o-w and they are admirable thoughts, I've come to the conclusion that all religions and indeed political ideologies only fail because of the human element. You can always trust homosapiens to muddy up the water.
@@colinharbinson8284 wise words. We are only meant for destruction..
@@edwardkumarkenway1875 false
@@raceanadreamcargrameater6227 tell me something we have contributed to the nature/planet since our arrival as a species. On one hand we are building animal hospitals on the other somewhere people are killing/eating those very animal. It's a zero sum game.
@@edwardkumarkenway1875 mate even without us the world would end. Living on earth even as a incompetent being like a dog is a zero sum game at the end. The world's will end even if we never existed. We are just accelerating to the next global climate calamity. We can't even gauge how much we are accelerating it by
"The Flower, thus far hidden from the sight of men, is unveiled to your eyes. In the open radiance of His glory He standeth before you. His voice summoneth all the holy and sanctified beings to come and be united with Him. Happy is he that turneth thereunto; well is it with him that hath attained, and gazed on the light of so wondrous a countenance.” (Bahá’u’lláh)
_He who shall accept and believe (in Baha'i Faith), shall receive his reward; and he who shall turn away, shall receive none other than his own punishment._
reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-161.html
This quote from Bahá’u’lláh touches my soul to its very depth!!
As an African American visual artist from the Carolinas, I really like the fact that there’s no iconography in these Bahá’í churches, just symbols, ornate markings and patterns. I’ve always thought the Islamic patterns, forms and shapes are a breath of fresh air. It’s the lack of iconography that is refreshing because it doesn’t hint at a ethnic racial hierarchy, unlike most traditional churches especially Protestant and Catholic churches.
Exactly... That's why we avoid representations in islam so people won't follow the image and they can keep their focus on the message regardless of who you are and where you come from.
Unfortunately, we blew it up during the course of history, people are always having this urge to recreate a physical representation, so they decided to focus on persons and the culture (arabic one for muslims) ... That's how many got "arab washed" lol.
Diversity in religious practice and culture is a divine decision (mentioned explicitly in quran), we should keep our culture to keep diversity while using it to know each other, not to belittle or invade others.
Iconography developed from the fact that back in the old time almost everyone is illiterate, and images are the only way of describing religion
They believe Buddha is a prophet which is weird cuz Buddha didn’t advocate for the belief of God, he just provided spiritual guidance
They believe that each spiritual teacher had a time and place to serve... in Buddhism they believe that a new Buddha/Teacher is sent to Earth when we need spiritual guidance again.
@@iamnoone348 Who is the Spiritual Teacher now?
@@NaserEmtesali In Buddhism anyone can become a "Buddha"... so anyone who chooses to follow the "middle path" and anyone who chooses to be "good, kind and loving" to others is already on their way to becoming a "enlightened"... while those people they infuence around them are their "students".
Buddhism is not just about the temples, the safron robes, rituals meditation, chants, etc.
Buddha said that you should not just believe in anyone, even in him... you rather need to examine his teaching and if it doesn't make any sense to you, then you could choose not to follow them... basically, nothing is really set in stone... this is the reason why Buddhism is said to be the most "compatible" religion to the modern world... it doesn't pressure you to follow it 100% and it is also not a faith based religion, where you are expected to believe in every single word.
@@iamnoone348 Baha'i Faith is a cult.
@@iamnoone348 I really appreciate your comment... it was kind of a breath of fresh air in the midst of this whole comment section!
Their Temples are absolutely gorgeous.
And their teachings.
"One Lord, one faith, one baptism," Eph 4:5
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Act 4:12
"That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Php 2:10-11
Wat?
@@juniper154 he is spouting garbage to explain why his religion is right.
@@incognitonotsure909 He is just quoting from the Bible. The Bible certainly claims exclusivity and it shouldn't be a surprise.
Bahai is a false religion just by pure logic itself, we don't even have to bring in theology to see that. When one religion says that Christ is the son of God who died for our sins and the other says (Islam) that God (Allah) has no son and that Christ was only made to appear as if he was dead but in reality it was a look alike who was crucified then these two religions are contradicting each other, even Bahai can not unite them.
JLH 1295 ..IS SOOOOO ON POINT. AMEN IM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. JESUS CHRIST
sounds like the perfect fit for a the future one world religion. May Jesus Christ have mercy on us all.
Brian Uribe You mean may the God of Jesus have mercy.
@@Provision600 Jesus is God
Brian, if everyone else decides to be converted into your own religion, what would happen? The world wouldn't be converted to a one world religion community as well? And then I ask you, how bad it would be?
Edit:
Forget it dude, this thing about _"one world religion"_ is a complete bogus thing that some retards out there claim about. The world is and will ever be very much diverse in tastes and opinions. Not even money hunger and consumerism - which is a broadly and a very well accepted behavior - embraces everyone.
You must notice that traditional religion is getting weaker actually, atheism is spreading out while spiritualism is growing as well. There will be proportionally fewer and fewer evangelists.. The _"one world religion"_ is anything else than an absurd belief.
Odisséia Evolutiva The one world religion that will come won’t have God as their leader, rather man. Luke 18,8. That’s the difference. As a Catholic I’m called to evangelize, whether or not people change is not up to me. The Lord has already foreseen mankind’s contempt/ rejection to submit to him.
Approved 2Datt allah is false Mohammad is a rapist
What a beautiful temple!
Thanks CBS, very well done, very professional and clear.
CBS You failed to mention anything about the Baha'i sects. There are around 15 sects in the Baha'i Faith.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_divisions
@@NaserEmtesali lol
And clearly a false one world religious system.
@@NaserEmtesali lol, there arent sects, dont spread nonesense please
@@Casioo24 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_divisions
I Love this!! I left the Christian/Southern Baptist Church 20yrs ago. Mainly because of what I saw in those congregations...their treatment of others and I began to study different faith from the beginning of humankind. I'll have to look into this...but it sounds like what I currently believe now. 💜💜✌️✌️
Isn't that Lotus Temple,Delhi? At 1:50
Yes, you are correct. That's the Mother Temple of Asia, Bahá'í House of Worship in Delhi, India.
@@fikrianurudhasapulette cool this faith seems interesting. Gotta look into deeper
Shouvik Roy yep
My Baha'i family volunteered there for three days over Christmas Break, what a bounty. They get about 30,000 visitors per day to a place that on the inside has no stained, glass, no artwork, no statues, no paintings, no sculptures, no lectures, no preaching, no musical instruments , but also no noise, no photo cameras clicking, no talking. The only ornamentation is a special symbol at the apex of the ceiling that represents the relationship of mankind, the Divine Messengers and Creator, called the Baha'i ring-stone symbol (please look up its meaning).
@@sjlarcadia2 What's your impression of the place ?
Why isnt this captioned so people with some hearing loss can understand your reporting... PLEASE CAPTION
stevieterp should have worked harder so you can buy better hearing you Democrat communist
Fake News Media you sound really hurt
TITAN productions get a job your communist
Fake News Media why are you so offended...? Like you’re really really mad. Are you ok..?
TITAN productions I’ll be okay if you communists stop being communists
Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men but is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets. And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things. (Quran 33:40)
And Christians say that the only road to God is Jesus....so Who is right and why?
@@Fernando-fr5cu Use your brain. Christians spout One God but yap about the trinity. They also believe that every human is born a sinner by default because of what Adam and Eve did. So according to Christianity, you’re guilty for the sins that some people committed untold ages ago, and the only way you can be forgiven for that sin is accepting God sacrificing His own son on a cross. *You know that can’t be a true religion.*
This is not found in Islam. Islam teaches personal responsibility and serving the One Ever-Living God Who created everything.
"O ye children of men! The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men. Suffer it not to become a source of dissension and discord, of hate and enmity."
-- Baha'u'llah
_"He who shall accept and believe (in Baha'i Faith), shall receive his reward; and he who shall turn away, shall receive none other than his own punishment."_
reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-161.html
OH MY GOD, I love the no. 9 and I never knew about this religion. Nine and three was always a symbol of my selfunity.
oof
Born and raised a bahai my parents have been bahai since 1970s. No faith makes me feel so complete
Im not a fan of any religious institutions. Very much an atheist. But it baffles me how many in the comments seem to misunderstand on purpose or ignorance what the religion is about. Its not that complicated. And makes more sense than most religions to me.
They say it’s a religion that is about equality, love, no judgement and so on , I grew up in this religion, but if you are gay or trans it’s another story, let’s just say I’m no longer Baha’i.....just saying
Aqua Juwel well you’re ridiculous, religion is not about equality or love or no judgment. It’s the opposite of all of that.
@@DJCole34
I thought that was just humanity.
i think that homophobia is a common theme in most religions.
@@Cindy99765
Most places and cultures, not just a religious thing. Few exceptions
Plenty of gay Baha'is... We don't exactly expel them or excommunicate them. I have yet to read something from the House of Justice denouncing homosexuals as the blight of society. So far, most of their letters are compassionate towards gays.
I don't know why you say "they say". Nobody says anything, you're supposed to read the Baha'i writings for yourself.
The two guys from Seals and Crofts were Baha’i
That is correct my unknown friend.
It's about time we got some diversity in religion
I am a bahai in new zealand.@ that building is beautiful ..love 2 see it one day.
Orthodox Baha'i or a Haifan Baha'i?
This is what I want.
jaypee solo well you have found it congratulations🙃
@@7_plays_ i don't think there is baha'i in the Philippines though.
@@toby_riazati thanks. Will check it out
@@ironhyde02 Many Bahai's in Phillipines my unknown friend.
@@ironhyde02 because you do not know God. This Bahai nonsense is another lie from Satan.
John 14:6
“Jesus answered, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
In the Baha'i Faith, we belief that all religions come from the same Source, our Creator!! So then, all religions have a common foundation and duty, the worship of our Creator!! Think of light coming from our sun, white light, but if you see that same light pass thru a prism, there are different colors inside the white light, like there are different religions inside the Mercy and Compassion of our Creator, and revealed by the different Messengers from God, down thru the ages.......
Very intriguing. I'm agnostic and attend a unitarian universalist church these beliefs definitely align with unitarian universalist. Very nice
I’m a Bahá’í and love it!
racettegm ... May you be blessed.
When researching the Bahá'í Faith, please do not limit yourself only to the officially-sanctioned literature of the Bahá'í Administrative Order.
Here are a few observations...
1) The Bahá'í Faith exists solely to perpetuate itself, 99% of its focus and activities are toward this one goal, growth in membership. Throughout their history they have been preparing their members for the "entry by troops" of new converts, which has yet to materialize. They do a minimal amount of humanitarian or charity work.
2) Bahá'ís use terminology in ways that was not intended. Bahá'ís don't have censorship, they have "review." They don't proselytize, they "teach." They don't have missionaries, they have "pioneers." They don't have prophets, they are called "manifestations." And so forth.
3) Bahá'ís have a "lo is us" sense of historical persecution. If you look at their history, though, most would call it just fruits. During the founding of the religion, the forebear Babi sect led a violent, apocalyptic revolution in Iran, and some of their members later attempted to assassinate the Shah. Their leadership were exiled to the Ottoman Empire where schismatic violence within the group later led to house arrest. Of course, this is all billed as being persecuted.
4) Bahá'ís lament how others view them in a conspiratorial light, when in fact, again, this is based on historical reality. In Iran the Babis had the protection of the Russian ambassador (Russia being an imperial power that had seized wide swaths of territory from Iran and at one point the Russian ambassador had to approve Iranian cabinet ministers). In the Ottoman Empire, Bahá'ís conspired with the Young Turks, who deposed Sultan Abdul Hamid II in a coup. Later, they would assist the British, and their leader `Abdu'l-Bahá earned knighthood, being designated KBE. With their headquarters in Haifa, Bahá'ís have cooperated with the state of Israel, to the extent that some of the Bahá'í World Center buildings are built on land expropriated from absentee Palestinian land owners.
5) Bahá'ís inflate their membership numbers. Comparing census data of various nations to self-reported data confirms this. The outside data Bahá'ís often cite, like from the Association of Religion Data Archives, only uses self-reported data, creating a circle.
6) In the community I was a member of, even in the lifetime of Khomeini, there were Persian Bahá’ís who would regularly travel to Iran during their summer holidays to visit family. When I would ask them how that was possible, their response was always along the lines that the arrested Bahá’ís were those who were administratively and politically active, almost to the point of referring to them as "troublemakers." The Bahá’í Administrative Order uses these news stories of alleged persecution very astutely to generate media attention. A Google News search for the term "Bahá’í" shows a predominance of news stories regarding Bahá’í temples and discrimination. Otherwise, the Bahá’í Faith generates little to no interest.
7) Bahá'ís initially hide from members some of the more unsavory realities of their religion. Men and women are equal, but women are barred from serving in the highest organ of the religion, the Universal House of Justice, and will presumably be barred from the local and national Houses of Justice that the current LSA's and NSA's will one day evolve into. The hierarchy is billed as being democratic, but only in the sense of council democracy as it still exists in Cuba where individuals elect local committees, who then elect national committees, who then elect the Universal House of Justice. There is a parallel appointed hierarchy. With no politicking or partisanship allowed, elected members in the higher ranks serve for life until they die or retire, and are subsequently replaced by nomenklatura.
8) Bahá'ís hide from members some of the more unsavory realities of their history. After Bahá'u'lláh their leader was 'Abdu'l-Bahá and then Shoghi Effendi. By the time Shoghi Effendi died, all the living descendants of Bahá'u'lláh had been excommunicated from the religion for various offenses, including marrying a "lowborn Christian girl," a term he would later defend. Shoghi Effendi was also designated the "Guardian," by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. The Guardian was supposed to designated subsequent Guardians, but did not do so, although the entire Bahá'í administrative structure depended on it.
9) Ignoring failed prophecies, like `Abdu'l-Bahá declaring the peace of the world to come by the year 2000. Those of us around in the 1980's and 1990's remember the crescendo, and the anticlimactic ignoring of reality and denial of the build up.
10) Many Bahá'ís books have been posthumously rewritten to remove references to to failed prophecies and prominent individuals who left the Bahá'í Faith for various reasons. These rewrites are more than minor edits and constitute a different process than "Bahá'í review" which the euphemism used for pre-publication censorship.
11) Bahá'ís claim earlier religions are valid, but in reality they only do this in an Islamic sense (i.e., the earlier revelation was perverted over time). For example, they deny the parts of Bible written by Paul. Or when Muhammad says he is the last prophet, Bahá'ís say that was true only for the Adamic Cycle, but now we are in the Bahá'í Cycle.
12) The Universal House of Justice has noted that only "A fraction of the total numbers of unique works have been published in the original languages or translated into Western languages."
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the central book of the Bahá'í Faith written by Bahá'u'lláh, was only officially translated into English in 1992, by which time other translations, such as one by the Royal Asiatic Society, were becoming increasingly available through dissemination via the internet. My personal opinion is that the material in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas is so objectionable that the Bahá'í authorities wished to shield Western believers from its contents, as they do from Bahá'u'lláh's other works by not publishing the originals or providing translations.
I could go on.
@@Anonymous-xw7lm But please don't. Using propaganda against a religion is a fruitless exercise.
You are into cult.
Hhhmmmmm.... Hope you like it hot
I’ve been to the temple and it’s beautiful
Man trying to understand God. Is like a flea trying to understand the universe. I remain in awe at all times.
God can only be understood through His Son Jesus Christ.
John 14:6
“Jesus answered, ‘I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life- no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
@@GreekOrthodox7 christian’s are the only religion who can’t have a conversation about beliefs without preaching to others and telling them they’re sinners 😂 lol, i’m happy for you that your religion brings you peace, but give it a rest with others.
The temple shown in 2:00 is in delhi. And believe me it's one of the most peaceful place in a city of over 2 crore
The first Baha'i Temple (Ashqabad) was a copy of Islamic Mosque.
@@NaserEmtesali Dude get a thing here, Architecture depended highly on respective cultural influence, it's a form of art, it has nothing to belong to a particular religion or anything as such. Temples are temples, mosques are mosques, churches are churches, but an Indian temple ain't the same as the Buddhist temple as they vary in terms of who is their Lord or whom they are praying but they might look the same in terms of architecture as they both if located somewhere India. Now again a Buddhist temple in India and a Buddhist temple in Japan and a Buddhist temple in China will all look different from each other, although they pray the same Lord, why is it so? *ART & C U L T U R A L INFLUENCE ON INFRASTRUCTURE AS A FORM ART*
Exactly why a Baha'i might have similar infrastructural works as they originated in same geographical regions.
It's good to be proud of your religion but not over proud, there's no need to seek credits for everything in the world, it only shows that our religion is that needy! Anybody can have the *I'm the best* claim what's the big achievement in this?
Sorry brother if I was too blunt, I hope you didn't mind much. Have a good day. Assalamowalaikum !
I am the way the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through the Son. This is just a one world religion.
Jesus Christ
Jesus never claimed to be God. Church founders corrupted his teachings. Jesus is a prophet and Muhammad is God’s final prophet
TheMrpalid Phillipians 2:5 -6 if you believe
John 1:18 how many you need?
@@mele1617 no need to swear, Melissa
Thanks CBS for this wonderful article.
This is a cult.
False religion. FEAR these words
"Depart from Me, I know you not"
Those will be said to all who reject Jesus Christ. By Jesus Christ. If that doesn't make you think, all I can say is I hope you like it hot....
Naser Emtesali can you stop i swear im reporting you do one more thing and you’ll see your just a bad human being thats trying to ruin stuff but honey its not working learn about new religions and read but not everything they post online is tru so go a baha faith and talk and learn with them instead of hating why did your parents teach you that and im pretty sure they didnt im pretty sure their amazing parents but why did you come out like that
@@loulou6374 LOL. That was a good comment from a Ruhiized Haifan Baha'i. Whatever I have written is true, if you want clarification or varifiable proofs, please don't hesitate to ask for.
dobie gal are you sound like a cultist
Imma stick with Catholicism thanks RUclips recommendations
Yep, same here man...
yeeeeep... me 2
The religion of child molesters , great!
TheMrpalid same rate of child molesters in the public school system, not making an excuse for it tho. Can’t quit believing in something just because some who follow it are bad ppl
I was a altar boy
Thank you CBS for this very interesting presentation on the Baha'i Faith.
Lots of baha'i community people in our country Pakistan love them 🇵🇰🇵🇰💃🕺👍😍♥️♥️
"Hear Me, ye mortal birds! In the Rose Garden of changeless splendor a Flower hath begun to bloom, compared to which every other flower is but a thorn, and before the brightness of Whose glory the very essence of beauty must pale and wither." ~ Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Faith
So...its not a religion. Its a community thing..
and they vote . for a leader. but its in no way fixed.
I have read virtually every comment. Isn't free will glorious?!?!
@Gorefeast thank you for your response
Christine Badostain as Bahá’ís we believe strongly in free will ✊ people succumb to their lower animal nature all the time which is why we have so much evil in the world. Baha’is trying to live according to their higher spiritual nature, that’s it 😊❤️🙏
@Gorefeast likewise
@@ahmedetemadi3434 precisely
Proud to be a bahai
Unity is the core teaching of BAHAI faith ----- UNITARIAN faith.
Beautiful. Thank you!
Their first non-Trump bashing story in 5 months.
@@RLTtizME See how the Bahá'í Faith creates unity? :)
@@wendyscott8425 The faith could not unite the brothers and sisters, the children of Baha'u'llah will create unity for others!?
Naser Emtesali yes they will make unity of others and no they did unit everyone because its all about unity and love well most of it is
@@loulou6374 His unity slogan is empty of truth. Look at his scattered family. Where are all Aghsan?
Background. The Bahá'í faith began to take its present form in 1844 in Iran. It grew out of the Shi'ite branch of the Muslim faith. The faith was proclaimed by a young Iranian, who called himself The Báb. This religion is basicly a sect of Islam, some even say its Islam "lite" version lol
Bahá'u'lláh who was the founder of the Bahá'í faith is the The Promised One of All Ages ❤️
For short yet beautifully written stories of Bahá’u’lláh, everyone should purchase this book: www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Bahaullah-Promised-One-Religions/dp/1931847134
Ahmed Etemadi it’s out of stock unfortunately
He was a charlatan.
E H here’s another link: www.bahaibookstore.com/Story-of-Bahaullah-The-Promised-One-of-All-Religions-eBook-ePub-P6864.aspx
In Haifa isael there is a beautiful Bahaii garden and temple
David K. *Palestine
But they are not allowed to teach their cult to the Israeli citizens.
Rocky Carlton Israel illegally invaded Palestine idiot. Get your facts straight
I looked back at history and apparently Jews were living in different areas of the Arabian and non Arabian land (i.e. humans living across the world), so no need to chose a land that interests you, occupy it, extort its people and claim it as your own.
@Rocky Carlton Lol, it was called Palestine way before Islam. Heck, it was called Palestine before Christ. Do some actual research on the subject
Ps, that temple is in Wilmette, Illinois, and yes it’s cool to drive by at night.
Bahá'í sounds like a Filipino word "bahay" that means home/house
It's Persian
@@viveliran7509 all I'm saying is that it sounds like the word "bahay"
Vive l'Iran No it’s arabic not persian
I've been close up to that temple, the architecture is pretty amazing.
ruclips.net/video/ZgC3E2QGXHU/видео.html
I attended a bahai gathering at the mansion of some wealthy Iranian. Very nice group of people, but weird. In a conversation I mentioned Christ the Lord and they look at me as if I had said something very wrong. I never returned.
Well that’s weird! Bahá’u’lláh glorified Jesus Christ in His writings! Every Bahá’í should extol Christ.
You might have had a better experience if you went to a gathering of impoverished or middle class Bahais. Keep in mind the statement "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God". That statement holds true today. And just because they were wealthy doesn't mean they were educated. I've been around these same type of individuals. They don't speak about most of the Manifestations of God and oftentimes it seems to arise to a competition. Let them follow their own ideals
So sorry you had to go through that experience. I am a Bahá'í from Puerto Rico and we have never reacted like that when a friend talks about Jesus..on the contrary. Being a Bahá'í does not mean we are perfect. It just means that we try to apply each day the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh to be a better person each day. Obviously those bahais you visited have a longer way to go. Pray for them, bit also ask God to open your heart with no preconceptions or prejudice because of it where for the acts of Christina's throughout history, no one would be a Christian. But we all know Christianity comes from God too.
@@ahmedetemadi3434 Well I have not found one comment from the balha has mentioned Christ the Lord and Saviour.
We're do you go when you die
@@endurancem8778 i have, many times. His Name is Bahá’O’lláh. Peace be with you and your family.
Never thought I’d see my religion finally be recognized, especially on tv
😉😉
Gnosticism does the same and is more advanced towards Grecian style logic aka physics and math etc
The Baha'i Faith greatly embraces logic and physics and math. One of our Central tenants is the harmony of science and religion. Another is the independent search of Truth. And there is always an emphasis on logic and pragmatism in our consultation.
@@andrewtyler2747 so the official stance says and even says a view of the religion will be dropped if science disagrees with it. Yet today, in 2020, in modern civilization, members of the LGBTQ community are still not allowed to be open and affirmed in their life if they are Baha'i, even though it is very well accepted that homosexuality is a naturally occurring part of a large swathe of the species on this planet, including human beings.
Homosexuals in the Baha'i faith are considered sinful, and wrong unless they choose to be celibate. Meaning they can be a part of the faith only so long as they agree to completely subsume an entire part of themselves, and give up any hope of attaining the happiness of sharing their lives with someone they love.
So, yeah, please don't sit there and try to say the Baha'i faith embraces logic or science, or in any way promotes unity, or harmony, while it still stands in antagonism of any group on this planet.
@@carlbeaty4888 if your statement is based on a conversation you had with a Baha'i, I apologise that you met one who would say such things. The Universal House of Justice has specifically instructed us to not discriminate against the LGBT community, and people of any sexual orientation are more than welcome to join the Baha'i community. There are openly gay Baha'is in the world, including one in my community whom we love dearly. If your statement is based on something you read online, it could perhaps be outdated, or you read the Wikipedia article which I know to be less than accurate in reflecting the views of the contemporary Baha'i community.
@@andrewtyler2747 taken directly from Bahai.org
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The Bahá’í teachings on sexual morality center on marriage and the family as the bedrock of the whole structure of human society and are designed to protect and strengthen that divine institution. Bahá’í law thus restricts permissible sexual intercourse to that between a man and the woman to whom he is married.
In a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi it is stated:
No matter how devoted and fine the love may be between people of the same sex, to let it find expression in sexual acts is wrong. To say that it is ideal is no excuse. Immorality of every sort is really forbidden by Bahá’u’lláh, and homosexual relationships He looks upon as such, besides being against nature. To be afflicted this way is a great burden to a conscientious soul. But through the advice and help of doctors, through a strong and determined effort, and through prayer, a soul can overcome this handicap.
Bahá’u’lláh makes provision for the Universal House of Justice to determine, according to the degree of the offense, penalties for adultery and sodomy (Q&A 49).
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Please, tell me again how I am misinterpreting the founding principles of the Baha'i faith.
Anecdotal evidence from your experience does not invalidate the fact that your religious institution violates the human rights of LGBTQ people by making their relationships less than fully accepted. They also violate the human rights of LGBTQ people by stating that being gay is an affliction, and that with help from doctors, with determined effort and prayer, a person may overcome the handicap.
Do you have any idea how absolutely disgusting that is? Do you have any idea how hurtful? To tell someone that their sexuality is wrong, and that if they want to practice your faith they have to put it aside and be alone for life is a violation of their basic humanity.
I am unable to find any information on Bahai.org or any other website that shows these highly inflammatory, discriminatory, and offensive views have changed. I have found no evidence that homosexual relationships are welcomed and affirmed int he Bahai faith, outside of your stating there are gay members of your Bahai community. Are those gay members in healthy loving relationship they are allowed to be open about? Are their relationships celebrated by the congregation the same way a heterosexual relationship would be? Are they welcome to seek marriage through your community?
Until these views are excised, and publically denounced by the leaders of your faith the LGBTQ community will rightly stand in opposition to those seeking our destruction, and the denial of spirituality to our people. Just saying they can't be discriminated against, or that they are accepted, but only if they don't have a sexual relationship because your faith restricts marriage to one man and one woman, and rejects all forms of sexual expression outside that extremely narrow limit, is not even close to saying they are accepted loved. It is saying they are tolerated.
NOT at all!
Very interesting faith. It's the world's only hybrid faith.
Sikhism combines a lot of Islam and hinduism
@@jairiske Okay, perhaps not the only hybrid faith, a better wording would have been the broadest.
Not quite hybrid. It's a separate faith, but inclusive of everyone.
Only? Nah.
You forgot Christopaganism aka Christian Witchcraft
⚠️If the Baha’i faith:
1) accepts not all rather some of the teachings of world religions as truth
2) believes their God is the Abrahamic God
2) their God wants to unite all religions including the big three
Then why didn’t that God just profess, teach, and guide humans throughout early history with those teachings?
Instead of you know, allowing all those religions to be founded and cause extraordinary human death and conflict?⚠️
Mark Branham I couldn’t agree more. As a former Catholic, I feel more free than ever.
Excellent Qs. Simply the same reason a father/teacher doesnt teach his child/student all the knowledge known to man. The child cant simply comprehend, its a matter of capacity. The child has to also learn on their own through trial and error.
The Lotus Temple in India too is beautiful .
The oneness of all world religions . Its a no brainer for those that are awakened. Join us as we do our little bit using our music and messages to shine some light in these challenging times. UNITY IN DIVERSITY, TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER.
"one world" religion... 👁️
PEOPLE GETTING ALONG WORLDWIDE?
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
NEW WORLD ORDER😏
@@sugamoppie 🔺
This a very old Faith though
@@gabbar51ngh who said?
The buildings are stunning 😳
🌏❤️”So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.” -Bahá’u’lláh. bahai.org
If your religion teaches that a one world religion is "satanic" and "diabolic" in nature, better start questioning your religion.
In the practice of Islam in our daily lives, we must make sure our religious acts are in accordance with the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ. As the Prophet ﷺ said, “He who does something contrary to our way will have it rejected.” [Muslim 1718] That is why for our religious actions to be accepted by Allah, we must ensure that it is established in the religion, and following the way of the Prophet ﷺ.
Thou kind lord ,these lovely children are the handiwork of the fingers of thy might and the wondrous signs of God
I like the idea of peace and friendliness between religions, but I think it's a ignorant hope that all religions are right and can be equally embraced. Any true follower of a religion denies that other religions are true, thus the followers of this religion, in believing in everything believe in nothing. Saying that all religions are true is saying that no religion is true, because to say that all religions are true denies the beliefs of each individual one.
Speaking respectfully, this isn't true. Each of the Divine Messengers has recognized and upheld the Divinity of each of the Messengers of God before Him, and bidden Their followers to do the same. Moses recognized the Divinity of Abraham; Jesus Christ recognized the Divinity of Moses and Abraham; Muhammad recognized the Divinity of Jesus, Moses, and Abraham; Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb, the Twin Manifestations of God and Founders of the Bahá'í Faith, recognize the Divinity of Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, and Abraham. It is truly One Religion, revealed progressively by God to mankind through each one of these Messengers over the ages.
“It is clear and evident to thee that all the Prophets are the Temples of the Cause of God, Who have appeared clothed in divers attire. If thou wilt observe with discriminating eyes, thou wilt behold them all abiding in the same tabernacle, soaring in the same heaven, seated upon the same throne, uttering the same speech, and proclaiming the same Faith. Such is the unity of those Essences of being, those Luminaries of infinite and immeasurable splendor. Wherefore, should one of these Manifestations of Holiness proclaim saying: ‘I am the return of all the Prophets,’ He verily speaketh the truth. In like manner, in every subsequent Revelation, the return of the former Revelation is a fact, the truth of which is firmly established." (Bahá'u'lláh)
Devon Hockley In the Bible, neither Moses nor Abraham are said to be divine, only God and the "divine council", which are the angels. (Though not equal to God) Moses and Abraham, among many other prophets, are simply men called to be prophets. They prophesied the will of God, as well as the future coming of God the Son. As for the Qur'an: the Qur'an does not recognize Jesus as the Son of God and the third person of the trinity. In fact, the Qur'an actively dismisses the idea of the the Trinity. (4:171, 5:73, as well as 5:116.).
As much as I respect other religions and other religious people, I do not believe that all religions "agree with one another".
If you like, I'd suggest comparing the doctrines of Christianity and Islam, as set out by the Bible, the Qur'an, and the Hadith. All three books identify the various facets and attributes of God and Allah, many of which are contradictory. The core identity of God is that there is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This is not so and in fact is an abomination in Islamic teaching.
(I do respect your opinion and your right to disagree with me, however. :) )
@Coelophysis Denying the Trinitarian nature of God is denying the Scriptural identity of God, thus alienating yourself from Biblical Christianity. All the way from Genesis to Revelation, this doctrine cannot help but be noticed; this is especially and more evidently true if one has even a crude understanding of Biblical languages. Once someone denies a core attribute of God, an attribute that makes God the God of the Bible, they step outside the communion of believers and outside Christianity, thus making them something other than a Christian.
There are no 'Non-Trinitarian Christians'.
@@juslangley So you're suggesting Unitarian Universalists and Jehovahs Witnesses aren't Christian?
Everybody is going crazy in the comments. Just read the books of the bahai faith then after that give your opinion of the faith.
Thank you for this sharing of the voices and goals of unity of Baha'i.
Jesus said "I am the way"
He was very clear about this.
Including him in your way has nothing to do with the Gospel.
Amen!
He also says He will return with a new name.
Mankind includes ALL OF US -- from the first human pair, unto the last man, and for those who pass the faith test -- into the afterlife. We are ONE Creation -- potentially everlasting. And WE (you too) have been tasked with the progressive perfection of Mankind -- God's composite of unique individuals with ascension promise -- even if it takes us all 6,494 years remaining in Abraham's 10,000-year Covenant (after Moses renegotiated face to face as a friend, and some years are not counted.)
What did Jesus teach? Matthew 5: 44-45. Matthew 22: 36-40. Matthew 16: 16-18. If you still seek a place to make your stand -- Revelation 3: 6-12. Stand with the church of brotherly love.
The Vernal Equinox of 2030 marks the beginning of the 3rd, 1000-year Day of Heaven since Jesus taught us, ALL Men Are Brothers -- love one another -- and be perfect. And we have been told SOONER! There's an Epochal Eclipse across the US on April 8th 2024, when more shall be revealed to those with "eyes and ears." The rest will see only an eclipse. Most men and women are nearly deaf and blind spiritually. There are fewer than 500 million truly God-conscious souls alive on Earth today.
Was Trump really Chosen by God? Not just those Evangelicals, but even the Illuminati Luciferians have been fooled. They await the real Lucifer, and not some Artificial Intelligence, code-named the NEON GAUD -- the IMAGE of the Beast. Next Up -- the War of God vs God vs God vs Not God -- the Unseen devil's trick to prove Mankind Unfit for God's Kingdom. "Every nation for itself . . . in the Name of GAUD." Grand Architect of Ur Destruction.
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever… But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” (John 14:16-26.)
“Give ear unto that which the Dove of Eternity warbleth upon the twigs of the Divine Lote-Tree: O peoples of the earth! We sent forth him who was named John to baptize you with water, that your bodies might be cleansed for the appearance of the Messiah. He, in turn, purified you with the fire of love and the water of the spirit in anticipation of these Days whereon the All-Merciful hath purposed to cleanse you with the water of life at the hands of His loving providence. This is the Father foretold by Isaiah, and the Comforter concerning Whom the Spirit had covenanted with you.” (Bahá'u'lláh)
@@ahmedetemadi3434 His name was "Mirza Hossein Ali Nuri". He took the name of "Glory" for himself.
But the basic question remains the same - why do humans need religion to propagate peace, love and humanity ?
swastik Nagar religion is the manifestation of a religious instinct, and the desire for this instinct is to create something like a transcendent ultimate ideal, which includes things like peace, love and humanity. Without religions, it would have been difficult to construct a world that was more peaceful, loving and humane. That’s not to say that religions can’t go wrong because they can, but just because some do doesn’t condemn the entire notion of religion just like how a bad parent doesn’t do away with the fundamental need for parents. Parents and arguably religion have been necessary cornerstones for the survival of our species.
21 21 I think religion is something akin to an institution or system that’s focused on transcending humanity in a spiritual and religious(circular i know) manner. In a way, it teaches people that they have a divine nature and that we should treat each other accordingly. I don’t think religions necessarily have to have a god in order to be functional/established ie. Buddhism, but having a god erected in one’s religion is one way of transmitting and showcasing what one’s ultimate ideals look like to the rest of the world.
21 21 i think philosophy and religions are both important, and they sort of reinforce each other although serving different purposes. It’s hard to say tho if the world doesn’t need religion any longer because religions are products of a religious instinct, and so if you do away with the institution of religion that still doesn’t get rid of that fundamental religious instinct that formed it. You just suppress it and force it to come out in different ways. I think it’s more reasonable to say that we maybe no longer need to rely on the religions of the past as they may be less relevant to our modern times unless we can update them significantly.
And although Japan and China are secular states, the people and culture very much still embody a certain kind of religiosity if you notice their day to day lives. Japan especially has embedded religious aspects into the culture itself (ie. rituals: visiting temples/sacred spaces, blessing meals, etc.) even if it doesn’t formally practice any strict form of religion, and it’s arguably the same with China (ie. ancestor worship, etc..). So in a way, the instinct is still there, it’s just hidden or incorporated in different ways into the culture/society.
21 21 I understand what you’re saying. It’s hard to say whether religions being removed is actually even desirable. There’s that saying in biology that what isn’t useful(for a species or an organism) dies. If religion wasn’t useful for survival it would just easily die out, so the fact that it has survived for so long and appears to be so “sticky” suggests that it has immense survival value for our species and if you think about it, it’s no wonder. With the sort of social cohesion that it provides as well as the safety and meaning it comes with.
But obviously the negative consequences are there like you said ie. the anti-scientific stance that some modern religions hold. But that doesn’t seem enough to just throw the whole thing out, especially if it provides immense value still. Its like if a lot of governments are bad, is the whole entire notion of government bad? What’s the alternatives to having a government? Just going back to anarchy and chaos? Can there still be a good or better form of government?
There’s really a huge risk of throwing out the baby with the bath water in this scenario imo bc you don’t know what sort of instability you might get. You might get a society that is far worse than if things just stayed the same. Just food for thought... But really, ask yourself what problem was religion trying to solve in the first place, and will those solutions still be provided for once religion is gone? Is it reasonable to expect society to run the same if you just remove certain parts of it without compensating for the thing that was removed?
But yeah, thanks for the compliment btw. I appreciate the conversation and am not insulted in any way. It’s good to think about these things.
21 21 No problem and pleasure talking with you! Hope you think about things in a different light after this :)