Religion 100 Lesson #13
1. Describe five basic beliefs of the Baha’i faith and state your own views on each of the beliefs you chose. For example, what are your own views about this belief? Do you share this view? Why or why not?
The Baha’i faith started out as a sect of the Shi’ite Islamic faith system. The deviation from its founding religion grew so much that it is considered a separate religion all together with its own identity. The Baha’i primarily believe that all the religions of the world came from one divine source or one God, and a result of this fact there is a unity of all religious truth at its basis, and that all the prophets or messengers of God like Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, and the Bab, throughout history from various …show more content…
My view in this regard is aligned. I do not think that the gender of persons should create a hierarchy one over the other or man over a woman that all should be equal. (Hopfe and Woodward, 2012, p. W C 14-6,).
A fourth belief in the Baha’i faith is that all forms of prejudice should be condemned, religious, racial, class, or nationality. The founders of this faith, specifically, Abdul Baha, believed that religion should unite the hearts of all people and cause wars to be non- existent on earth any religion that did otherwise in not fostering love and unity was no religion at all. My view in this regard is aligned as well, as I believe all of humanity is created equal in the sight of God and it is his responsibility alone to judge mankind (Hopfe and Woodward, 2012, p. W C 14-6,).
A fifth belief in the Baha’i faith is that angels and evil spirits along with heaven and hell are not considered literal places that exist only symbolic in nature which speaks to the condition of the soul. Coming from a Christian background I do not share this same view in regards to heaven and hell, as I believe these places exists and are real as outlined in the Christian Bible (Hopfe and Woodward, 2012, p. W C …show more content…
Ali Muhammad went on to change his name to Bab-ud-Din and advocated for what was thought to be radical religious and social reforms for this time. He was also successful in gathering around him disciples who called themselves Babis. The movement was stifled because the religious and political forces of Persia moved to destroy this early faith system. Who would be known as the Bab henceforward would be executed publicly in 1850 many of his followers were executed as well. One of the Bab’s disciples named Husayn Ali was a son of a wealthy distinguished family of Persia, thus, his life was spared and he was imprisoned in Tehran. An assassination attempt on the Shah of Iran’s life was made by another disciple which caused more persecution of this religious group. Husayn Ali was jailed in Baghdad for ten years where he had the revelation that he was the one the Bab foretold would be the successor. In 1863 Husayn Ali and the Babis were exiled from Baghdad to Constantinople. On the beginning of their journey in Ridvan, Husayn Ali made public this revelation to the Babis and assumed the name Bahaullah and the followers that accepted this truth became known as Baha’is. This group was forced to relocate throughout the Middle East multiple times and were banished finally to a place named the
1. Describe five basic beliefs of the Baha’i faith and state your own views on each of the beliefs you chose. For example, what are your own views about this belief? Do you share this view? Why or why not?
The Baha’i faith started out as a sect of the Shi’ite Islamic faith system. The deviation from its founding religion grew so much that it is considered a separate religion all together with its own identity. The Baha’i primarily believe that all the religions of the world came from one divine source or one God, and a result of this fact there is a unity of all religious truth at its basis, and that all the prophets or messengers of God like Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, and the Bab, throughout history from various …show more content…
My view in this regard is aligned. I do not think that the gender of persons should create a hierarchy one over the other or man over a woman that all should be equal. (Hopfe and Woodward, 2012, p. W C 14-6,).
A fourth belief in the Baha’i faith is that all forms of prejudice should be condemned, religious, racial, class, or nationality. The founders of this faith, specifically, Abdul Baha, believed that religion should unite the hearts of all people and cause wars to be non- existent on earth any religion that did otherwise in not fostering love and unity was no religion at all. My view in this regard is aligned as well, as I believe all of humanity is created equal in the sight of God and it is his responsibility alone to judge mankind (Hopfe and Woodward, 2012, p. W C 14-6,).
A fifth belief in the Baha’i faith is that angels and evil spirits along with heaven and hell are not considered literal places that exist only symbolic in nature which speaks to the condition of the soul. Coming from a Christian background I do not share this same view in regards to heaven and hell, as I believe these places exists and are real as outlined in the Christian Bible (Hopfe and Woodward, 2012, p. W C …show more content…
Ali Muhammad went on to change his name to Bab-ud-Din and advocated for what was thought to be radical religious and social reforms for this time. He was also successful in gathering around him disciples who called themselves Babis. The movement was stifled because the religious and political forces of Persia moved to destroy this early faith system. Who would be known as the Bab henceforward would be executed publicly in 1850 many of his followers were executed as well. One of the Bab’s disciples named Husayn Ali was a son of a wealthy distinguished family of Persia, thus, his life was spared and he was imprisoned in Tehran. An assassination attempt on the Shah of Iran’s life was made by another disciple which caused more persecution of this religious group. Husayn Ali was jailed in Baghdad for ten years where he had the revelation that he was the one the Bab foretold would be the successor. In 1863 Husayn Ali and the Babis were exiled from Baghdad to Constantinople. On the beginning of their journey in Ridvan, Husayn Ali made public this revelation to the Babis and assumed the name Bahaullah and the followers that accepted this truth became known as Baha’is. This group was forced to relocate throughout the Middle East multiple times and were banished finally to a place named the