The Baha’i faith is a modern day cornerstone of equality and religious acceptance. They believe that all other religions are valid and preach religious acceptance. They strongly believe that if wars are fought over religion it’s better to be without religion as a whole. Religion is intended to unite humanity. The temples are places for prayer and reflection, which allows the individual to make a personal connection to god without the need to connect through clergy or a priest. They also maintain that women are to be viewed as equals in every respect to men.
There is no specific clergy in the Baha’i faith. They don’t believe that you need a middle man to attain a connection with god. There are many faiths in the world that have the need for a priest or other church clergy that you must speak with in order to practice the religion. The 7 temples that are currently opened worldwide are all of similar constructions. Each temple has 9 sides and the number 9 is associated with perfection. The prayer services are just that, prayer. When you attend a service there are no other messages given then that of prayer. These services are not led by clergy. They are led by followers of the Baha’i faith that volunteer to lead a prayer service. There is no talking allowed in the temple because the temple is a place of prayer and reflection. In addition, on certain Sundays they have prayer services with the addition of a choir to sing or chant songs. The choir sings 3
The Bahá’í religion diffused in the nineteenth twentieth centuries, under the leadership of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, son of the prophet Bahá’u’lláh. Bahá’í also spread rapidly during the late twentieth century, when a temple was constructed on every continent.
Jehovah’s Witnesses are a religious group that follows the Bible’s principles and uses them as a guideline in order to imitate Jesus -Jehovah’s Son- and serve
Religion in all aspects is based on faith and commitment. It starts with a faith that people have in something that they have not seen. I have always wondered about the faith people show for their religion. No matter what is happening they stay strong in whatever it is that they believe in. Humans have come a long way from the beginning of time when it comes to forming religions. There are so many different kinds of religions out there in this world right now. And all those religions come from some kind of faith and are based on a faith that emerged through something or someone. There are people out there in this time that are dying and killing for their faith. There are some religions that are based on the same roots but are called known
As a scholar taking the class ‘Introduction to World Religions”, I had the opportunity to take part in a culture that is not normally found in the western world. I entered the Mon Buddhist Monastery in Akron, Ohio on October 2nd, 2016 only to be amazed at their way of life. Going into the temple, I knew of the basic religious practices and traditions that the monks and Buddhists had participated in daily. When I was coming up to the monastery, it did not look like anything other than an old brick building, but once we were inside it looked like a recreational area. Somewhere where they would meditate, hold daily activities, and teach the younger Buddhist about their way of life. On the far back wall, there was a stunning shrine dedicated to the Buddha where one would pray. Many figurines were displayed as well as flowers and offerings along it.
The central idea of this religion is living a happy and good life along with being a morally good person. The
The topic of my research paper is the Mormon religion. Particularly the original form of the religion as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With this paper I will answer the following questions as to where did the religion started, who were/are the main leaders and places of worship for the religion, are there any divisions or sects that are associated with the religion, how has the religion changed over time, and what does the future hold for this religion? To find my answers I searched many online articles, books, and magazine articles. I found that the Mormon religion is a lot more complex than I believe many people think it is and there are many misconceptions made about the religion.
Judaism is a religion I knew absolutely nothing about before reading for this assignment. I am still trying to grasp everything and this was a little more complicated to understand then Islam. I did find many things interesting considering the only information I knew, was of the Jews and the Holocaust. This helped me to understand what a Jew was and the religion of Judaism.
In the Jewish religion, there have been many occurrences of pluralism and many movements throughout the timeline of its history, from the very beginning of Creation to this very moment. Pluralism has been an important dimension of Judaism. There have been past, present and there will be future movements of this religion because it is ever evolving and growing for and to most. In each period of Judaic history, there have been several moments of pluralism at its finest and examples of different movements. Each period, Biblical Period (Creation, Themes of the Torah, Prophets and Writings), Christianity and Judaism, medieval mysticism and philosophy to the modern movements (Orthodox, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Reform and Holocaust and Redemption Jews) gives prime examples of pluralism.
Zoroastrianism is defined as “an Iranian religion, founded c600 b.c. by Zoroaster, the principle beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu, and a spirit of evil, Angra Mainyu.” Zoroastrianism was founded by the Prophet Zarathustra, said to have hailed from Eastern Iran. The religion is defined by doctrines which also constitute the sacred scripture referred to as the Avestra. It was a monotheistic worship of the god Ahura Mazda and its most significant teaching was that of cosmic dualism.
It It was formed after Sayyid Ali Muhammad claimed that he was “the lost” original imam. Most Persians believe that eventually a prophet would appear that would connect the community with one of the early imams. After Sayyid Ali Muhammad, declared himself the new prophet, and deem his preaching and writing was to replace Muhammad’s. He was executed for this blasphemy. Though his successors refashioned them, wrote new treaties, and attracted a group of followers. The theology of the religion began to stray farther from traditional Islam. The faith emphasizes two principles that attracts many followers. The first being that all religions have legitimacy built around the idea of unity and faith. The faith also presents and lives by the idea that there is absolute equality among race and between genders. Baha’is suffered from prosecution in Iran and across many Middle Eastern countries. Orthodox Muslim’s believed the sect to be heretical. They viewed the teachings as direct threat to the prophets. The religion has continued to grow; it was especially popular during World War II. It also held great appeal during the 1960s in American and Europe (89). It continues to grow today even though people tried to suppress it. The theology disagreed with the dominate sect of Islam, which was a threat to Islam’s high
I have heard that Jehovah’s Witnesses were a cult, not Christians. I have several occasions that I held brief conversations with those who knocked on my front door. Mostly, our conversation never gone far because I had preconceptions of them being brainwasher who enforce their believe system. However, I have been wondering about Jehovah’s Witnesses believe system ever since I meet a family across our house. After seven years, I learned to admire their family structure, living principle and friendly approach toward everyone. We had a couple of opportunities to chat about the bible, which I found it very interesting we had similar with several life principles. I always wondered about the negative comments I hear about Jehovah’s Witness people
However, I feel that the difference between inclusivism (as defined by the textbook) and the Bahai faith would be that their justification differs. Religous inclusivism (since it is not inherently related to any religion) does not have any singular justification for the idea that "all paths led to one" so to speak. Although such a notion I have seen more or less is based on the assertion that it is because God simply appears different to different people which is why people have such different views. The Bahai faith slightly differs in the stance that the justification is given by means of noting that the contexts were different and that was the justification for why it is different. Thus it could be summed up by saying that Bahai views such differences as being more contextual in nature while religious inclusivism (as defined by the textbook) views them as being more individualist so to speak. However, in spite of this, I still think that the Bahai notion still has issues within it that can be difficult to justify from a theological stance. The main issue is that such religions often contain conflicting views with each other when it comes to central matters
The Baha’i Faith is a NRM that began in the mid-nineteenth century by Baha’u’llah out of the Islamic tradition. Baha’u’llah, a Persian nobleman, pronounced himself to
Part of the reason that Baha’i and Islam are so similar is because Baha’i gets its start from some of the base beliefs of Islam. Some of the similarities between the two are the fact that both have obligatory prayers. With Islam, a believer would pray five times a day. They pray at daybreak, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and evening. When Muslims do their prayers, there are specific movements and gestures involved. Also they must face Mecca,