Question 1

What is the Bahá’í Attitude toward the followers of other Faiths?

Accepted Answer

Bahá’u’lláh instructs His Followers to 'Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship'.

Question 2

What is the meaning of ‘Manifestation of God’?

Accepted Answer

Once in about a thousand years God sends a marvellous Teacher to guide man’s footsteps on the spiritual path – Buddha, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, The Bab, Baha’u’llah.  We say that each of these Teachers was a Mainifestation of God.

Question 3

What about the concepts of Heaven and Hell?

Accepted Answer

The Bahá’í writings maintain that the descriptions of Heaven and Hell appearing in some of the older religious writings are symbolic and are not to be taken literally.

Question 4

Life after Death

Accepted Answer

the next world cannot be described and it is as different from this world as the this world is different world of the womb before our birth.

Question 5

Is Bahá’í an 'organized religion'?

Accepted Answer

Bahá’ís describe it as 'religion renewed'

Question 6

How is the Bahá’í Community organized?

Accepted Answer

A system of democratically elected councils at the local, national, and international levels administer the affairs of the community.

Question 7

Do Bahá’ís have a Scripture?

Accepted Answer

The writings of Bahá’u’lláh, comprising an estimated 100 volumes are regarded as sacred Scripture.

Question 8

What is the background or context of the Bahá’í Faith?

Accepted Answer

The Bahá’í Faith is an independent world religion that was founded in the mid-19th Century by the Bab and Bahá’u’lláh.

Question 9

Is the Bahá’í Faith an eclectic admixture of conflicting religions traditions?

Accepted Answer

No, it is religion renewed. Bahá’u’lláh is the Manifestation of God for our age, for our time.

Question 10

Where is the World Center of the Bahá’í Faith?

Accepted Answer

The World Center of the Bahá’í Faith is located in Israel.

Question 11

Do Bahá’ís participate in Politics?

Accepted Answer

Bahá’ís take their civic responsibilities seriously and uphold the authority of established governments through loyalty and obedience to the laws of their country.  They abstain from partisanship, and so do not join political parties or factions.

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