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Baha’i

Baha’i. Neha Srinivasan Arthur Schuertzmann. Concept of God. Only one God, who is the creator of all beings Humanity is a special, unique creation God reveals his will through Divine Messengers. http://payvand.com/1388/?p=2999. Basic Beliefs.

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Baha’i

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  1. Baha’i NehaSrinivasan Arthur Schuertzmann

  2. Concept of God • Only one God, who is the creator of all beings • Humanity is a special, unique creation • God reveals his will through Divine Messengers http://payvand.com/1388/?p=2999

  3. Basic Beliefs • All of the Messengers came from God, and so all of their respective religious systems are part of a single divine plan created by God • 3 core principles: unity of God, religion, humankind http://media.photobucket.com/image/moses+/mattukenobaka/motivation/moses-moses-mountain-lol-demotivati.jpg http://clouddragon.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/depicting-the-prophet-mohammed/ http://immaculateheart98.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/is-jesus-christ-god/ http://www.hindudevotionalblog.com/2010/06/inspirational-quotes-by-lord-buddha.html

  4. Sacred Texts • Writings of the Bab, Baha’u’llah • Abdul Bahá, Shoghi Effendi • Universal House of Justice http://books.bahai.us/gleanings-from-the-writings-of-bahaullah http://bahaikipedia.org/Selected_Writings_of_Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99u%E2%80%99ll%C3%A1h

  5. View of the Afterlife • Everyone has a soul, connected to physical body • Souls develop important qualities in physical world (needed for afterlife) • Heaven = nearness to God • Hell = distance from God http://www.crystalinks.com/egyptafterlife.html

  6. Rules • Praying mandatory • “I bear witness, O my God, that Thou has created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.” • Drugs, alcohol forbidden • Marriage highly valued • No active participation in politics http://fashionista1988.wordpress.com/category/personal/

  7. Appeal of Baha’i • Believe in one united world • Accept all faiths/people http://www.franksinger.com/cd001/owt_unity.htm

  8. Works Cited • "Baha'i Beliefs about the Afterlife - ReligionFacts." Religion, World Religions, Comparative Religion – Justthe Facts on the World's Religions. Web. 07 Nov. 2011. <http://www.religionfacts.com/bahai/beliefs/afterlife.htm>. • The Baha'i Faith - The International Website of the Baha'is of the World. Office of Public Information of the Baha'i International Community. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. <http://bahai.org>.  • Breuilly, Elizabeth, Joanne O'Brien, and Martin Palmer. Religions of the World: The Illustrated Guide to Origins, Beliefs, Traditions, & Festivals. New York: Facts on File, 1997. Print. • "The Shrine of Baha'u'llah - Acre, Israel." Bahai.org. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. <http://news.bahai.org/documentlibrary/643/ShrineOfBahaullah.pdf>. • Wikipedia. Wikimedia and Mediawiki, 5 Nov. 2011. Web. 11 Nov. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1'%C3%AD_Faith>. • http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=18738325 (picture of Lotus Temple)

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