Can someone tell me about Baha'i Faith?

I'm thinking about converting from Christianity to Baha'i Faith but I'm scared Lil. Any suggestions or at least info on the faith?

They believe that all faiths lead to the same end. Which does not really make sense, since they think that they are the only correct faith. According to the general theory, you are fine being a Christian or Muslim or....

There's a good page on wipedOAttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith

Which starts:
The Bah?'? Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bah?'u'll?h in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bah?'?s around the world in more than 200 countries and territories.

I guess that's the short answer. There's also a wiki entry on Bahai teachings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_teachings

which talks about
2.1 The oneness of God
2.2 The oneness of humanity
2.3 The oneness of religion
3 Progressive revelation
3.1 Religion as a school [with successive classes ]
4 Social principles
4.1 Equality of women and men
4.2 Harmony of religion and science
4.3 Universal compulsory education
4.4 Universal auxiliary language
4.5 Independent investigation of truth
4.6 Elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty
5 Covenant
6 Mystical teachings...

The next step is to find out what the Bahai life involves (daily prayers and reading the scriptures, and the annual Fast, for example, but also ethical and spiritual disciplines such as controlling your tongue, being honest, developing a spiritual attitude, abandoning prejudice). Becoming a Bahai turns out to be a life-long process -- but every journey starts with the first step.

To join the Bahai community and share in the Holy Days, community Feasts, devotional meetings and social life, contact your local Bahai community. If you are in the United Kingdom that's at
http://www.bahai.org.uk/

If you are in the USA, go to https://join.bahai.us/Invitation.aspx for information, enrollment, or both.

There are national Bahai organisation in virtually every country where the Bahais are not persecuted. You can find a list of contacts world-wide here:
http://www.bahai.org/worldwide-community/national-communities/

Welcome! Don't be shy if you don't know much: learning together is part of Bahai community life, because it's a mighty big ocean you're entering, and because we do not have any priests or ministers or rabbis or 'alims to go to for answers.
Source(s):
http://www.bahai.org/

Mr. McG gave the same answer as I was going to give. As for the first fellow - Wanna bite - he is incorrect on several points. Baha'is do NOT believe that 'all' religions, faiths, etc., are 'right'. We do believe that the world's major religions, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc., ARE divinely inspired.

Second, we do NOT believe that we are the 'only correct faith'. Again, Baha'is believe in Progressive Revelation - which, I might add, is spoken of in both the Old and New Testament as well as in the Qu'ran. God reveals a New Message to humanity approximately every thousand years or so. Just as a child in the 1st grade could not effectively be taught advanced physics, but must progress to a point where they are intellectually and consciously CAPABLE of responding to these more advanced concepts, so to must man progress spiritually.

If you look at the teaching of the Prophets or Manifestations of God you see two distinct things: the social laws in each religion differ, sometimes greatly, from those of others. HOWEVER, the spiritual laws are all essentially the same. But you will not an 'advance' in spiritual concepts as time passes.

So, for instance, you will note that while Moses commanded His people to treat others with kindness, etc., Jesus stressed a more advanced level of spiritual teachings - commanding His followers to 'love thine enemy' and to 'turn the other cheek'.

Hope this helps.

Jim

Hello Nick:

May I ask why you are scared? What's behind the fear? And what specifically would you like to know about the Baha'i Faith? We're all clearly happy to help, and you've gotten some great answers so far.

Hang in there!

Valerie