It makes sense, doesn't it? If God created the universe then any scientific discoveries we make are discoveries of His work. Where did we invent the notion that science and religion are at odds with each other?
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When it Comes to Evolution I Believe the Baha'is Accept It. In Fact I think Bahaullah Said Numerous Times that Religion should Accept Science or Something along Those Lines.
I deeply respect the Bahai faith, and their approach of making everyone an equal child of our Creator. However, I am unsure of what their form of worship is. It is easy to talk about God and religions, but if one lacks faith in worship, then how do we trully connect with It.
God bless all souls.
I deeply respect the Bahai faith, and their approach of making everyone an equal child of our Creator. However, I am unsure of what their form of worship is. It is easy to talk about God and religions, but if one lacks faith in worship, then how do we trully connect with It.
God bless all souls.
What do you mean by "form of worship"?
Baha'is Meet and Have Home Servies Together. And there Are some Temples I believe that Have Services.
My Baha'i Friend meets Every Thursday with About 40 Baha'is and They Eat Dinner first Then Pray and They Read and do All Kinds of Awesome Things. It's Like a Home Church.
EDIT: I was Looking at The Canada Baha'i Site and They call Their Servies "Devotional Gatherings." http://www.ca.bahai.org/index.en.cfm - Check Out To the Left Under New Videos and There's a Video You can Watch That Shows their Gatherings. Its Long But Good.
Who do you worship? Is it God the Creator? Is it a particular prophet? Angels? Saints?
What kind of worship activity is it? Do you chant meaninglessly or with full heart? Do you speak in tongues? Do you prophesy? Do you perform miracles? Do you pray meaninglessly like the Catholics or with full heart like Pentecostals. Do you engage in repititious rituals that are the same every week? Do you get on your knees with all the followers and cry out to God? Do you laugh with unrestrained joy? Do you meditate Buddhist style? Do you meditate Hindu style? Do you sing songs without premeditation?
I would really like to know. Peace.
9Harmony I Bet you could Get People to Convert if You Tried Lol.
Who do you worship? Is it God the Creator? Is it a particular prophet? Angels? Saints?
What kind of worship activity is it? Do you chant meaninglessly or with full heart? Do you speak in tongues? Do you prophesy? Do you perform miracles? Do you engage in repititious rituals that are the same every week? Do you get on your knees with all the followers and cry out to God? Do you laugh with unrestrained joy? Do you meditate Buddhist style? Do you meditate Hindu style? Do you sing songs without premeditation?
I would really like to know. Peace.
God alone is worthy of worship.
But we revere all of the prophets and saints, and we are allowed to pray to God directly or through any means which feels comfortable to us. This is as individual as there are individuals.
"The most acceptable prayer is the one offered with the utmost spirituality and radiance; its prolongation hath not been and is not beloved by God. The more detached and the purer the prayer, the more acceptable is it in the presence of God." (Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 455)
we are warned to not succumb to ritualistic observances.
Methods of meditation are also left open to the individual.
We do not prophesy, nor chant in tongues, nor perform miracles.
In the Baha'i Faith there is no clergy, therefore each individual is responsible for their own spiritual growth. Though we do celebrate and worship together. We are not constrained to the same program time after time. Different individuals plan different events, and as such, there are a diversity of approachs utilized. We celebrate the diversity of the human family and cultural differences are also respected and cherished.
Czach, Thanks for your post... Here is my response to your questions:
Worship:
Baha'is don't have any priests.... and so rituals are not a part of worship. "Speaking in tongues" is not a Baha'i practise.
Basically the Baha'is meet together and recite or read prayers... Some programs can have prayers as selected by the host/hostess. We meet in each others homes in smaller communities and use Baha'i Center where there is one in our larger communities.
The House of Worship (There are Houses of Worship in Australia, Germany, Uganda, India, Samoa, Panama and one to built in Santiago, Chile) in Wilmette, Illinois is open to anyone to enter and say prayers.
The Devotional Meetings are open to anyone and prayers can be said from the scriptures.
Everyday Baha'is have certain special prayers that are recited...one of them goes like this:
"I bear witness O my God, that Thou hast 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."
Some of our regular daily prayers involve kneeling, prostrating and raising hands but these are done in privacy and not in group meetings.
So Baha'is worship God.
- Art
It's at the intersection of Linden Avenue and Sheridan Road in Wilmette, just north of Chicago.Cool, then I should visit the temple one of these days.
Greetings!So, Baha'u'llah was divine like Jesus?
If Baha'is consider Jesus to be a true "manifestation of god," isn't a problem that the Bible says only false prophets will come after Jesus?! If Jesus was really divine and said the truth, doesn't that undermine the claims of Baha'u'llah?
Hi!So, Baha'u'llah was both the Christ and Mahdi?
Also, there were certain Earth-shattering things that were suppose to happen with the return of Christ that no one could miss. I could be wrong, but I don't think any such thing has happened.
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