FREE ESSAY ON BAHA'I RELIGION

BAHA'I RELIGION

The Baha'i Faith is the youngest of the world's independent religions. Its central theme
is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one
global society. The Baha'i Faith is the youngest of the world's independent religions.
Its founder, Baha'u'llah (1817-1892), is regarded by Baha'is as the most recent in the
line of Messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded time and that includes
Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad. 
God, Baha'u'llah said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down
traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth
to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is
to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification.
Baha'u'llah gave special attention to the problem of prejudice. At the heart of His
message is a call for mutual understanding and fellowship among nations, cultures, and
peoples. There is, Baha'u'llah insists, only one human race. Assertions that particular
groups of people are in some way superior to the rest of humanity are without foundation.
Prejudice, whether based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or class, is a
heritage that must be overcome if humanity is to create a peaceful and just global
society.