Bahaism and its fallacies

The Day of Judgment

Christ spoke much in parables about a great Day of Judgment when "the Son of
man shall come in the glory of his Father ... and ... shall reward every man
according to his works" (Matt. 16:27). He compares this Day to the time of
harvest, when the tares are burned and the wheat gathered into barns:
... so shall it be in the end of this world [consummation of the age]. The Son of
man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all
things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace
of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. -- Matthew 13:40-43
The phrase "end of the world" used in the Authorized Version of the Bible in this
and similar passages has led many to suppose that when the Day of Judgment
comes, the earth will suddenly be destroyed, but this is evidently a mistake. The
true translation of the phrase appears to be "the consummation or end of the
age."
Christ teaches that the Kingdom of the Father is to be established on earth, as
well as in heaven. He teaches us to pray: "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven." In the parable of the Vineyard, when the Father, the
Lord of the Vineyard, comes to destroy the wicked husbandmen, He does not
destroy the vineyard (the world) also, but lets it out to other husbandmen, who
will render Him the fruits in their season. The earth is not to be destroyed, but to
be renewed and regenerated. Christ speaks of that day on another occasion as
"the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory."
St. Peter speaks of it as "the times of refreshing," "the times of restitution of all
things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the
world began." The Day of Judgment of which Christ speaks is evidently identical
with the coming of the Lord of Hosts, the Father, which was prophesied by Isaiah
and the other Old Testament prophets; a time of terrible punishment for the
wicked, but a time in which justice shall be established and righteousness rule,
on earth as in heaven.
In the Baha'i interpretation, the coming of each Manifestation of God is a Day of
Judgment, but the coming of the supreme Manifestation of Baha'u'llah is the
great Day of Judgment for the world cycle in which we are living. The trumpet
blast of which Christ and Muhammad and many other prophets speak is the call
of the Manifestation, which is sounded for all who are in heaven and on earth -the embodied and the disembodied.

The meeting with God, through His Manifestation, is, for those who desire to
meet Him, the gateway to the Paradise of knowing and loving Him, and living in
love with all His creatures. Those, on the other hand, who prefer their own way to
God's way, as revealed by the Manifestation, thereby consign themselves to the
hell of selfishness, error and enmity.
Baha and Christ
Baha'u'llah, by dealing at great length in His Writings with questions of
government and administration, and showing how they may best be solved, has
"taken the government upon His shoulders" in a way that Christ never did. With
regard to the titles "everlasting Father," "Prince of Peace," Baha'u'llah repeatedly
refers to Himself as the manifestation of the Father, of whom Christ and Isaiah
spoke, whereas Christ always referred to Himself as the Son; and Baha'u'llah
declares that His mission is to establish peace on earth, while Christ said: "I
came not to send peace but a sword," and as a matter of fact during the whole of
the Christian era wars and sectarian strifes have abounded.
Who is Bahai
Baha'is recognize Baha'u'llah "as the Judge, the Lawgiver and Redeemer of all
mankind, as the Organizer of the entire planet, as the Unifier of the children of
men, as the Inaugurator of the long-awaited millennium, as the Originator of a
new "Universal Cycle," as the Establisher of the Most Great Peace, as the
Fountain of the Most Great Justice, as the Proclaimer of the coming of age of the
entire human race, as the Creator of a new World Order, and as the Inspirer and
Founder of a world civilization.
To Him Muhammad, the Apostle of God, had alluded in His Book as the "Great
Announcement," and declared His Day to be the Day whereon "God" will "come
down" "overshadowed with clouds," the Day whereon "thy Lord shall come and
the angels rank on rank," and "The Spirit shall arise and the angels shall be
ranged in order." His advent He, in that Book, in a surih said to have been termed
by Him "the heart of the Qur'an," had foreshadowed as that of the "third"
Messenger, sent down to "strengthen" the two who preceded Him. To His Day
He, in the pages of that same Book, had paid a glowing tribute, glorifying it as the
"Great Day," the "Last Day," the "Day of God," the "Day of Judgment," the "Day of
Reckoning," the "Day of Mutual Deceit," the "Day of Severing," the "Day of
Sighing," the "Day of Meeting," the Day "when the Decree shall be
accomplished," the Day whereon the second "Trumpet blast" will be sounded, the
"Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the world," and "all shall come
to Him in humble guise," the Day when "thou shalt see the mountains, which thou
thinkest so firm, pass away with the passing of a cloud," the Day "wherein
account shall be taken," "the approaching Day, when men's hearts shall rise up,
choking them, into their throats," the Day when "all that are in the heavens and
all that are on the earth shall be terror-stricken, save him whom God pleaseth to

deliver," the Day whereon "every suckling woman shall forsake her sucking babe,
and every woman that hath a burden in her womb shall cast her burden," the Day
"when the earth shall shine with the light of her Lord, and the Book shall be set,
and the Prophets shall be brought up, and the witnesses; and judgment shall be
given between them with equity; and none shall be wronged...
Bahais Lineage
Bible prophecy clearly states that the Messiah of the "last days" will be
descended from David, the king of ancient Israel. Students of the Baha'i Faith will
be interested to learn that Baha'u'llah, the Prophet founder of the Baha'i Faith, is
indeed descended from both the kings of ancient Persia and from the kings of
ancient Israel.

Random stuff
In Islam, there is a 1300 year old prophecy which states: "Ere long God
will shine from the face of the Glory of the most Glorious with the
name of Baha on the day of absolute in the plain of Akka." -Dala'il'u'lIrfan

"Had Muhammad, the Apostle of God, attained this Day," Baha'u'llah

writes in a Tablet revealed on the eve of His banishment to the penal
colony of Akka, "He would have exclaimed: `I have truly recognized
Thee, O Thou the Desire of the Divine Messengers!' -Shoghi Effendi: World
Order of Baha'u'llah, page 105

Neither The Bab nor Baha'u'llah identified Themselves as "nabi"

("Prophet") to humanity. Similarly, neither The Bab nor Baha'u'llah
identified themselves as "Rasool" (Apostle of God) to humanity.
They both refrained from doing so because both Muslims and
Christians were warned against accepting anyone who was to
appear by either of these titles. The following quotes help clarify
this issue:
e. Qiblih (point of adoration, i.e., the direction to face in prayer) The Bab had specified
that in prayer believers should face He Whom God shall make manifest. Thus during his
lifetime Baha'is prayed facing the person of Baha'u'llah. `Abdu'l-Baha later explained that
after Baha'u'llah's death, the qiblih was Baha'u'llah's shrine and that a tablet explaining
this existed but had been stolen by Covenant-breakers. Facing the qiblih is obligatory for
all three obligatory prayers.
Because Baha'is believe that the prayers of Baha'u'llah, the Bab, and `Abdu'l-Baha
are the word of God, they are thought to have special spiritual power. Thus most

Baha'i private prayer and almost all public prayer consists of their recitation.
Prayer using one's own words is permissible, however
. Morning prayer (mashriqu'l-adhkar) The one occasion of collective worship
specified in the Kitab-i-Aqdas itself is morning prayer. The believers are
encouraged to gather to listen to prayers and scripture in the early morning. This
worship service is the main purpose of Baha'i houses of worship, which are also
called mashriqu'l-adhkar (literally, dawning-place of the mention of God).
Community morning prayers are not common in the contemporary Baha'i
community, although the Universal House of Justice encourages them. (See
"Mashriqu'l-adhkar.")
c. Daily rituals The earliest writings of the Bab contained many prayers intended for
specific times, days, months, and festivals. These were extra observances to be added to
the strict observance of Islamic law. Later, after the abrogation of Islamic law, the Bab
ordained many daily observances; for example: * Each day the believer should recite one
name of God ninety- five times. The first day of the month he should say, "God is most
glorious (Allahu Abha);" the second day, "God is most mighty (Allahu A`zam);" and the
nineteenth day, "God is most ancient (Allahu Aqdam)." Other names such as "God is
most great (Allahu Akbar);" "God is most bright (Allahu Anvar);" or "God is most
manifest (Allahu Azhar)" may be said on other days, apparently at the believers option. *
The believer is to recite at least nineteen verses of the Bayan each day--or seven hundred,
according to another passage. * Every Friday the believer is to face the sun and recite a
prayer to it. There is a similar monthly prayer to the moon. This is a striking contrast to
Islam, which forbids prayer at the moments of sunrise, noon, and sunset in order to avoid
any taint of sun- worship.
The Bab prohibited obligatory prayer in congregation and the public recitation of the
names of God (dhikr)
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They also presented facts about the situation following death of Baha'u'llah, in
which apparently Abdu'l-Baha declared himself a manifestation and return of Jesus
Christ, a claim rejected by his half-brother Muhammad Ali.