Contrary to divine religions in Baha’ism organization, a person isn’t called a Baha’i when he confesses and announces to be a Baha’i, but he must be filtered by the Baha’i organization. At last, this is the Baha’i organization which accepts or rejects their becoming Baha’i by measuring faith and the character of people! The difference between Baha’ism and the divine religions starts here which God is the source of people’s faith acceptance in true religions not the party or the organization!
Contrary to the claiming for the Baha’ism to be the cordial belief, we read in the first article of the Baha’i regulations that the universal house of justice is the source for measuring people’s faith and recognizing their expediencies for becoming Baha’i.
Contrary to divine religions where a person can turn to a religion by confession or rudimentary action (confessing witness in Islam and confessing and baptism in Christianity) can’t be considered as Baha’i. As a matter of fact; contrary to the slogan of Baha’ism, a person must be passed out of organization filters by the universal house of justice and eventually the universal house of justice accepts or rejects him/her by measuring the faith and the character[1]!
So; according to the first article of the Baha’i regulations published by the leadership foundation, the universal house of justice is the source of measuring people’s faith and recognizing their competence for becoming Baha’i: “The membership in the Baha’i community consists of all people whom the universal house of justice has recognized them as to possess necessary conditions for having faith and action based on the Baha’ism religious law.[2]”
However, this method is used by parties and organizations. On the other hand, the mere reason that perk confirmation of people in Baha’ism as logical is that this creed isn’t a belief, but it is an organization and party! Why must people announce their memberships in it if Baha’ism isn’t an organization?!!! What will boycotting the ex-Baha’is mean if Baha’ism isn’t an organization[3]?!!!
How can Baha’ism appoint conditions for the acceptance of people’s faith and action in Baha’i commandments and also appoint punishments for their quittings while the Baha’ism organization introduces itself a universal religion and shouts the slogan of the independent investigation of truth?[4]
Yes, the difference between Baha’ism and the divine religions starts here where God is the source of people’s faith acceptance in true religions not the party or the organization.
[۱] Refer to the principles of the Baha’i administrative disciplines, Bina: Provided by the Baha’i youth national assembly, 119 Badi’a, pp. 4-8.
[۲] The Baha’ism leadership foundation, The Constitution of the universal house of justice, Germany: The Baha’i press institute, translated by the international board of translation into Persian language, 2018 A.D., pp. 7 & 8.
[۳] Refer to Abbas Effendi, the Sermons, Tehran: The national institute of the faith press, 127 Badi’a, Vol. 2, p. 144.
[۴] Abbas effendi, the will tablets, the electronic library of the Baha’ism organization, p. 8.
