Why haven’t the Baha’is commanded for the prohibition of holding Christmas celebrations if they have made the Baha’i leaders angry?! The religion makers who were going to follow the Baha’ism independence contrary to their slogans and also were going to lose their Christian fans due to insisting on independence!
Abdul Baha’s trip to the western countries and dispatching the proselytizers there made some Christian people to turn to Baha’ism cult. As a matter of fact, the people of the west didn’t know about Baha’ism hypocrisy and crimes and this issue caused them to believe his humanitarian slogans easily.
However, the prevalence of Baha’ism in Christian communities of the west cause the cultural and religious combination for this cult. Of course, the slogan of the oneness of religions and tribes in which Baha’ism didn’t believe[1] created a new challenge for the Baha’i cult. For example, the Christians who had become the Baha’is were celebrating the Christmas celebrations which had caused the Baha’i leaders angry.
This issue caused the Baha’ism leader, Abdul Baha opposed the Christmas angrily and called the celebrations as illusions and the holders of them as foolish: “As a matter of fact, those who rejoiced in the celebrations and enjoyed the Christmas tree which was decorated according to ancient traditions and habits are the people of illusions and superstitions. I swear by the Lord that if they were living in Jesus Christ period of time, the Excellency Jesus would turn against them. They couldn’t see his smile and beautiful sight…[۲]”
Answer
The Baha’ism leaders were speaking about removing prejudices and the necessity for unity and equality of religions and tribes. The Baha’ism leaders claimed for passing from the religious, sexual, national and political differences which are destructive and must gain unity.
Abdul Baha has said in this regard: “Thanks God, we are all the slaves of the only one God and are sinking in the mercy sea of Him. So, the Muslim or Christian bigotry is meaningless. We must entreat for the divine heavens to act based on Bahaullah’s teachings. We must raise the oneness of humane world in order for the sexual, religious and political bigotry to be removed among the human beings…[۳]”
Now, how can Baha’ism justify insulting Christians due to holding the Christmas celebrations?! What is the origin of the strict position of Abdul Baha towards holding the Christmas celebrations?!
[۱] Refer to Abbas Effendi, the Sermons, Germany: The national assembly of publishing the faith works, 1921 A.D., Vol. 1, p. 154.
[۲] The translation of Tablets of Abdul Baha, (narrated by the proselytizing network of Baha’ism), Vol. 2, p. 295.
[۳] Abbas Effendi, the Sermons, Germany: The national assembly of publishing the faith works, 127 Badi’a, Vol. 2, p. 253.
