Baha'i Faith: core beliefs

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Baha'is hold that each child is born pure and holy, and that human beings were created with immortal souls and a dual nature: an animalistic and selfish side, and a spiritual side with reason.

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The Manifestation of God for this age in Baha'i teaching, whose writings are the central Baha'i scripture. The Bab is regarded as his herald.

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In Baha'i teaching, one through whom God's message is revealed to an age.

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The Baha'i teaching that God has sent a succession of Manifestations, each teaching what humanity was ready to receive at the time. It must always be attributed to Baha'is.

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As states, not places. Paradise is a state of perfection in harmony with God's will; hell a state of imperfection, far removed from God and in conflict with his will.

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Acknowledging the oneness of God and the unity of the Manifestations; developing our divine attributes, including reason, and being involved in God's plan for humanity; aligning our lives with the teachings, laws and obligations revealed by Baha'u'llah.

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Because Baha'is describe it as an independent revelation given through Baha'u'llah for this age. The unity of religion is a claim about God's plan, not a blending of practices.

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The elected international governing body of the Baha'i Faith, which has no clergy.

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The equality of women and men, universal education, and the elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty — all following from the oneness of humanity.

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On the spiritual side of the dual nature, as one of the divine attributes to be developed. Baha'is often express this as the harmony of science and religion.