Do Bahai's worship the same God as us Christians do?

Question

Us Christians worship God the Father and so does Muslims, in which they call Him Allah. I heard that Bahai's believe only in one god and they're also an Abrahamic religion. So do they worship the same god? If not, who?

Give a good explanation that well supports your answer. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You already answered your question: The Baha'i Faith is an Abrahamic religion, meaning that they trace their religion back to Abraham and worship Abraham's god. Baha'u'llah even claimed descent from Abraham's wife Keturah.



EDIT: The Baha'i Faith originated as a sect of Shi'a Islam, but it is no longer a variety of Islam. It's a completely separate religion, with its own messenger of god, beliefs, religious festivals, and holy books.

Answer 2

I don't know. When I was in college in the 1960's I met some Bahai's and I read 2 books by there supposed founder, Baha'ullah, in the 1900's. I read a couple of books by him and he seemed like a genuine Spiritual guy to me. However, the Bahai plan for world government completely denies human nature and assumes that their plan can work because no one will try to gain abusive power and no one will be or become corrupt. It's not going to happen. Jesus will change things when He returns because of the infinite power God has given Him and not before.



By the way, just because the Muslims say they worship the same God as the Jews and the Christians do, does not mean that is the case. If Muslims worshiped the same God as the Jews and the Christians, they would have the same laws from God and expect the same future that God has prophesied in the Bible.



No where in the Jewish or Christian Scriptures does it say that the believers should take over the entire world by the force of military arms, lies, and propaganda; The Koran does. Heaven in the Christian scriptures is a Spiritual place where the reward is being in the presence of God. Muslims believe that if they die in Jihad they will get 72 virgins to have sex with when they get to heaven.



If the Muslims worshiped the same God as the Jews and Christians, the Muslim God would say the same thing as the Jewish and the Christian God which is the same God. As there is truly only one God (which there is) then the Muslims worship a different God.

Answer 3

Yes, we do. Baha'is believe in an idea called Progressive Revelation which states that all religions spring forth over time from a single source: God Himself. If God is the source of all religions, then it follows that we have to be worshipping the same God. Furthermore if there is only one God, then it's logically impossible for other religions to be worshipping different Gods. We may see Him in different lights, but it is still the same entity. This is one of the core Baha'i beliefs.

Answer 4

If you take the time to actually compare what the beliefs of the Bahai and Christianity are, they are in complete contrast. There is no common ground when you actually start to compare their beliefs on God, Salvation, Jesus, sin etc.



May I also suggest you read the Qu'ran some time, the God of the Tanakh and the Christian Bible is not the same God we see portraited in the Qu'ran. I would find the space difficult to provide a good explanation and may offend some if I am not careful so I would suggest you read Ravi Zacharias, he grew up in India and does an excellent job of showing the distinctions.

Jesus among other Gods - Ravi Zacharias

http://store.rzim.org/product/tabid/61/p-42-jesus-among-other-gods.aspx

Answer 5

Bahai is actually a variety of Islam. Islam is an Abrahamic religion. So yes, they worship the God of Abraham, just as Christians and Jews, only a little differently. They have different customs, sacraments, traditions, etc. etc. just as Jews and Christians, but they all worship the same God, the one who made the covenant with Abraham in Genesis.

Answer 6

Muslims worship allah that allah isn't your God. It's the moon god.



Islam does not only have pagan roots but is completely pagan. It is rooted in paganism. Muslims believe in allah but this very allah is a moon god.



Here is why I say so:



It is an established archaeological fact that worship of the moon-god was the main religion of the ancient Middle East. But what about the Arabian Peninsula, where Mohammed ( 570-632) launched Islam? During the last two centuries, prominent archaeologists have unearthed thousands of inscriptions which prove beyond any doubt that the dominant religion of Arabia during Mohammed's day was the cult of the moon-god.



In fact, for generations before Mohammed was born, the Arabs worshipped some 360 pagan gods housed at a stone temple in Mecca called the Kabah. According to archaeologists, the chief deity of Mecca was the moon-god called al-ilah ( meaning the god or the idol), which was shortened to Allah in pre-Islamic times. Pagan Arabs even used Allah in the names they gave themselves: Mohammed's father (Abdallah), for example, had Allah as part of his name.



What History Says about Allah: Historians say that pre-Islamic Arabs worshiped the moon-god by bowing in prayer toward Mecca several times a day. They would also make a pilgrimage to Mecca, run around the Kabah seven times and throw stones at the devil. And they fasted for one month, which began with the appearance of the crescent moon and ended when the crescent moon reappeared.



These same rites form the core of Islam today: Muslims bow in prayer toward Mecca; they make a pilgrimage to Mecca and run around the Kabah seven times; and they still throw stones at the devil. They also observe the fast of Ramadan, which begins and ends with the crescent moon. Moreover, the ancient symbol of the pagan moon- god, the crescent moon, is the official symbol of Islam; it appears on the flags of Muslim countries, as well as on the tops of mosques and minarets everywhere.



Historians say that Mohammed, who as a traveling trader was exposed to Judaism and Christianity during his visits to different parts of the Middle East, tried to mimic those monotheistic faiths by taking Allah, the main deity within the Arabian pantheon, and making it the only god. Indeed, the basic confession of Islam is not that "Allah is Great" but that "Allah is Greater". Greater than all the other idols, that is.



But Islam also draws from other pagan traditions. For example, the tale of Mohammed's night journey into heaven parallels the Zoroastrian story of Arta Viraf. Zoroastrianism also inspired the Islamic belief that dark-eyed virgins await every man who enters heaven. And the Islamic ritual of praying five times a day? That, historians say, originates with the Sabeans, Syrian pagans who practiced an ecumenical mixture of Babylonian and Hellenic religion. Animism too has it's influence on Islam.



Thus, everything that is there in Islam is pagan. The kaaba, allah, stone throwing, praying 5 times, fasting during the holy month etc.

Answer 7

Allah is by no means the same as the Christian God. They are entirely different.



Islam has Abrahamic roots and stories similar to Christianity because Muhammad had some knowledge of the Old Testament, which had already been around for thousands of years. Muhammad's uncle was a traveling merchant, so Muhammad was able to travel the world at a young age. Scholars say that Muhammad probably acquired a good deal of monotheistic teaching over this time period, particularly from some Jewish rabbis who introduced him to the Torah (which explains Muhammad's use of Bible stories in the Quran).



But a few similar stories does not make Allah identical with the One True God.



The Quran teaches that Allah is a largely impersonal god, that we make it to heaven by our own good works (in Islam there is a literal scale in heaven where good works are weighed versus bad works), that Jesus was not divine but a mere prophet equivalent to Jonah or Moses, and that Jesus did not die or rise from the dead.



The Bible, on the other hand, teaches that God is deeply personal and loving, that we only make it to heaven by believing in Jesus, that Jesus was the divine Son of God, and that Jesus died and rose from the dead.



The Quran teaches the Doctrine of Abrogation: that Allah is not good because he is good by nature, but that he is good because he is all-powerful. He can do something wrong but call it right because he has all the power after all. The Quran teaches that Allah can willfully betray one of his loyal servants, and even though this would be wrong for anyone else, it is right for him because he is all-powerful. But a god who is not good is not really God at all.



The Bible teaches that God is inherently good and all-powerful. The Bible tells us in 2 Timothy 2:13, "If we are faithless, He will remain faithful, for He cannot disown Himself."



Another discrepancy lies in the Islamic view of God as absolute one (vehemently denying the Christian concept of the Trinity), whereas Christianity views God as one essence with three distinct Persons in the Godhead.



Believe me, these points are factual and historically reliable; they are taken directly either from history, the Quran, or the Bible. Allah and the Christian God are from identical.



By the way, I read XY's comment and I can recommend Ravi Zacharias very highly. He is an intellectual like no other; he knows both the Bible and the Quran inside and out.

Answer 8

All Christians can't even agree on the characteristics of the god they imagine. Muslims certainly don't. They might be derived from the same myths, but it's very easy to tell that the Muslim god isn't the same as the Christian god.



Is Jesus Allah? If they say yes, they're a Christian (who is familiar with the arabic name for god). Muslims will never say yes.

Answer 9

According to the Bible, the world ends like this:



*7 years of Tribulation (3 1/2 yrs of Tribulation (troubles) - followed by 3 1/2 yrs of Great Tribulation (great troubles)



*The Antichrist appears during these final 7 years, and rules planet earth. Yep. He's the president of the Earth.



*The Antichrist arrives with a partner; The "False Prophet". The "False Prophet" causes all the world to worship "the beast".



According to Islam, the World ends like this:



*The Islamic messiah appears (the Imam Mahdi). And brings 7 years of peace and justice to the world.



* He is accompanied by the "Prophet Jesus". (remember in Islam, Jesus is just a prophet)



* "Prophet Jesus" convinces all the world to accept the islamic messiah, the "Imam Mahdi".





If you are a Christian, alarm bells should be going off in your head.

Answer 10

Yes, because it's an Abrahamic religion, as you said, albeit a newer one. Though there are differences, it still focusses around worship of that same central character.

Answer 11

That's the watered-down, ecumenical, "all roads lead to Rome" mythical god.



Just as watered-down as the myth that says all denominations are "Christian"

no matter how much false doctrine they teach, or how much Bible they reject.



The only Christians that the Lord Jesus Christ will gather to Himself when He

returns, are those who are following the original 1st Century doctrine that He

taught to His Apostles, the people who KNOW who He is (our Creator and

Father God who came to us incarnate to redeem us) & those of us who are

baptized in His name and have His Holy Spirit living in us. We are His "body"

on the Earth & His church, the "bride" to join Him at the marriage supper.



All the other man-made religions, fables, fairytales and gobbledygook will be

burned like chaff. The church of Jesus is the "wheat"... the rest are "tares"

or weeds growing side by side with the crop He will harvest.



God has emphasized throughout His written word - how much He hates the

mixing together of His doctrine with the false. Any hybrid religion with bits of

"Christianity" mixed with other dogma, is spiritual "adultery" and whorish.

Answer 12

Yes, they also worship a fictional character called God.

Answer 13

bahaism created by Bahaullah. He mixed syiah and zoroaster.

they call the Lord as Allah.

they pray by singing in persian pryers

Answer 14

Yes, they do.

Answer 15

idk