Is bahai a cult

Answer 1

No, it isn't hierarchal. Baha'u'llah, Prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith, provided in His Will for the establishment of an administrative order within the Faith. Elections are annually and uniformly held on a global scale for the nine members of each Local Spiritual Assembly and each National Spiritual Assembly, and every five years for the nine members of the Universal House of Justice on Mt. Carmel in Haifa.

Answer 2

yes! the Baha'i Faith is an independent world religion recognized by countries and territories around the world. The founder of the Baha'i Faith has brought the concept of 'progressive revelation', which means that there is in reality only one religion because there is only one God, each prophet, or as Baha'i's call them 'Manifestations' of God, such as Christ, Mohammed, Buddha, etc. have all brought the religion of God throughout the ages. The seming contradictions between these messengers is only because of misinterpretations of man. The Baha'i Scriptures have been translated into hundreds of languages. For more info, please visit this link: bahai.org/library/

Answer 3

The Baha'i Faith is a widespread and widely respected distinct religion. Its representatives have consultative status in various United Nations bodies, for example.

Sociologists of religion generally treat the Bahai Faith as a New Religious Movement. Cults are usually defined as small religious groups (which the Bahai Faith is), at high tension with society - which the Bahai Faith is not, in free countries.

Answer 4

Yes. It is called the Bahá'í Faith, was founded during the 19th Century in Iran, and is now spread all over the world. The World Center (central administration) is on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. You can get some introductory information at the website linked below or from the Wikipedia article on the topic "Bahai".