There are many, one being the Aqdas (Book of Law). For more information on the Baha'i scriptures and any other questions about the Faith, see the below link.
Bahá'u'lláh has written the equivalent of about 100 volumes (much of it as letters); Bahá'ís consider everything he wrote Sacred Scripture. Much of what Bahá'u'lláh wrote has not been translated into English yet; texts that have been translated include the Kitab-i-Iqán (Book of Certitude); The Hidden Words; Gleanings (extracts from several of his writings); The Seven Valleys; and others.
The Bahai Faith does not use any code in its scriptures, which everyone is encouraged to read for themselves. See the Bahai Reference Library for a good selection of Bahai scriptures, all for free. The Bahai community today also does not use codes, secret handshakes, etc..
As of 2012, no country has a Bahá'í majority.
Islam and the Bahai faith require that their members pray facing Mecca (Islam) or Acre, Israel (Bahai), and Jews pray facing Jerusalem. A compass is a useful tool in establishing exactly where this is.
All religion's texts aren't sacred. Don't let anyone ever tell you they are. Saying their texts are sacred is just one of the many tools those in religious power use to protect and perpetuate their world standing. Don't play into it.
In my life? There is no effect, as I do not hold any religious faith and do not pray. I have faith in the laws of nature.
The approach that especially makes use of reason to find answers to religious questions is known as rationalism. Rationalism emphasizes the importance of logic, critical thinking, and evidence in evaluating religious beliefs and doctrines. It seeks to reconcile faith with reason through a rational analysis of religious texts and concepts.
Yes, Mormons do read the Bible as part of their religious practices. They believe in the Bible as scripture and use it alongside other religious texts in their worship and study.
They are two different religions, both part of the Abrahamic tradition but separated by about 3000 years. The Jewish scholars and rabbis and artists have been busy for 3000 years, so that Judaism today is a rich cultural treasure. Its religious texts have commentaries and commentaries on the commentaries to the 7th degree. The Bahai Faith is a very young religion, just 160 years old. It has copious scriptures, but many are not yet translated to European languages, and only a few have commentaries, which are tentative first attempts. The Bahai community is even more widely spread over the world than Judaism, including a great variety of different cultures, but there is a lot of travel and communication today (not the case in the centuries when Judaism was developing), so one cannot speak of an Iranian Bahai Faith and an American Bahai Faith (for example) in the way that one differentiated between eastern and western traditions in Judaism. Bahai is an open religion, seeking converts and generally speaking, accepting whoever wants to join. It has no Rabbis: there are scholars, but they have no authority, and there are elected councils that govern local Bahai communities, but they have no authorization to say what the Bahai scriptures and teachings mean. Women participate equally, except (at least for now) at the international level, where the Universal House of Justice has nine elected male members. Bahais accept Jesus and use the New Testament as scripture, and also accept Muhammad and use the Quran, in addition to their own scriptures, which are the works written by Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, and in some cases authenticated reports of Abdu'l-Baha's spoken words. Bahai is quite explicitly modern, speaking of modernity as a new age that needs new religious and social teachings, such as the equality of mean and women, universal education, the abolition of the clergy, the need for a mechanism of world government to guarantee the peace and ensure free trade and communication. The virtues and core principles of the two religions are very much the same: both praise honesty and abhor lying, for example, both teach that there is one God who sends guidance to humanity.
The term "faith" has roots in ancient languages, with its earliest uses traced back to Latin ("fides") and Greek ("pistis"). In religious contexts, the concept of faith is prominent in Judeo-Christian texts, with the Hebrew Bible and New Testament using the term extensively. However, pinpointing a single individual or text as the "first" to use the word is challenging due to its deep historical and linguistic evolution.
When citing religious texts in academic writing, use the title of the text, chapter and verse numbers, and the edition or translation you are using. Include the author or editor if applicable. Follow the citation style guide recommended by your academic institution or discipline.
The main use for symbology is to interpret religious and literary texts. Symbology helps one understand the use of certain imagery that authors use in their writing and determine their meaning.
NASA avoids any use of religious texts or philosophies when planning and executing missions. However, that doesn't preclude astronauts from exercising their own religious freedoms when aboard spacecraft, as long as it doesn't interfere with the mission or their duties.