Some feel that he actually believed he was the Imam. His charisma and message began to draw many. The Bab and his followers were horribly persecuted by Moslems and he was martyred in 1850. Baha'u'llah is considered to be the final and most relevant for this contemporary age. Bahaism teaches that God is actually beyond comprehension, he is revealed in nature.
Man is basically good and there is no original sin.
In fact, sin itself is merely the wrong use of good qualities. Bahaism teaches the universality of God, that all religions have the same God. Salvation rests in the spiritual advancement through adherence to its ethical teachings to prepare for this life and the afterlife. The Bahai's goal is to establish a new world order, ruled compassionately over by their currently existing National Spiritual Assembly. All rights reserved.