Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Some of the Youngest Religion of World.

What is religion ?
A religion is a set of beliefs and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual, and religious law. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and mystic experience. The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to communal faith and to group rituals and communication stemming from shared conviction.


Some of the Youngest Religion of World.

Bahai
The Bahá'í faith is one of the youngest of the world's major religions.It was founded by Baha'u'llah in Iran in the 19th century. So far, seven Houses of Worship have been built--at least one on each continent. Each temple has its own distinctive design, and yet conforms to a set of architectural requirements that give a unifying theme. All Bahá'í Houses of Worship must have nine sides and a central dome.
The first House of Worship was built in Russia, in the city of Ashkhabad in Central Asia.The newest House of Worship was completed in 1986 in New Delhi, India. Since that time the structure has won numerous architectural awards and been featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. Inspired by the lotus flower, its design is composed of 27 free-standing marble-clad "petals"--arranged in clusters of three to form nine sides. Nine doors open onto a central hall, capable of holding up to 2,500 people. Slightly more than 40 meters tall, its surface luminous, the temple at times seems to float above its 26-acre site on the outskirts of the Indian capital. In a few short years the New Delhi temple has become one of the world's major attractions, drawing more than two and a half million visitors a year. On Hindu holy days, it has drawn as many as 100,000--so revered is the Bahá'í temple by India's people, whatever their religious background.
Bahá'ís do not require converts to renounce their previous faith.

Rastafari
Rastafari was a local Jamaican religious movement with few outside influences in the 1930s. Several Garveyite leaders had independently declared that Haile Selassie fulfilled Garvey's prophecy, and the movement remained dominated by independent "Elders" with widely varying views.Many Rastafarians believe that following their repatriation to Africa black people will become rulers of the world, resulting in the suppression of whites.
Bob Marley, the great reggae singer, practiced Rastafari.