Talk:World History/World Religions

I would say the Baha'i Faith is indeed a religion... look at the wikipedia entry: Baha'i Faith --- djKianoosh - 17 May 2005

The Baha'i Faith is a cult. You may want to be politically correct, but it has so few adherents that it can hardly be called a major religion, at any point in history. That is what this page is meant for.--Naryathegreat|(talk) 04:00, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

I agree - whether Baha'i is a religion or not is only semantics; it hasn't had a large enough impact on world history to merit inclusion in this summary. --Lady~Macbeth 6 July 2005 22:15 (UTC)

A look into the Kitab-i-Aqdas (the most holy book of the Baha'i) may give any interested person deep insights into the nature of this faith and is therefore strongly recommended. Please note especially the things that are said about the rights of women. Please mark also: the so-called Universal House of Justice, the highest elected Baha'i administrative and legislative council is considered infallible (like the Pope!) in its decisions. It will become, as the Baha'i believe, the world governement in the future, when the majority of mankind will be Baha'i. Only Baha'i have electional rights in the elections of the Universal House of Justice! No woman may be elected to serve in the Universal House of Justice (so much to equal rights). greetings seeker

This section is supposed to explain how different religions affected history, not act as a crash course on each religion, imo. Perhaps the title is a misnomer, and this section should be moved into other relevant pages (i.e. Christianity -> Later Roman, Middle Ages pages, Islam -> Middle East, etc.) --Tai

Zoroastrianism
you guys have forgot about one of the most important religions. You cant have a history book without Zoroastrianism. In case you dont know what Zoroastrianism is, look it up. It was the first ever monotheistic religion.

Organization of Page
I'm curious. Why organize this page alphabetically? Is this page meant to be like a glossary? Otherwise, why not organize it chronologically or regionally and then chronologically? Just curious. DW5 (talk)