The Baha’is from the Perspective of Christian Critics: Part IV, Francis Beckwith

Francis Beckwith, born in 1960 in New York, is an American philosopher, researcher, speaker, writer and lecturer. He is currently Professor of Philosophy, Religion-Government Studies, Comparative Studies of Religions, Political Science, and Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy at Baylor University. He received his doctorate and master's degrees in philosophy from Fordham University, and his master's degree in jurisprudence from Washington University School of Law (St. Louis). A condensed version of Beckwith's 1984 master's thesis was published as a book, Baha'i: A Christian Response, by Bethany House. Beckwith considers Baha'ism as an opportunistic sect focused on political power (cult). In his research, he discussed the following points, and by presenting Baha’i views and Christian beliefs and documents, he disregarded Baha’i: - Denial of the special nature of the birth and mission of Jesus Christ, and the physical ascension and physical return of Christ. - Commentary according to Abdu'l-Bahá and the Baha’i missionaries, and attributing weak and illegal content to the books of the Old and New Testaments to prove that Baha’u’llah is the return of Jesus Christ in a new physical form! - The internal contradictions of the theological claims of the Baha'i leaders regarding the divine manifestations and their teachings. - Baha'i has no new message for modern and civilized man. Its possible appropriate literature and rulings are adaptations of the teachings and rulings of Abrahamic religions; and special Baha'i rules have a medieval and uncivilized aspect. Therefore, although the Baha'is have translated their preaching pamphlets into more than 800 common and local languages, but , strongly prevent the translation of the Book of Baha'i rules - Kitab Aqdas - which is the only heavenly book of Mirza Hossein Ali Nouri and for the next nine centuries, in the golden age of Baha'i rule all over the world, the life-giving laws of human society knowledge.