How does the Bahai faith incorporate the polythestic beliefs of other world religions?
In short, my understanding of the Baha’i Faith’s explanation of this is that the teachings of Hinduism have changed over time and do not reflect the original teaching. A quote from the Writings referring specifically to Buddhism addresses this: “The beliefs and rites of the Buddhists and Confucianists have not continued in accordance with their fundamental teachings. The founder of Buddhism was a wonderful soul. He established the Oneness of God, but later the original principles of His doctrines gradually disappeared, and ignorant customs and ceremonials arose and increased until they finally ended in the worship of statues and images. Now, consider: Christ frequently repeated that the Ten Commandments in the Pentateuch were to be followed, and He insisted that they should be maintained. Among the Ten Commandments is one which says: “Do not worship any picture or image.”[1] At present in some of the Christian churches many pictures and images exist. It is, therefore, clear and evident
