HOW IS THE BUDDHIST “BAHA’I FAITH” GREATLY IMPACTING WESTERN CULTURE TODAY? [1 of 5] Of the many sub-religions that have spun off from Hinduism, Buddhism is the most known, but the majority of Americans don’t know that Buddhist thought has greatly impacted the terminology of our culture, mindset, and even belief systems—as have smaller false faiths with roots in Hinduism. For example, most have not heard of a sect of Buddhism called Baha’i (Ba-HI) Faith, but the New Age movement in Western culture gets its philosophy from Baha’i, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Other Buddhist offshoots are Jainism, Hare Krishna, Taoism (also called Daoism), and Zoroastrianism. That last one was founded in the sixth-century, BC, by a man in Persia named Zoroaster. Hindu-rooted, Buddhist Baha’i teaches that individuals from all different world religions and cults can pray to whomever they’d like, because it’s just the same God being referenced by many different names. Today, that attitude has become prevalent among people all over the world, including here in our American society—even in the Christian Church! In fact, I’ve heard Christians say they reference “Allah” in the place of “God” when witnessing to the Muslims. But Islam’s Allah is a completely different entity, certainly not the God we Christians worship; both Muslim and Christian leaders widely acknowledge that fact. So, Baha’i Faith originated the false claim and belief that all deities worshiped by the world’s vast variety of diverse faiths are supposedly the same Supreme Being—which tells us that those people know little to nothing about Christianity, or other faiths.