You are presenting the Baha'i Faith as some Orwellian, dictatorial religious group. Yet membership in the Baha'i faith is entirely voluntary. How does that work?
Easy!
1. Orwellian, YES. I base that upon the number of tenets that incorporate 'Double-Think'.
2. Orwellian, YES. I base that upon the lack of freedom that Bahais have to express themselves in published print, in as much as all documents or books for publication must first be approved by Bahai authorities.
3. Dictatorial, YES. The laws, guides and regs for Bahais are written, rather than dictated, but even so Bahais are required to obey a long list of rules and laws.
4. Religion. Yes.
Voluntary Membership. YES. But, so what?
I hate long posts, so let's just give one example for number 1 'Orwellian Double-Think' just to get going.
Ask an average Bahai if s/he could join a military or law enforcemrent service as a combatant and most will reply 'No!'
Now read this letter from the UHJ to a National Spiritual Assembly:-
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"Bahá'ís recognize the right and duty of governments to use force for the maintenance of law and order and to protect their people. Thus, for a Bahá'í, the shedding of blood for such a purpose is not necessarily essentially wrong.
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In the present condition of the world Bahá'ís try to keep themselves out of the internecine conflicts that are raging among their fellow men and to avoid shedding blood in such struggles, but this does not mean that we are absolute pacifists.
Letter from the Universal House of Justice, dated February 9, 1967, to a National Spiritual Assembly
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I don't go out of my way to post this stuff, only when I'm challenged, but the posts which Orwellian Double Think could go on quite a way.....