Baha'u'llah claimed to be God or a Manifestation of God depending on his mood at the time of dictating. He also is considered "Return of Christ" ... equal to Jesus.
I analyzed his life and see absolutely nothing that would lead me to conclude that he was anything like Jesus. I wish I'd been able to do that analysis when I was seventeen before I got into this religion, but I wasn't. It took 10+ years after leaving Baha'i to be able to look objectively at Baha'ullah's life.
I believe he hatched his plan to become "Him Who God Will Make Manifest" to fulfill the Bab's prophecy, maybe while he was in the Sulaymaniyah mountains for two years living alone, or maybe soon after. Maybe he had altruistic reasons.. disappointment with his brother's leadership abilities, and a desire to help the Babi community of Baghdad.
The first thing he had to do was write a respectable book to impress people with. The first book, The Hidden Words, is without a doubt the best. It is readable, concise, enjoyable even. Nothing after that was nearly as worth reading... it was just reams and reams of "revelation" - him dictating and someone else writing down what he said.
I don't believe Baha'u'llah was God's messenger. He was very intelligent, may have had charisma, and was also a great talker/writer. His sister wrote that he obsessively studied philosophy books when younger, so even if he didn't attend a school, he was very well educated.
I have forgiven him for the time I took out of my life in following this religion that he started.
The ridiculous mess of succession, and "covenant breaking" in his family serves to show that the religion was flawed from the beginning.
Just my opinion... I hope it helps explain my feelings about Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith.
https://old.reddit.com/r/exbahai/comments/2esca7/regarding_baháulláhs_actions/cmjk2zh/
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