Baha'i House of Worship

The House of Worship is very beautiful. The history behind the structure of the Baha'i Temple is very intersting. I thought it was very interesting to learn that only Baha'i were allowed to donate money for the building of the temple.

One of the most prominent characteristics that I found about the temple was the number 9. Nine structural arcs, nine grand entrances, etc. They really are trying to unite many aspects of different religions, faiths, cultures etc. Their theme, unity, is very prominent in everything that they do.

The different symbols of the various religions engrained into the structure of the temple was something that struck me as very different. I can understand how other religious structures don't do that because they believe that they are following the one true word whereas the Baha'i are trying to unite every religion.

One thing that came to mind is that since one of the symbols of the Baha'i is nine and there are currently seven temples, will they stop at nine? Even though they want to establish temples to be in as many cities as possible? Just a question for thought.