Baha'is are not attempting to convert anyone to the Baha'i Faith. Converting people is against the teachings of the Baha'i Faith. Converting people is what Christians try to do, and to a lesser extent Muslims.
Below are seven reasons why more people have not become Baha'is yet. #4 is the primary reason. Most people in the world already have a religion.
84 percent of the world population has a faith
People who already have a religion are not looking for a 'new religion' since they are happy with their religion of choice and most believe their religion is the one true religion.
None of the reasons listed below are related to whether the Baha'i Faith is actually
the religion revealed for
this current historical era. They are related to people and what people are aware of and choose to believe.
1. Many people have never heard of the Baha’i Faith, so they do not know there is something to look for. It is the responsibility of the Baha’is to get the message out, so if that is not happening, the Baha’is are to blame. However, once the message has been delivered the Baha’is are not to blame if people reject the message.
2. But even after people know about the Baha’i Faith, most people are not even willing to look the evidence in order to determine if it is true or not.
3. Even if they are willing to look at the evidence, there is a lot of prejudice before even getting out the door to look at the evidence.
4. 84% of people in the world already have a religion and they are happy with their religion so they have no interest in a “new religion.”
5. The rest of the world’s population is agnostics or atheists or believers who are prejudiced against all religion.
6. Agnostics or atheists and atheists and believers who have no religion either do not believe that God communicates via Messengers or they find fault with the Messenger, Baha’u’llah.
7. Baha’u’llah brought new teachings and laws that are very different from the older religions so many people are suspicious of those teachings and/or don’t like the laws because some laws require them to give things up that they like doing.