Bahá'í Faith and the unity of religion a particular revelation. Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, claimed to be the most recent, but not the last, in a series of divine educators which include Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, and others. The Bahá'í teachings state that religion has been revealed progressively from the same God through different prophets/messengers, who at different times through history and in different locations come to provide the teachings of God. In this way the Bahá'í teachings see that religion has the same foundation, and that the various religions are "different stages in the eternal history and constant evolution of one religion". The Bahá'í
In the Hands of the Prophets Keiko O'Brien (Rosalind Chao) teaching Bajoran children that their gods are wormhole aliens. The story was originally proposed as a crossover episode with "", but this idea was abandoned in favor of ending the season with the same religious theme initially raised in "", the series premiere. "In the Hands of the Prophets" first introduces the audience to Bajoran politics and religion and highlights what happens when the values and beliefs of one culture are imposed on another. The episode features the first appearance of Louise Fletcher as Vedek Winn and Philip Anglim as Vedek Bareil. 8.8 million people viewed