hello:-) well it's always nice to hear that you're not here to judge:-)

I'm going to do my best to answer your questions, but you'll have to keep in mind it's my imperfect attempt to reflect my understanding of the Baha'i Faith, and different people may have different interpretations/understandings. Also I've only been Baha'i 5 years.

Q: what is your faith all about? what are the precepts of your beleifs?
- cut and pasted from other websites:
Basic Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

Bahá'u'lláh taught that there is one God whose successive revelations of His will to humanity have been the chief civilizing force in history. The agents of this process have been the Divine Messengers whom people have seen chiefly as the founders of separate religious systems but whose common purpose has been to bring the human race to spiritual and moral maturity.

Humanity is now coming of age. It is this that makes possible the unification of the human family and the building of a peaceful, global society. Among the principles which the Bahá'í Faith promotes as vital to the achievement of this goal are

* the abandonment of all forms of prejudice
* assurance to women of full equality of opportunity with men
* recognition of the unity and relativity of religious truth
* the elimination of extremes of poverty and wealth
* the realization of universal education
* the responsibility of each person to independently search for truth
* the establishment of a global commonwealth of nations
* recognition that true religion is in harmony with reason and the pursuit of scientific knowledge

We believe the purpose of human life is to know and worship God, to get closer to God and love him, to build our characters to become better people, to serve others and to advance the progress of humanity.

Q: DO you do rituals, or chant or pray or by what means do you speak to god and/or goddess?

Baha'i rituals are actually minimal - leaving room for Baha'is of different cultures, or just individuals w/ different preferences, to do things the way that they like to. We do have a mantra we recite 95 times a day, we recite verses every morning and evening, there is a daily obligatory prayer. In addition to that Baha'is are encouraged to pray, medidtate, and commune with God. Some Baha'is also chant and sing. Annually there is also a 19 day fast, sort of a spiritual cleansing and deepening period, which is coming up in March actually.

Q: do you have, ummm... officers, pastors, leaders of any kind?

We do not have clergy. We do however have democratically elected leaders and appointed leaders, but they are not like clergy - they are not spiritual leaders/gurus. They are administrators, though we do believe spirituality is infused in the ways in which we and they make decisions. Decisios are basically all made through a process of prayerful consultation. The highest level of administration is unique however - don't think it's worthwhile to go into for your question right now though. The administrators are seen has having the role of servant to the community, rather than wielding power over the community.

Q: and what is your religious history?

LOL, actually we now have a resident buddhist here who might be able to answer that question better than any of us:-D It's really late right now, but perhaps I'll try to tackle that one tomorrow.

Wikipedia has a good article on the Baha'i Faith if you have other questions as well - but it might be kind of overwhelming, lots of info packed into it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baha%27i

Take care and it's nice to meet you:-)

Hey Wanderingwolf, good to see another inquisitive mind! I just wanted to tell you since I saw you use to word "god/goddess" that in the Bahá’í Faith God is not a 'man'. When we talk in English however there is no gender plural word other then "it" so we say 'he'. English is a sexist language and assumes everything is 'he' until otherwise informed, lol... :D