01-14-2008, 02:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-14-2008, 02:46 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
Sukhpreet Singh, I quite agree, since sikhs want to be seen as a separate religion, that is their choice.
Now besides that, a lot of what you wrote is rubbish including why the Gurudwaras had paintings of Hindu deities, most of them were older than the British (who only took control of Punjab in the 1840's) and were mostly painted by sikhs themselves, if some sikhs want to whitewash their own heritage then that is their problem not mine.
No rituals lol, what exactly is baptism into the khalsa if not a ritual or how about the sikh marriage rites?
NO religion is without rituals and that is the unplatable truth for some people.
I can go on and on refuting all that nonsense about having no caste bla bla bla, but i will stop.
As for accepting Muslims and Christians, we are quite ready to accept them when they stop trying to convert us or exterminate us as "kaffirs" or "heathens" (their self designated terms for Hindus). If I may ask if you feel so strongly about it, why didn't sikhs accept Muslims in 1947 then, instead they were kicked out of East Punjab?
Now besides that, a lot of what you wrote is rubbish including why the Gurudwaras had paintings of Hindu deities, most of them were older than the British (who only took control of Punjab in the 1840's) and were mostly painted by sikhs themselves, if some sikhs want to whitewash their own heritage then that is their problem not mine.
No rituals lol, what exactly is baptism into the khalsa if not a ritual or how about the sikh marriage rites?
NO religion is without rituals and that is the unplatable truth for some people.
I can go on and on refuting all that nonsense about having no caste bla bla bla, but i will stop.
As for accepting Muslims and Christians, we are quite ready to accept them when they stop trying to convert us or exterminate us as "kaffirs" or "heathens" (their self designated terms for Hindus). If I may ask if you feel so strongly about it, why didn't sikhs accept Muslims in 1947 then, instead they were kicked out of East Punjab?