06-16-2010, 06:07 PM
Unlike Hindus, who believe in many gods, Sikhs believe in ONE god. They also believe in baptism, holy Sikh scriptures, and teach against many sins. Everything Haley says on her website is compatible with the Sikh faith ââ¬â and would not be offensive to her many Sikh and Hindu supporters. Look it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism
But understand clearly that Sikhism is NOT Christianity. Sikhs do NOT believe in the divinity of Christ (nor is such a belief essential in order to ATTEND a Methodist church ââ¬â or even to graduate from a Methodist seminary, by the way). But I repeat: Sikhism is NOT Christianity and is, like all other religions, at its essence or core actually opposed to Christianity, and vice versa, on the central issue of the divinity of Christ. Thus there can be no accommodation between the two faiths.
As many former Sikhs have said, a person from a Sikh family who converts from Sikhism to true Christianity will be disowned by the family. Nikki is not only on close terms with her family, but has business relationships with them and occasionally takes her children to the Sikh temple as well. apparently, she and her children move easily between the two cultures. I do not say these things to condemn Haley on religious grounds, only to say that any Christian who believes Haley is one of them is in serious spiritual delusion.
Haleyââ¬â¢s website is cleverly obtuse for a reason: she wants to have it both ways: major out-of-state Hindu and Sikh funding for her political campaign, while taking conservative South Carolinians along for the ride as she heads toward the governorââ¬â¢s mansion. And South Carolinians are just stupid enough to fall for it.
But understand clearly that Sikhism is NOT Christianity. Sikhs do NOT believe in the divinity of Christ (nor is such a belief essential in order to ATTEND a Methodist church ââ¬â or even to graduate from a Methodist seminary, by the way). But I repeat: Sikhism is NOT Christianity and is, like all other religions, at its essence or core actually opposed to Christianity, and vice versa, on the central issue of the divinity of Christ. Thus there can be no accommodation between the two faiths.
As many former Sikhs have said, a person from a Sikh family who converts from Sikhism to true Christianity will be disowned by the family. Nikki is not only on close terms with her family, but has business relationships with them and occasionally takes her children to the Sikh temple as well. apparently, she and her children move easily between the two cultures. I do not say these things to condemn Haley on religious grounds, only to say that any Christian who believes Haley is one of them is in serious spiritual delusion.
Haleyââ¬â¢s website is cleverly obtuse for a reason: she wants to have it both ways: major out-of-state Hindu and Sikh funding for her political campaign, while taking conservative South Carolinians along for the ride as she heads toward the governorââ¬â¢s mansion. And South Carolinians are just stupid enough to fall for it.