Why choose SIKHISM ?

[Caleb]

I have heard many claims about religions being progressive and everything, not sexist and whatnot.

But then you look into it and there is always something wrong. Sure you can say it does not HAVE to be that way, and you can say that that is only the followers of the religion and not the heart of it,

But if any religion has any hard beliefs, where you cannot change it, and interprete it any way you want, and adapt it, that is if it has dogmatism, you always find that attempts to be liberal or progressive are some way untrue to the spirit of the religion.

Take Sikhism, my question is it really adaptable, I mean would Sikhs give up things that are old hollowed traditions just like the Gurus threw away so many things they considered superstitious?

Or do Sikhs now have there own hide bound dogma and rituals and customs and there is no new Guru to criticize them because they are all finished and have an Eternal Guru?

[Alex P]

Originally Posted by Caleb

Take Sikhism, my question is it really adaptable, I mean would Sikhs give up things that are old hollowed traditions just like the Gurus threw away so many things they considered superstitious?

Or do Sikhs now have there own hide bound dogma and rituals and customs and there is no new Guru to criticize them because they are all finished and have an Eternal Guru?

Well, we have to remember that Sikhism is a mix of Hindusim and Islam.... "There is only one god, and he is our father, therefore we must be brothers." - Guru Nanak... (founder of Sikhism..)

So you will find that there is much that is mixed and seem like dogma, because in some forms most of it is, as they have taken the better parts from two religions and then added their own parts...Remembering that Sikhism, is kind of bound to certain areas and it is also culture and tradition... Most has nothing to do with superstition....

Sikh is a Hindi word which means disciple, they are all disciples(followers) of Guru Nanak... So they abide by his teachings.. which is seen as the 'teachings of the ten gurus' And most of their dogmas stand for important historical times or religious events within their religion so they make the religion what it is... So to an extent... No you can't take it away as you will take away the culture and tradition from their religion, sure they would still have god... But, you know how it is

Yes they have an enternal guru... god.

Nice post, hope some of that helped.

[Caleb]

yah i figured. also, i meant the Guru Granth as the Eternal Guru, finished and in no way improvable.

the Baha'is say that there will always be another prophet, but they say it won't be for like a thousand years. i wonder how they will deal with such a thing when it comes. everyone seems so finished and unimprovable.

[Dawud]

Originally Posted by Caleb

the Baha'is say that there will always be another prophet, but they say it won't be for like a thousand years. i wonder how they will deal with such a thing when it comes. everyone seems so finished and unimprovable.

It comes down to the individual soul. There were Jews who became Christian when Jesus came. There were Jews who didn't. There were Muslims who became Baha'i when Baha'u'llah came. There were Muslims who didn't. You can't judge a religion by what some of its followers might do in the future when another Prophet comes. To know a religion, you have to know what the Founder of that religion taught. Want to know Sikhism, go to the Guru? Want to know about Zoroastrianism, go to Zoroaster. Want to know about Hinduism, go to Krishna. Want to know about the Baha'i Faith, go to Baha'u'llah.