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The Sikh Thread

Unlike a certain other religion, having a beer is not seen as deserving of 80 lashes.

Many muslims in cultures where alcohol is normal also use it. Also some buddists. And christians and wiccans. Are you getting confused between what the books says - though shalt not wear mixed fibre garments for example - and what people choose to do?

What "certain other religion" are you talking about? Can't be any of the ones I've just listed or it would be an innacurate statement. :confused:
 
Many muslims in cultures where alcohol is normal also use it. Also some buddists. And christians and wiccans.

Not aware of anything in the Bible which bans the use of alcohol. Indeed, Jesus partook regularly himself!

Don't know about Buddhists, but I'm pretty sure Wiccans don't have any problems with it!
 
MY point was that many people in western cultures use it. And this is or isn't "against their religion" according to people who are fundies - so come on, 'fess up,

what is this "certain other religion" you felt you could not name?
 
Not aware of anything in the Bible which bans the use of alcohol. Indeed, Jesus partook regularly himself!

Don't know about Buddhists, but I'm pretty sure Wiccans don't have any problems with it!
Some Buddhist monks like to get high .. Nepalese Temple Ball is a method where they get three round balls, two of them hashish and one of them opium then bury the lot in a hessian sack ... the opium increases the potency and after they dig it all back up, they use the hashish to make incense sticks for "meditation" purposes.
 
Even the Sikh thread turns into an Islam thread! I was friends with a Sikh at school. Great guy.
 
Some Buddhist monks like to get high .. Nepalese Temple Ball is a method where they get three round balls, two of them hashish and one of them opium then bury the lot in a hessian sack ... the opium increases the potency and after they dig it all back up, they use the hashish to make incense sticks for "meditation" purposes.

Sounds like pretty intense meditation!

Even the Sikh thread turns into an Islam thread! I was friends with a Sikh at school. Great guy.

Yeah, pretty much all the Sikhs I've known have been great guys and gals!

She started it!

Yeah, sorry, my bad.
 
Frideswide: Alcohol is haram.

that is like saying that no christian wears mixed fibres....... it may well be forbidden but only to those who choose to obey it. And not even to all those who call themselves fundamentalist - this group like all the others chooses what to do and not do for cultural reasons which aren't wholly to do with The Religion, especially as interpreted by non-members.

The point of the questioning is to find out which religion @Quake42 is running so shit scared of that it cannot just be named. Or there could be another reason for the verbal coyness of course! Do tell Quake!
 
Let's keep that in the Islam thread.
 
Why? It was a comment made in this thread.

Try flagging it up for a mod in the re-organisation thread? Mods do a grand job editing and slicing and splicing and I'm sure they'll cope.

Trying just to stop people posting in a thread doesn't usually work!
Let's keep that in the Islam thread.

is that aimed at me or are you referring back down the thread?

I don't think it can be me you mean - I'm talking about a posting on this thread, and my most recent post is in response to one by someone called Xanatic* who /does/ mention islam - although my post doesn't.

The mods do wonders slicing, splicing, pruning and planting threads which are flagged up for them in, for example, the reorganisation thread. Seems to work better than just calling out hopefully for action.
 
Relax, Frideswide, it was just meant as a throwaway jokey comment. Sorry if it derailed the thread.
 
I was just trying to keep things on topic here. I want to learn about sikhs. Of course Quake was talking about islam.
 
I was just trying to keep things on topic here. I want to learn about sikhs.

From what I know about it, Sikhism seems a very interesting religion. I'd like to visit the Golden Temple someday.
 
I'm curious how open the sikhs are about the religion being deliberatly made up, more or less. I'm afraid I have little first hand knowledge of sikhs.
 
I might have misphrased that. I don't know if they are willing to aknowledge that or not.
 
I keep misreading the thread title as the Slk Thread!

(That is all.)
 
I'm curious how open the sikhs are about the religion being deliberatly made up, more or less. I'm afraid I have little first hand knowledge of sikhs.

From the Siks I've known, their faith seems, like Judaism, to be as much - perhaps more - about shared history and culture than religious belief.
 
I'm curious how open the sikhs are about the religion being deliberatly made up, more or less.
The same could be said of any other religion.
 
For most their beginnings are lost in the mists of time.
 
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The San Bernardino sign was ordered before the temple was vandalized but it did not go up until after.

A Sikh temple in Buena Park was vandalized by someone who apparently thought it was a Muslim house of worship, and the facility's leader is demanding the incident be investigated as a hate crime.

”The Gurdwara [Singh Sabha] was vandalized during Sunday early hours, and a hateful graffiti was seen on the walls of the Gurdwara and also a truck parked in the parking lot. The graffiti included the phrase, “F@#k ISIS,” and the words “Islam” and other reference of gangs,” says the Washington-based Sikh Council on Religion and Education in a statement.

“We are of the opinion that this is a hate crime and that this is a direct result of a possible backlash from the San Bernardino killings,” Inderjot Singh, president of the gurdwara, told India West, referencing the Dec. 2 massacre of 14 people, allegedly by ISIS supporters.

A quick primer for haters or those who skipped comparative religion: Sikhism is a monotheistic dharma which originated during the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. Its followers, known as Sikhs, rarely seeks converts. Islam is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion that originated during the seventh century in what is now Saudi Arabia. Its followers, known as Muslims, do seek converts. The confusion likely stems from the facts some Sikhs and Muslim men wear turbans.

http://www.ocweekly.com/news/brodie...-anti-muslim-vandalism-at-sikh-temple-6825855
 
...and the bloody great dome on the roof.

If someone is dumb enough to spray offensive graffiti, I doubt they'll understand or care about the differences between religions.
 
Teen brutally stabs store clerk to death in second attack on Sikhs in Fresno in a week

Police are seeking a teenager who stabbed a Sikh store clerk to death last week in California.

Surveillance video shows the suspect, who appears to be in his late teens, lurking outside the Fresno shop New Year’s Day until customers left, reported KFSN-TV.

The teen, who appears to be white, thin and about 5 foot 7 inches tall, then went inside, called Gurcharan Singh Gill toward him and stabbed the clerk as he approached.

Gill pushed himself away and grabbed a golf club, but the teen knocked him to the ground and walked over to the cash register and tried unsuccessfully to open it.

The suspect grabbed something from a store shelf and walked out, leaving Gill to die from his wounds.

Authorities announced a $10,000 reward, including an $8,000 contribution from the city’s Sikh community and $2,000 from Crimestoppers, for information leading to an arrest.

The incident is being investigated as a hate crime, although Gill does not wear the traditional turban that has made other Sikhs a mistaken target of anti-Muslim violence. ...

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/tee...n-second-attack-on-sikhs-in-fresno-in-a-week/
 
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