Kuljit Singh Ji says:

'Sin does not mean anything, it is just a label as far as Sikhism is concerned. In reality we need to see is it is appropriate for Sikh to marry a non Sikh. There are two consequences.
1. There will be slow decline in Sikh values and growth over time as there is more likelihood that person and their offspring will not stick to the Sikh religion.
2 Sikh religion will cease to be a kind of religion with the same firm Maryada and will be wildly accepted as an open religion as it brings more values from other religion.'

Not that I actualy disagree with this, but it got me to thinking about religion in general and Sikhi in particular.

Why be religious, why belive in God and take steps to lead a life as laid out by your religious dogma?

The quick and simple answer would appear to be for some sort of reward, be that heaven, or paradise, or enlightenment, or simply a way out of this life-death-rebirth cycle.

As such that makes each and every one of us religious types selfish, yep selfish. We are of course first and foremost in it to 'save our souls' and many of the alturistic practices that come with faith are really as a by product of this.

So I want to ask what do you consider to be more important, that Sikhi survive and florish, or that you personaly find God this time around?

And to get the ball rolling, I belive that my personal search for God is more inportant than the religion that I am a member of.