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    "RAM" Act Fatwa

    Then you must realize you live in a world of self defined dreams. That degree of purity is no longer found on this planet. You have a right to believe in that idealistic perspective of faith, but I also believe people should have the right to believe in what they perceive and see to be realistic...
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    Sects Discussion On Naamdhari Sikhs

    And exactly which religous figures, anywhere in the world, are?
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    Being Naamdhari Is Sikhi

    Sikhism is what one makes of it. What it is not is dogmatic. We also have no fatwas. We do evidently have lots of dreamers. But dreaming is good, because so few of Sikhs do it anymore. If Bani is your Bhang, no problems. But one should not confuse one's interpretation of it as fact, nor should...
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    Sects Discussion On Naamdhari Sikhs

    Some people are too extreme. Sikhism has always been inclusive and not exclusive. It is doubly ironic that in todays world of rapidly disappearing Sikhism, there are those who believe in die hard standards. WEll good for them. But they are on a different wavelength from reality, and we all can...
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    Call To Muslims To Seduce Sikh Girls Into Islam

    Just out of curiosity, why is it that people use all these abbreviations. Are you really that pressed for time?
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    Did Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale Ji Ever Get The Respect He Deserved As Sikh Martyr

    Bhindranwale had ***** no doubt. Unlike any other political figure in modern india, he actually died for his cause. However, he should not have put Harimandir Sahib at risk. For in the destruction of Akal Takht, he has much responsibility. Better to have died in the open fields or city gullies...
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    "RAM" Act Fatwa

    I am not in the habit of psychoanalyzing anyone or giving critiques of emotions. What is undeniable is the rot and incompetence of our leadership, both Sikh and Indian. What is also undeniable is our apathy among the educated Sikhs to be more involved, but that generalization is true among most...
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    Being Naamdhari Is Sikhi

    Re: Being Naam-dhari is Sikhi If I may ask, why do you bother then? I counter with the simple thought that the culture and language are more important than the religion, although people can think what they like or not at all for that matter. The history, culture and language are the roots of...
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    "RAM" Act Fatwa

    Yes, but we sitting and talking in the USA are going to stop this??!! http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/world/asia/29turban.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
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    "RAM" Act Fatwa

    Then you are taking some good bhang, share it will you not please? Why you say? The prime minister of India is Manmohan Singh, a turban wearing sikh who cannot even politely tell france what it ought to do with its turban ban. The head of the Indian Army man is another "yes" man, JJ...
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    Being Naamdhari Is Sikhi

    Re: Being Naam-dhari is Sikhi You people talk about things most average and common "sikhs" do not deal with nor care about. I for one do not care what Naamdharis do or do not do. I also am not personally that bothered about naam and the soul. I am more interested in preserving the culture or...
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    Being Naamdhari Is Sikhi

    Re: Being Naam-dhari is Sikhi More energy should be expended on the maintenance of Sikh culture and language than on highlighting the differences amongst us. We no longer have the luxury of the pursuit of purity.
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    Being Naamdhari Is Sikhi

    Re: Being Naam-dhari is Sikhi Same old debates.....if you claim to be a sikh, you are a sikh. If you can speak and master punjabi, awesommeee!!!!! If you keep kesh and pagdri, you are one of the few true sikhs. The rest is all semantics. Lets wake up and smell the coffee, or rather the aroma of...
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    Sikh View Of Other Faiths

    Indeed, indeed, indeed. True, true, and true. But where does it leave us?
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    Is God A Conscious Entity From The Perspective Of Sikhism?

    Re: Some questions... Or are the atheists correct? Is all our piety, religousness and prayer a salve for our inability to really face the possibility there is no God at all? It always strikes me as odd that people often ignore all the horror in the world, as if somehow all this misery we see...
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