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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member4" data-source="post: 88767" data-attributes="member: 6184"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Sikhism does not include the defintion of an atheist God because <strong>atheist</strong> <strong>do not</strong> <strong>BELEIVE IN A GOD OR MANY GODS. Atheism says there is no God. </strong>Now what does Sikhism say on God or many Gods. Here it is at the beginning of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">One Universal Creator God. ang 1</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Now, Sikhism says that there is Only One God <strong>Period</strong> </span></span><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">AND </span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">on the other hand we have atheism <strong>No God</strong>. Sikhism and Atheism are <strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">COMPLETE OPPOSITE IN BELIEVING IN GOD.</span></strong> Even though God is nothing there is still a God; God is that nothing and God is that everything. God has every attribute and no attribute, but just because he does not have even one attribute does not mean he does not exist. God exist without no attribute, but at the end there is still a God.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">now, i'll post my first post here once again to go deeper into what Guru ji says about faithful people and faithless people.</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">In Jap ji Sahib on ang 3 </span></span></span><a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff"> ji describes faithful people; ones who believe in God. Also </span></span></span><a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff"> ji reminds the forgotten about the faithful in the morning for Jap ji Sahib is read in </span></span></span><a href="http://www.sikhism.us/amrit/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Amrit</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #0000ff"> Vaylaa.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The state of the faithful cannot be described. One who tries to describe this shall regret the attempt. No paper, no pen, no scribe can record the state of the faithful. Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord. Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. || 12 || The faithful have intuitive awareness and intelligence. The faithful know about all worlds and realms. The faithful shall never be struck across the face. The faithful do not have to go with the Messenger of Death. Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord. Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. || 13 || The path of the faithful shall never be blocked. The faithful shall depart with honor and fame. The faithful do not follow empty religious rituals. The faithful are firmly bound to the Dharma. Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord. Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. || 14 || The faithful find the Door of </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahona'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Liberation. The faithful uplift and redeem their family and relations. The faithful are saved, and carried across with the <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/sikhs/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Sikhs</span></a> of the <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a>. The faithful, O Nanak, do not wander around begging. Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord. Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. || 15 || ang 3</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue">Then before going to bed a <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Sikh</span></a> reads <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Kirtan</span></a> Sohila and here <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a> ji tells us about faithless cynical people.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahona'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">RAAG GAUREE POORBEE, FOURTH MEHL: The body-village is filled to overflowing with anger and sexual desire; these were broken into bits when I met with the Holy Saint. By pre-ordained destiny, I have met with the <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a>. I have entered into the realm of the Lord.s Love. || 1 || Greet the Holy Saint with your palms pressed together; this is an act of great merit. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahona'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Bow down before Him; this is a virtuous action indeed. || 1 || Pause || The wicked shaaktas, the faithless cynics, do not know the Taste of the Lord.s Sublime Essence. The thorn of egotism is embedded deep within them. The more they walk away, the deeper it pierces them, and the more they suffer in pain, until finally, the Messenger of Death smashes his club against their heads. || 2 || ang 13</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">Here <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a> ji reminds us before going to bed that faithless cynics do not reach the one Lord. For there skeptical ways have drowned them in egotism</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue">Here are some other shabads that disagree with what you have said.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahona'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">SIREE RAAG, THIRD MEHL: Discarding the Ambrosial Nectar, they greedily grab the poison; they serve others, instead of the Lord. They lose their faith, they have no understanding; night and day, they suffer in pain. The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not even think of the Lord; they are drowned to death without water. || 1 || O mind, vibrate and meditate forever on the Lord; seek the Protection of His Sanctuary. If the Word of the <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a>.s Shabad abides deep within, then you shall not forget the Lord. || 1 || Pause || ang 31</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue">Here <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a> ji is telling us those without faith in the One Lord do not serve the Lord, they serve others. And at the end they do not meet the One Lord</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Engrossed in egotism, the world perishes. It dies and is re-born; it continues coming and going in reincarnation. The self-willed manmukhs do not recognize the Shabad; they forfeit their honor, and depart in disgrace. Ang 33</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahona'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Serving the <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a>, the Name is obtained, and one remains absorbed in the True Lord. || 3 || With faith in the Shabad, the <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a> is found, and selfishness is eradicated from within. Night and day, worship the True Lord with devotion and love forever. The Treasure of the Naam abides in the mind; O Nanak, in the poise of perfect balance, merge into the Lord. || 4 || 19 || 52|| ang 34</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">This last shabad that I will present sums up everything</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahona'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Those who do not have faith in the Primal Being, the True <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a>, and who do not enshrine love for the Shabad.they take their cleansing baths, and give to charity again and again, but they are ultimately consumed by their love of duality. When the Dear Lord Himself grants His Grace, they are inspired to love the Naam. O Nanak, immerse yourself in the Naam, through the Infinite Love of the <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a>. || 5 || 20 || 53 || ang 34</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue">In this shabad <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Guru</span></a> ji makes it crystal clear that one can give to charity again and again but if he/she do not have faith in the One Lord then they are consumed in the love of duality. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue">A <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Sikh</span></a> is a <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Sikh</span></a> who believes in the One Lord. And it does matter if a <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333">Sikh</span></a> believes in the One Lord. Just read the above shabads to know why. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">To believe in God means to believe in the creative being personified, no fear, no hatred, beyond birth, and self existent. One can sever others, but without faith in the One Lord they are only serving the people for they do not serve the One Lord. To serve the One Lord means to serve the One Lord with love and faith in your heart toward the One Lord and serving others will be serving the One Lord.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member4, post: 88767, member: 6184"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Sikhism does not include the defintion of an atheist God because [B]atheist[/B] [B]do not[/B] [B]BELEIVE IN A GOD OR MANY GODS. Atheism says there is no God. [/B]Now what does Sikhism say on God or many Gods. Here it is at the beginning of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]One Universal Creator God. ang 1[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Now, Sikhism says that there is Only One God [B]Period[/B] [/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]AND [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]on the other hand we have atheism [B]No God[/B]. Sikhism and Atheism are [B][FONT=Tahoma]COMPLETE OPPOSITE IN BELIEVING IN GOD.[/FONT][/B] Even though God is nothing there is still a God; God is that nothing and God is that everything. God has every attribute and no attribute, but just because he does not have even one attribute does not mean he does not exist. God exist without no attribute, but at the end there is still a God.[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]now, i'll post my first post here once again to go deeper into what Guru ji says about faithful people and faithless people.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]In Jap ji Sahib on ang 3 [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff] ji describes faithful people; ones who believe in God. 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The faithful do not have to go with the Messenger of Death. Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord. Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. || 13 || The path of the faithful shall never be blocked. The faithful shall depart with honor and fame. The faithful do not follow empty religious rituals. The faithful are firmly bound to the Dharma. Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord. Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. || 14 || The faithful find the Door of [/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Tahona][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Liberation. The faithful uplift and redeem their family and relations. The faithful are saved, and carried across with the [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/sikhs/"][COLOR=#333333]Sikhs[/COLOR][/URL] of the [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL]. The faithful, O Nanak, do not wander around begging. Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord. Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. || 15 || ang 3[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]Then before going to bed a [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Sikh[/COLOR][/URL] reads [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Kirtan[/COLOR][/URL] Sohila and here [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL] ji tells us about faithless cynical people.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Tahona][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]RAAG GAUREE POORBEE, FOURTH MEHL: The body-village is filled to overflowing with anger and sexual desire; these were broken into bits when I met with the Holy Saint. By pre-ordained destiny, I have met with the [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL]. I have entered into the realm of the Lord.s Love. || 1 || Greet the Holy Saint with your palms pressed together; this is an act of great merit. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Tahona][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Bow down before Him; this is a virtuous action indeed. || 1 || Pause || The wicked shaaktas, the faithless cynics, do not know the Taste of the Lord.s Sublime Essence. The thorn of egotism is embedded deep within them. The more they walk away, the deeper it pierces them, and the more they suffer in pain, until finally, the Messenger of Death smashes his club against their heads. || 2 || ang 13[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]Here [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL] ji reminds us before going to bed that faithless cynics do not reach the one Lord. For there skeptical ways have drowned them in egotism[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]Here are some other shabads that disagree with what you have said.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Tahona][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]SIREE RAAG, THIRD MEHL: Discarding the Ambrosial Nectar, they greedily grab the poison; they serve others, instead of the Lord. They lose their faith, they have no understanding; night and day, they suffer in pain. The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not even think of the Lord; they are drowned to death without water. || 1 || O mind, vibrate and meditate forever on the Lord; seek the Protection of His Sanctuary. If the Word of the [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL].s Shabad abides deep within, then you shall not forget the Lord. || 1 || Pause || ang 31[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]Here [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL] ji is telling us those without faith in the One Lord do not serve the Lord, they serve others. And at the end they do not meet the One Lord[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Engrossed in egotism, the world perishes. It dies and is re-born; it continues coming and going in reincarnation. The self-willed manmukhs do not recognize the Shabad; they forfeit their honor, and depart in disgrace. Ang 33[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Tahona][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Serving the [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL], the Name is obtained, and one remains absorbed in the True Lord. || 3 || With faith in the Shabad, the [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL] is found, and selfishness is eradicated from within. Night and day, worship the True Lord with devotion and love forever. The Treasure of the Naam abides in the mind; O Nanak, in the poise of perfect balance, merge into the Lord. || 4 || 19 || 52|| ang 34[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]This last shabad that I will present sums up everything[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Tahona][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Those who do not have faith in the Primal Being, the True [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL], and who do not enshrine love for the Shabad.they take their cleansing baths, and give to charity again and again, but they are ultimately consumed by their love of duality. When the Dear Lord Himself grants His Grace, they are inspired to love the Naam. O Nanak, immerse yourself in the Naam, through the Infinite Love of the [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL]. || 5 || 20 || 53 || ang 34[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]In this shabad [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Guru[/COLOR][/URL] ji makes it crystal clear that one can give to charity again and again but if he/she do not have faith in the One Lord then they are consumed in the love of duality. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]A [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Sikh[/COLOR][/URL] is a [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Sikh[/COLOR][/URL] who believes in the One Lord. And it does matter if a [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/"][COLOR=#333333]Sikh[/COLOR][/URL] believes in the One Lord. Just read the above shabads to know why. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]To believe in God means to believe in the creative being personified, no fear, no hatred, beyond birth, and self existent. One can sever others, but without faith in the One Lord they are only serving the people for they do not serve the One Lord. To serve the One Lord means to serve the One Lord with love and faith in your heart toward the One Lord and serving others will be serving the One Lord.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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