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According to Sikhism, is it ok to interpret God as the universe itself? If yes, then why do we as Sikhs talk about the creation of the universe? All answers appreciated. Charan 8)

Since the moderator mocked, that the thread title does not correspond to the issues debated at the other thread, i opened this one, and ask to continue the debate here.

From the blog of Pawandeep Sooch The age of religion can go as far back in history as the age of humanity. But one of the most recent and most organized religions of the world is Sikhism — a faith founded in Punjab, a northern state of India next to the foothills of the great Himalayas...

Rumi is justly celebrated as one of the great poets of human history. When I started reading him as an undergraduate 45 years ago, I did not know Persian and relied on the work of R. A. Nicholson, who produced the first critical edition of Rumi's 25,000-verse Mathnawi along with a complete...

Something about this article makes me wonder. Reading from paragraph to paragraph, I cannot find the connections that I need to make sense of it. The information they give has a doomsday ring to it. Reading the article as someone from the US I have no way to tell if the events they report are...

"God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please -- you can never have both." -Ralph Waldo Emerson Nearly 500 years after science and religion parted company over Galileo's demeaning challenge to a church invested in geocentricity, we have come to a...

Living within the WILL (BHANA) Of God (WAHEGURU JI) Whenever you think life is tough or unfair remember this................ http://wimp.com/watchingthis/

Posted on behalf of Tejwant Singh Malik ji The answer to such deep questions has traditionally been the province of religion, which excels at it. Every thinking person knows an insuperable mystery lies at the final square of the game board. So when we run out of explanations and causes...

From the Sikh scriptures, the Respected Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred hymn at ang (appendage of the living body) 679 (page 569:) (uttered by Guru Arjan Dev, the Fifth Nanak): Saas (breath) saas (breath) simroh (meditate ) Gobind (God) [ With each breath of your body meditate upon God...

BALPREET SINGH BOPARAI works in legal counsel for the World Sikh Organization of Canada. Evolution, or the change over time in the genetic composition of populations, is a scientific reality. The process has been observed and studied and there is no doubt it occurs. For people of faith...

Beware of an Anthropomorphic God! by T. SHER SINGH One of the many traps that language holds for us humans is the knee-jerk tendency to anthropomorphizing - ascribe human-like qualities - to things and concepts which are actually not human or human-like. Thus, we talk about "Our nation wants...

Little religious introduction of mine I m pseudo Sikh, Kinda trying to get into Gursikh life way. I am not a religious scholar either. What I am trying to find is that If god created all the creation (brahmand) what was the purpose? Did he need some body to appreciate him? Please...

source: http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/05/12/1047851/mapquesting-god.html Mapquesting God Kathleen Parker Washington Post Writers Group May 12, 2010, 7:11 AM / WASHINGTON—As thousands prayed across the nation Thursday in celebration of National Day of Prayer, the Rev. Franklin Graham...

In Bed with Gandhi: Are God and Sex Incompatible? Kate Fridkis: In Bed with Gandhi: Are God and Sex Incompatible? When I found out, it felt like Mother Teresa all over again. For the longest time, no one had imagined that there was a single negative thing to be said about that woman. And...

Does your faith teach that God is personal, and loves us individually? Does your faith teach that God is personal, and loves us individually? According to Sikh teachings, all living souls are an extension of the Divine Soul -- Waheguru (Wondrous Lord God). God does love each of us...

This is a very interesting question someone asked me the other day: Can God create a mountain which he cannot lift? Now before you answer, note that I am not questioning Vaheguru's strength. I am simply curious to the solutions you give. If anyone does not see the contradiction here, I will...

I found something interesting at a Gurdwara Sahib, and wanted to share it with you all. Some days back, I noticed a Gursikh Veer distributing candies to kids outside the Gurdwara Sahib Jorha ghar. When I went near, I saw there was a message written on each candy (pls. find picture attached). It...

I have two questions that I was asked a while back and I have been wondering the answers ever since. First of all, (this was asked by an atheist) if God exists, why do so many "bad" things happen in the world? It got me thinking, why does vaheguru not make everyone good and take out all of the...

All this talk on Atheism, has got me thinking. Does the Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji actually mention the word God, or does it actually just mention something else. Not God as in the Semitic concept. For example, the first few lines of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji describe "God" as: Sat - Truth...

The world is full of pain,misery and sickness.God,being omni-potent could easily have created a perfect world. Could someone enlighten me,without playing with words,so a lay-man like me can understand"God"s Great Game-plan".:confused: