religion

Hi, I'm interested in learning about the Sikh religion and philosophy. The very limited amount of information I've read has led me here and I'd like a guiding hand as to what to read and who to talk to? Thanks Ben (link is to my facebook if anyone wants to add me). (About me: 31, M, Uk...

INDIA 8 August 2011 These are no fast food service type of menus nor are there any free lunches and those expecting such an easy result are, with all my humility and civility warned to restrain themselves from these practices. Nor will it confer magic within a limited time frame. Its results are...

Sadh Sangatji, Waheguruji ka Khalsa, Waheguruji ki Fateh In our religion Baba Budhaji served 6 Guru Saheban and was the first Granthi of Sri Guru Granth Saheb but Guru saheban never used word Sant for him. Four saahebzade, 40 Mukte, Bhai Sati Dasji, Bhai Mati Dasji and Bhai Dayaliji were never...

Ask the Religion Experts. Does Religion Divide or Unite People? Rabbi REUVEN BULKA is head of Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Ottawa and host of Sunday Night with Rabbi Bulka on 580 CFRA. Yes. Religion both divides and unites. It divides by the very nature of having different...

One of my learned friends has asked me a question. He says " God created human but religions were not created by Him. I strongly believe in God and pray that I should not do any thing wrong. I want to respect all religions but do not want to follow any religion. Religion is a failure as...

BY JESSAMY BROWN Great slide show at this link http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/07/29/3256952/cultures-from-around-globe-have.html The Sikh temple on Euless Boulevard comes to life every Sunday morning. Men wearing turbans and women in colorful dress remove their shoes and wash their...

by Rabbi Alana Suskin Secretary, Rabbis for Human Rights - North America Anat Biletzki, past chairperson of the Israeli human rights organization B'tselem, recently suggested in the NYT blog ("The Sacred and the Humane") that "religion, even when indirectly in the service of human rights, is...

July 19, 2011 What most humans and most religions are afraid to look at Author: Neale Walsh - The Global Conversation Here is what most humans and most religions are afraid to look at: Perhaps what it is that humans don’t understand about God is that God is not at all what people have...

Religion has forced environment ministry to alter its animal welfare bill, 2011. The environment ministry has changed the provision which could have made ritualistic slaughter of animals for food by different religious groups -halal by Muslims, jhatka by Hindus or Sikhs and kosher by Jews - an...

by Kabir Helminski Sufi Shaikh and author I was having a conversation with Bill Maher the other day -- in my own mind, that is. I was admitting that I agree with a lot of what he criticizes about religion, or more precisely the ludicrous nature of some religious "beliefs." Since I...

July 3, 2011 Ask the Religion Experts: What is Heaven? The Ottawa Citizen - July 3, 2011 Rev. GEOFFREY KERSLAKE is a priest of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Ottawa. To be in heaven is to live the “perfect life with the Most Holy Trinity — this communion of life and love with the...

June 27, 2011 Another Step Closer To A One World Religion: 50 U.S. Churches To Read From The Quran On Sunday The American Dream June 27, 2011 The three main pillars of the “New World Order” that the global elite want to bring about are a one world economy, a one world...

By Jyoti Malhotra Until Saturday night, when one of India’s best-known yoga gurus escaped from a Delhi police crackdown in female clothing — setting off peals of laughter across the country — the ruling Congress-led government looked in danger of being caught in the catatonic thrall of...

Poverty, Caste and Religion to be Simultaneously Mapped by SMITA GUPTA A nationwide survey that will simultaneously map the economic, caste and religious backgrounds of the entire population was approved by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. The survey marks two firsts: firstly, in a break...

by Bruce Ramsey Two Christians, a Muslim and a Jew meet a group of Republicans. No joke. It happened last week in Redmond at a meeting of the Eastside Republican Club. Four religious leaders, each from conservative denominations, talked about how far government ought to accommodate...

South India's cultural past not confined to one religion: Prof. Champakalakshmi The empirical pre-eminence in the study of history in inscription-rich Tamil Nadu and a modern outlook on historiography combine to provide a fresh understanding of the past in a book launched here on Tuesday...

As i am writing this article for mere advice and do not want to offend anyone first and outmost. I was basicly born and raised here in the US but am very close to my sikh roots. I understand that sikhism represents equality on all mankind weather not matter color cast or religion. I took my...

Hi Everyone. I want to know whether a Sikh Girl marrying a Hindu Boy or a Hindu Girl marrying a Sikh Boy is against the traditions of Sikhism. Is it necessary for the two to be either Sikh or Hindu to tie a pure knot of marriage and to start a new Life. If not, then why parents wants their...

Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News, Dallas http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12811197 A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say...

The census is currently taking place in the UK and this has got me thinking about ethnicity vs religion. In the last US census Sikhs were encouraged to put Sikh down as their ethnicity rather than religion. Although I can understand the reasoning behind this argument I'm not sure I can agree...