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Raising questions is good. However, for a while your tone become one of righteousness and you cannot possibly be right in your way of thinking rather than critical appraisal. All too often atheists have an attitude of moral superiority which is just as ugly in them as in religious people who have that attitude. In one thread the declaration was that you saw it as your personal mission to finish people's religious convictions which to me seems the same attitude as Christian missionaries. A couple of times you also completely disregarded some responses as they did not fit in well with what you think Sikhs believe. Genuine questions are very welcome. Recent posts from you have been more balanced and open minded, less judgemental and therefore more enjoyable for all and more welcome. We do have 1 major thing in common-we both think a lot of Sikhs have missed the point and we love to question!Your concept of impersonal vs compassion is an interesting one. I guess my thinking about compassionate is 1) giving life and 2) the feeling of constancy and happiness that comes with achieving the state of union described in the Guru Granth Sahib ji. How life is used is then free will so that why it is not compassion in the human sense. All resources are available as seen in the array of life on the planet. Its humans that misuse them. I will admit that sometimes it is very difficult to see the compassion but taking the traditional meaning of compassion I think it is free will and compassion that is not compatible rather than Ik Oankar and compassion. I propose we have just put too narrow a definition on compassion so we can blame God for our actions. Hmmmmmmm :33:Your example about string theory etc just proves that those who follow science as a religion as just as much fools!! I also disagree with your assessment about spirituality. What you describe are short term effects induced by an external agent. Spirituality is long term and comes from inside. I don't claim to be an expert as have a long long way to go but the 2 things are fundamentally different. Maybe you should define what spirituality means to you?
Raising questions is good. However, for a while your tone become one of righteousness and you cannot possibly be right in your way of thinking rather than critical appraisal. All too often atheists have an attitude of moral superiority which is just as ugly in them as in religious people who have that attitude. In one thread the declaration was that you saw it as your personal mission to finish people's religious convictions which to me seems the same attitude as Christian missionaries. A couple of times you also completely disregarded some responses as they did not fit in well with what you think Sikhs believe. Genuine questions are very welcome. Recent posts from you have been more balanced and open minded, less judgemental and therefore more enjoyable for all and more welcome. We do have 1 major thing in common-we both think a lot of Sikhs have missed the point and we love to question!
Your concept of impersonal vs compassion is an interesting one. I guess my thinking about compassionate is 1) giving life and 2) the feeling of constancy and happiness that comes with achieving the state of union described in the Guru Granth Sahib ji. How life is used is then free will so that why it is not compassion in the human sense. All resources are available as seen in the array of life on the planet. Its humans that misuse them. I will admit that sometimes it is very difficult to see the compassion but taking the traditional meaning of compassion I think it is free will and compassion that is not compatible rather than Ik Oankar and compassion. I propose we have just put too narrow a definition on compassion so we can blame God for our actions. Hmmmmmmm :33:
Your example about string theory etc just proves that those who follow science as a religion as just as much fools!! I also disagree with your assessment about spirituality. What you describe are short term effects induced by an external agent. Spirituality is long term and comes from inside. I don't claim to be an expert as have a long long way to go but the 2 things are fundamentally different. Maybe you should define what spirituality means to you?
