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7. Dont wear inappropriate clothing bright flashy sparkly suits, multicoloured suits, extravagant suits...)

15. Dont pay attention to what other people are wearing.

those rules contradict each other

but the rest are good

wow!

you replied in record time.

thanks so much, it makes a lot of sense!

I posted here a while ago about my situation of converting. im still standing strong on it and ive been doing alot of research and i know that i am doing the right thing.

i had a question though, i hope it doesnt offend anyone.

If you, as sikhs, are not supposed to eat meat, then why was it accepted that Guru Gobind Singh Ji was a great hunter. im not looking in any way of making it look like eating meat is right, i know its wrong. in fact i've been vegan for almost 3 months now. I saw a video on the horrors of factory farms and the pain and suffereing that these animals go through and it totally changed me. so i would appreciate it if you could answer this.

think you are judging Sikhi by punjabi culture, and other outside things.

In order to truly experience the essence of Sikhi, I humbly advise that before you make any decision to change your Guru and become a Lutheran Christian, you should try to be a Gursikh. Try to read the translations of Guru granth Sahib jee, do paat, do naam sirman with all your heart. Say "Waheguru" (Wonderful enlightener) from the bottom of your heart and say it many times with devotion. Most importantly, go to a smagam. Whether that is a saadh sangat smagam (www.samagams.org) or an akhand keertanee jathaa smagam (www.akj.org) or some other sangat's smagam - make sure you absorb yourself in an experience of Saadh Sangat.

There are a few traditions of Sikhi that I have not seen replicated in any faith. Saadh sangat, langar, chardee kalaa, sarbat da bhalla are some unique foundations of Sikhi and I humbly suggest you first explore these - then make your decision. The famous saying is "don't knock it til you try it."

And let me say here - dont' mix your parents Sikhi with yours. Just practice your Sikhi and if you see them doing anything stereotypical or something you think is wrong, do not judge them for it - practice what comes to your heart

some things i may have forgotten to mention are that i have been amrit dhari for about 5 years, and im not judging anyone. i had the chance to go to india recently and we visited harmande

r sahib and i saw so many people devoted to thier faith, and i saw people form all over the world who converted into sikhism. but i am not judging sikhism on the punjabi culture either. ive also done alot of reading translations, (my sister does kirtan so i help her sometimes) so i feel that all that soul searching lead me to christianity.

This post was looking for some insight, not for people trying to convert me back to sikhism

but thanks anyway

wow, i didnt think that so many people would reply in such a short time

let me start by saying to all those who wrote about how many more gurus sacraficed thier lives, but what makes jesus's sacrafice so unique was that he rose again from the dead three days later, and then accended into heaven.

i also dont agree that when all else fails then you have to result to voilence. Voilence has never resulted into anything positive. I believe that you treat your neighbor as yourself and turn the other cheek.

Another thing that i dont get is when in sikhism, idol worship is considerd wrong, but you still bow down to the guru granth sahib. just like the bible. its just a book. whats holy is the message but the book is just a material thing.

please kindly take this test run - for the next two weeks try to become a Gursikh and if you are still not interested in the Sikh way of life, then post again and we will talk more

Ive been looking at the pros and cons of both religions for about 3 or 4 years, and i feel that christianity is right for me.

im really sorry if ive offended anyone

HI

im new here and i have quite a large dilemma

for the past 3 or 4 years i have ive wanted to convert to christianity, and my folks are hardcore sikhs (well not that hardcore) i dont know why i dont feel right practicing sikhism and why lutheranism feels so right for me. i know that i want to take some things with me from sikhism like being a vegertarian, actually im a vegan. Some of the things that attract me to christianity is the universal message that God loved us so much to send his son to die for our sins, and that there is life after death. I find the whole concept of reincarnation a little bit hard to swallow. I posted this message because i wanted to see what people thought, and if they accepted it. I know this will be a huge help when God gives me the courage to face my parents and i will have some idea of how they will react.

Thanks so much

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