Designing a New Religion (ritual, soul, creation, mission, Revelation)

[BruceDLimber]

Greetings! :-)

Originally Posted by TealLeaf

Considering that all major religions predict the end of an era and the coming of a new prophet and further considering that we are fast approaching the ultimate carrying capacity of the Earth it seems reasonable to me that a major new religion or philosophy could very well be on the horizon.

IOV it's already here (for the past 165 years), and is called the Baha'i Faith! :-)

Would your religion have one God, many Gods or no God at all?[/quote]

One God.

And what about rituals and institutions?

Minimum ritual: only five, and no more to be added.

Should there be priests or religious professionals?]/quote]

No: they're no longer needed.

Recommended, and heterosexual.

Not with us.

Any dietary restrictions?

None.

So if you're looking around, you may want to check us out! :-)


You can find us, among other places, at: [I'm trying this again without letting the system alter them: simply prefix them with www. and they should work fine.]

bahai.org
bahai.us

And I wish you good hunting!


Best regards, :-)

Bruce

[GURSIKH]

Originally Posted by GURSIKH

there is MUCH demand of SIKH DAGGER here ,

Sikhs wish good luck to this Religion and its PROPHETs .

we are very happy to contribute ( Dagger) to this beautiful religion ,and look for more contribution !

Originally Posted by Odion

I love it

i too love it , but i am still not keeping it .but one day i will ,i know !

few picture of KHALSA S ( ARMY OF AKAAL ), WHICH IS BECOMING RARE DAY BY DAY i want to share

[Odion]

Actually Gursikh, I must ask.

If a person joins Khalsa and then shaves off his beard.. what would happen?

[zenzero]

Friend Odion,

If a person joins Khalsa and then shaves off his beard.. what would happen?

Personally feel One should be ONE IN SPIRIT with the objective.
The reasons for growing hair, beard keeping comb, dagger and wearing loincloth were basically when India was been invaded by muslims from mid-east region and at this time the gurus developed this tribe to protect the country from invaders. As the objective was defense of the country rather than personality development and so as not to waste time in shaving etc.
Now the situation no ore remains that and so rules should change with changing time; is a personal view only.
Love & rgds

[GURSIKH]

Originally Posted by zenzero

Friend Odion,



Personally feel One should be ONE IN SPIRIT with the objective.
The reasons for growing hair, beard keeping comb, dagger and wearing loincloth were basically when India was been invaded by muslims from mid-east region and at this time the gurus developed this tribe to protect the country from invaders. As the objective was defense of the country rather than personality development and so as not to waste time in shaving etc.
Now the situation no ore remains that and so rules should change with changing time; is a personal view only.
Love & rgds

dear ZEN KHALSA was created to defend the defenseless ,you know that due to centuries of SLAVERY UNDER MUGULS ,the condition of Indian s was miserable , thei0r sisters , wifes mothers , place of worship was not secure and forced converstion s were going on .





GURU GOBIND SINGH JI SAID

""I will turn Jackals into Lions, I will make the servants fight the Kings
I will make sparrows break falcons,
I will make 1 fight 125000, then my name shall be Gobind Singh"


and tenth NANAK GURU GOBIND SINGH JI gave the identity of "SAINT -SOLDIER "to Khalsa .

Guru gave the name SINGH means LION to Khalsa MEN and KAUR means PRINCESS to females .

IT IS NOT FAIR TO SAY that Khalsa keep beard to save time for fight because if it was so then why Khalsa don TURBAN , as it take more time .
only rulers at that time used to keep beard and tie TUBAN and GURU GAVE A ROYAL LOOK TO KHALSA .

and also BEARD/KESH is related to sprituality as you know majority of PROPHETS may it be JESUS , MOHAMMAD , BUDDHA , BAHAI PROPHET ,JEWS ,AND GREAT ZEN MASTER , a most logical spriritual PERSON of century OSHO keep a long beard , nobel loureatte RABINDRA NATH TAGORE AND MANY MORE ...

SO IT IS A SAINT SOLDIER LOOK

MOREOVER it is not compulsory for a Sikh to join as Khalsa , it is free will , i m still not KHALSA . BUT I WILL


waheguru ji ka khalsa , (KHALSA belongs to GOD )
waheguru ji ki fateh ( VICTORY BELONGS TO GOD )

[zenzero]

Friend Gursikh,
Yes, you have stated it more accurately.
Love & rgds

[TealLeaf]

In general I am very impressed with the responses to this topic. It might interest you all to know that I posted the exact same thing at interfaith.org but the responses were much more cynical and less enthusiastic.

This is a good forum.

PS - Dear Gursikh, Do you ever worry that you are going to give Sikhs a bad name with overbearing nature of your posts? If I didn't think better I might imagine that you were a Muslim or a Christian posing as a Sikh just to make Sikhism look bad.

[GURSIKH]

Originally Posted by TealLeaf

PS - Dear Gursikh, Do you ever worry that you are going to give Sikhs a bad name with overbearing nature of your posts? If I didn't think better I might imagine that you were a Muslim or a Christian posing as a Sikh just to make Sikhism look bad.

[TealLeaf]

Originally Posted by GURSIKH

So what religion do you actually follow? Christianity? Islam? Hinduism?

[Don Penguinoini]

Originally Posted by TealLeaf

So what religion do you actually follow? Christianity? Islam? Hinduism?

Just under his name is the religion tag, he is Sikh