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Sooooo....

I meant to respond to Jason a good few months ago. I am back! got caught up with work and uni so life's a mess currently. But going on from our previous discussion, I did do some soul searching and I came to the conclusion I am an Atheist.

Why do you feel being an atheist and being a Sikh are mutually exclusive positions?

I'll be honest, I have no problem with the philosophy behind Sikhism. It's the actual practicality that I somewhat question.

But what I mean by that is mainly the rules and regulations that are meant to be followed by Baptised Sikhs.

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hello all,

Just out of curiosity, do all sikhs have Singh somewhere in the name, and what is the significance of this?

Hi,

Sikh males normally have the name "Singh" meaning lion and Sikh females normally have "Kaur" meaning princess. These are used by Sikhs to remind us that we belong to one big family. Women can keep their name even if she is married, i.e. she can remain Kaur to show equality to women.

Hope that helps. If you have any more questions please ask.

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"Singh" and "Kaur" is to used by those who are amritdhari, we also use 'Khalsa' as our last name not the name of our wordly family

Hey guys, what does "Kharku" mean? and why were some people angry at Diljit Dosanjh's song of that name? I tried googling but can't get a clear answer

i think its fearless? someone correct me if im wrong please

First of all, welcome back I'm glad we can now continue our discussion.

I must admit, I am somewhat disappointed by this post. Not because you said you're "an Atheist" but because I don't really see how it adds any value to our previous exchange.

Your brought up the atheist thing in the past and I replied with:



You then stated:



And you clarified later with:



This discussion culminated in my post here:





At this point, I'm not really sure what your statement above adds to the discussion or how I'm even supposed to reply unless you respond to my post about the importance of the Khalsa entity- which is what you seem to have an issue with- in preserving this distinctiveness and sanctity of the Sikh Spiritual path.

In any case, there is no mention of atheism in the SGGS ji. The division is between Mankukh (ego-centric) and Gurmukh (spiritual-centric). Sikhs can be Manmukhs and non-Sikhs can be Gurmukhs. I think you'll find atheism by itself doesn't have a lot to do in determining whether a person can or cannot walk on the Sikh Spiritual Path. But I'll delay typing up any extensive explanation for that point until I find out more about your issues with the Khalsa Panth in light of my last reply to you on the issue.