Yes Ian that is surly a concern. I can't help beliving in God, that is who I am. But question I can, and as I'm sure you'll agree the unexamined belife is just not worth the having.
In Sikh we have two documents that we relie on. The Guru Granth Sahib, our holy scripture said to come direct form God via Guru ji. And the Rehat Marayada, a document written by Sikh scholars which out lines who a Sikh is and the kind of life a Sikh should lead. The rub of this is our last human Guru, Guru Gobhind Singh ji, as well as bestowing guruship on Guru Granth Sahib (previously known as Adi Granth(translation First Book)) told us that whereever 5 Gursikhs where you will find Guru ji. In reality this means that 5 Sikhs making rules has all the authority of Guru ji. The problem with this is this word Gursikh. It means Sikh of Guru ji, it means true Sikh. I happen to have met perhaps two of these people in all of the Singhs and Kaurs I have met(one of each gender BTW). So Marayda, I'm not sure that I can take too much. Hah to question IS good, ahhh but sometimes it makes the brain hurt. On 23 Feb, 11:36, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23 February 2010 11:19, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So it suddenly struck me that any message that truely comes from God > > must trancend culture. > > As a lapsed believer, I can tell you that one of the main things that > fuelled my disbelief -- and later contempt -- of religious scripture is that > this stuff never does transcend culture. If it doesn't, well, we're long > overdue some updates from the big guy. > > Some religions claim that their scriptures reflect the direct word of God, > others take a more moderate stance saying that the actual words are the > words of mortal men -- they're always men, of course -- inspired by God. > Either way, the only conclusion we can draw today is that God is bigoted and > hateful shit bag (and quite stupid). Or, more rationally, the scriptures > were written by men "of their time" and God probably doesn't exist. > > Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
