I saw a post about this so now I'm curious

New poll with more options if you want there

please consider reblogging for a larger sample size unless you're planning to say something that's anti-theistic

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Nihang Sikh, Photo By Mark Hartman

Oh, you can't conceive of a critique of religion where the solution isn't that "all religion must be abolished"? Skill issue.

I love you queer Christians. I love you queer Muslims. I love you queer Jews. I love you queer Hindus. I love you queer Buddhists. I love you queer Sikhs. I love you queer Jainists. I love you queer Taoists. I love you queer Shintoists. I love you Zoroastrians. I love you queer. I love you queer folk religion believers. love you queer pagans. I love you queers from religions I don't even know about. I love you every queer person of every religion and sect and denomination and belief in the world. I love you I love you I love you.

Would it be problematic for me to have a black girl convert to sikhi over the course of the story with the assistance of her Sikh friend & the friend’s family and then get married to said friend in the future? I don’t want it to seem like she did it simply to be with her friend so I thought that maybe if I showed how she enjoys hearing things about the religion (for example how sikhi emphasizes treating everyone equally and also the protection of those facing injustice) from her friend that it could seem more natural but could that be seen as fetishizing? The black girl has been friends with the family for 10+ years (aka since she was 8) and also wasn’t raised following any religion (but not as an atheist either) so I feel the conversion would be somewhat easy for her but if any of what I’ve wrote is problematic I’ll change it! I’m still doing research so if I messed anything up I’m extremely sorry. Thank you in advance!

Black woman converts to become Sikh - Is this problematic?

If SK thinks these circumstances are okay from the Sikhism standpoint, then absolutely it is fine. Black people are all individual and different people throughout the diaspora. We are not some collective monolith with a build-in set of interests, beliefs and rules on what we can and cannot do! The real question to me is if someone can convert to Sikhism and if so, how being Black factors into the lifestyle.

On that note, I will hand the mic to SK and also welcome Black Sikh followers to chime in.

-Colette

Sikhi accept converts

Short answer: No, it is not problematic. Sikhi accepts converts. There’s nothing wrong with being drawn to a faith because of certain aspects and then looking deeper and choosing to convert.

Longer answer: Conversion into a completely new faith is rarely easy. I would say Sikhi is a harder faith to convert to because there are few resources in other languages and many Sikhs are unaccustomed to converts. As in most, if not all, religions, there is a gap between what is said and how it’s practiced.

Despite the messages about fighting injustice and treating others equally, many Sikh converts, especially Black Sikhs, deal with prejudice. This is not even unique to converts - Afghan & Kashmiri Sikhs have also faced ignorant comments from Punjabi Sikhs who aren’t aware of Sikh communities outside Punjab. The 1980’s-1990’s Sikh genocide disconnected many Sikhs in Punjab from the revolutionary messages of justice and equality laid out in Sikh holy texts.

A challenge unique to Black Sikhs is that the way kesdhari Sikhs take care of their hair and tie it in turbans can be a challenge for someone with Black hair. I would recommend Gurpreet Kaur’s writing.

Resources

Being Black & Sikh

Articles by Gurpreet Kaur

I would also suggest checking out The Black Sikh Collective on Tumblr, Instagram & Facebook for more perspectives of Black Sikhs.

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this is strictly between christian denominations ex. anglican and catholic

reblog with your answer and your religion

Actually I'm curious

Idk if a poll like this has already been done but I'm curious. Reblogs would be highly appreciated

October 27, 2023, Amritsar, India: A volunteer removes rose petals from the holy sarovar (lake) after a helicopter showered rose petals over the Golden Temple Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

It's for science.

Feel free to elaborate in the tags

i think that it's perfectly fine to celebrate a religious holiday while not following a specific religion yourself, but it becomes a problem when you start claiming that the holiday isn't religious anymore to force other people who dislike or don't celebrate said holiday to like or celebrate it because of YOUR personal opinion

Percentage of Subdivision Population Following Sikhism

Sikhism And the Jedi from Star Wars

I run a discord server called Garden of Eden. It has 400+ members. It's a general religion and spirituality server for all people and faiths, mainly for discussions and community rather than debate. We watch shows, and anime, play games, share art, talk about stuff unrelated to religion, and so on. Everyone is welcome, no matter their faith or background. We have a friendly community and love getting new members, so please message me or reply to the post if you want to join.

(If you just like the post without messaging or replying, I won't assume you want a link.)

Sorry if I missed a category! Also sorry for generalizing non-Christian religions as other, there are just too many to put into one poll and I didn’t want to offend people by accidentally forgetting one.Christianity is the only religion I know of that practices conversion, so I was focusing on it.

I also wonder what the relationship between the Jewish and Sikhi community is, because most Hindu bloggers stopped to mention the Jains (another religion I don’t know really anything about) when they were educating us about their theology and culture and history, but nobody mentioned the Sikhi thus far, any Panjaabi want to weigh in?