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Please inform me as to what false gods the Sikhs worship. I have not come across any instance of this.
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It was a general statement about attending any other religion’s service. I know nothing about Sikhism.
Well, maybe you should know just a little bit before making statements on a thread about Sikhism?
The thread isn’t about Sikhism it is about a Catholic attending another religion’s services. It doesn’t matter what the religion is because the rules are the same. They apply even for other Christian groups, with a possible exception for the Orthodox.
What would someone have to do in order to be worshipping a “false” God?
Worship a god that is not real. As an example consider the religion of Rome before Christianity. In it were many gods and goddesses. We call all of them false because we, as Catholics, do not believe any of them to exist. Or possibly if they do exist they are in fact demons and not gods. Either way they are not gods, and thus false gods. There are examples in the Old Testament as well, such as Moloch.
You cannot bow to the Guru Granth Sahib as this would be idolatry, though I believe you may participate in Langar as this is not specifically an act of worship and has no specific overtones of worship. You may observe the acts of worship but not participate.
Seeing as Sikhi derives some of it’s inspiration from Islam I would say it is a safe bet that although they do so in an erroneous way, they do indeed worship the God of Abraham.
It is slightly more complicated than that. You cannot take part in the religious ceremony at any level of participation beyond observing.
Right.
I’d like to make a correction. Siks don’t bow down to GGS rather they bow down to the Word of God. Just as kneeling b4 the cross isn’t idolatry, bowing down b4 GGS isn’t idolatry because we really aren’t worshiping GGS. When Christians kneel b4 the cross they are kneeling to God’s glory not the crucifix itself. same thing here. tho i do understand that it may feel uncomfortable to do so, especially if ur not Sikh, but it has no idolatry in it.
and another correction, Guru Nanak is a saint, not a god.that makes a lot of sense now. thanx
But, as you know, the Catholic Church does not teach that the words in the Guru Granth Sahib are the word of God, so it is innappropriate for a Catholic to bow before it.I’d like to make a correction. Siks don’t bow down to GGS rather they bow down to the Word of God. Just as kneeling b4 the cross isn’t idolatry, bowing down b4 GGS isn’t idolatry because we really aren’t worshiping GGS. When Christians kneel b4 the cross they are kneeling to God’s glory not the crucifix itself. same thing here. tho i do understand that it may feel uncomfortable to do so, especially if ur not Sikh, but it has no idolatry in it.