Mortal Sin to visit a Sikh Temple?

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What are you talking about, ‘food sacrificed to idols’? Have you done even the minimal study of Sikhism? if you had, you will know that they definitely don’t worship idols or sacrifice to them.

Are you confusing Sikhism with Hinduism, perhaps?
 
No,Do you think with out knowing anything am post,here is what they worship.

**Food It is served to sangat at the close of any worship service. Prashad is made from equal parts of wheat flour, butter and sugar, while reciting scriptures. At a gurdwara, prashad is prepared in the langar kitchen. Prashad is blessed by offering of Ardas, a prayer, often before reading a hukam from the Guru Granth Sahib. To perform the blessing during the recitation of Ardas:

Prashad is covered by a clean cloth and placed on a low clean platform in front of the the Guru Granth Sahib. is the holy book of the religion Sikhism
The first five and last stanza of the scripture Anand Sahib are recited or sung aloud in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib and the congregation.
A Sikh removes a kirpan, a ceremonial short sword, from its sheath.
The Sikh stands facing Siri Guru Granth Sahib and holds the handle of the kirpan between folded hands.
**The Sikh touches the kirpan to the prashad, passing the steel through it, at the appropriate moment of Ardas, just prior to its conclusion.**The term ‘Guru’ in Sikhi is not used for a teacher or a guide or an expert or even a human body. The word Guru is composed of two terms:
Guru Nanak Sahib Ji is not a human but is in fact Shabad (Divine Infinite Wisdom).A Sikh worships only the ‘One God’ and bows his or her head only to the Shabad (Infinite Divine Wisdom) which took the form of Ten Nanaks and was recorded in writing, which is the Sikh Guru today – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the revealed Divine Word of God.

Here idols can be anything a book,persons,they believe in incarnation of persons,etc

2 Thessalonians 2:2-11 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you this? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false,
 
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TechieGuy said:
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Why not invite them to Mass and if you really crave Indian food, go to an Indian restaurant with them later?
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Possibly because he can’t laugh and chat with his friends during Mass and as a teenager, he doesn’t have the money to take his friends out for dinner.
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You aren’t supposed to chat with your friends during church services whether they be Catholic or Protestant. As for the dinner, they would each contribute to the check.
 
I am quite aware of what happens during Sikh services as it happens, as I have been a guest at one…

All I see in your summary above is Sikhs showing respect to various symbols they hold dear, like their holy Book .I see no idolatry, or offering sacrifice to idols.

The claim could be made that we ‘idolise’ the altar when we bow on passing before it, or we sacrifice to idols when we put candles and flowers in front of Our Lady’s statue.
 
Inviting them to mass doesn’t make much sense. He isn’t going to the Sikh temple for services, but just to eat and hang out. A lot of Hindu/Sikh temples have industrial kitchens, social areas, and continually sell food. Asking them if they’d like to come to mass with him isn’t really an equivalent offer.
 
Still didn’t get it.May God enlighten you and show mercy.i have nothing more to say,! God Bless.
 
He’s not going there for worship services, he’s going there for the community dinner.

Where people talk and stuff…

And why is it any more likely that his friends would have money for dinner at a restaurant?
 
Maybe it’s because you just post scripture verses out of context without proving that they apply to the current situation in the way you assume they do.
 
BoomBoomMancini said:
Inviting them to mass doesn’t make much sense. He isn’t going to the Sikh temple for services, but just to eat and hang out. A lot of Hindu/Sikh temples have industrial kitchens, social areas, and continually sell food. Asking them if they’d like to come to mass with him isn’t really an equivalent offer.
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TechieGuy said:
He’s not going there for worship services, he’s going there for the community dinner.

Where people talk and stuff…

And why is it any more likely that his friends would have money for dinner at a restaurant?
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You’re not getting it, TechieGuy. You can hang out with friends anywhere. This person is allegedly going to a Sikh temple just to eat the food and hang out with his Sikh friends. You can eat Indian food in homes, in restaurants, anywhere. You don’t need to go to a temple, any temple to do that.
 
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But if that’s where the party is happening, it’s kind of selfish for him to demand to fit the whole group of friends change their plans. I mean, yes it’s true he doesn’t need to be in a Sikh Temple specifically to hang out with his friends and eat Indian food. But since he’s not actually practicing another religion, what’s the harm? Why stress about it? He’s not doing anything wrong by being there as a guest
 
The worry would be that he gives scandal to others. Someone considering joining the church could be driven off by thinking that a catholic went to a Sikh temple, someone not very strong in their faith could think that visiting a Sikh temple is OK.
 
But visiting the Sikh temple IS OK. What’s the harm in someone seeing him do it? You could just as easily say there is a danger of him refusing to go. He could make Catholics look like weird cult members who refuse to associate with any other religions. Not the most attractive thing for a potential convert
 
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yes,its a mortal sin why ? because it is said in 1 Corinthians 10:20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.[g] 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22 Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
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That would apply IF in fact the Sikh worship involved food (meat, bread, vegetables, wine, etc.) being offered or consecrated in a Sikh ceremony. However, my (admittedly brief) online research could not find any evidence that this type of sacrifice or offering is part of Sikh worship.

Pagan worship in Biblical times frequently involved food being offered at the altar of the pagan god, or sometimes slaughtered there. Some of the resulting food was burned in offering, some kept by the priests for consumption, and the rest returned to the worshiper. It is these types of actions that Paul is warning Christians to avoid.
 
Personally, I am more concerned about buying Halal meat and food, because I’m not convinced that the prayers in their preparation are offered to G_D and not to the entity that claimed to be from G_D and whom dictated the Quran.
 
Here the prashad (Food offered, consecrated by the word of their scripture)is prepared in the langar kitchen. Prashad is blessed by offering of Ardas, a prayer, often before reading a hukam from the Guru Granth Sahib. To **perform the blessing during the recitation of Ardas:****The Sikh touches the kirpan to the prashad, passing the steel through it, at the appropriate moment of Ardas, just prior to its conclusion.Guru Nanak Sahib Ji is not a human but is in fact Shabad (Divine Infinite Wisdom).A Sikh worships only the ‘One God’ and bows his or her head only to the Shabad (Infinite Divine Wisdom ,Book ,Scripture ) which took the form of Ten Nanaks and was recorded in writing, which is the Sikh Guru today – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the revealed Divine Word of God.

Here idols can be anything a book their scripture,falsely called wisdom of divine knowledge,persons,they believe in incarnation of persons,etc satanic wisdom,James 3:15 This wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.Psalms 95:5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

2 Thessalonians 2:2-11 Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you this? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false,

Acts 15:28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: 29 that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”Acts 21:25 But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled[c] and from unchastity.

1 Corinthians 10:20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God.

From the Council of the Apostles this has not been changed,that you abstain from food offered to idols.this is nothing to do with people, culture, or celebrations but it is regarding food offered to idols.
 
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11 This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders;
it has become the cornerstone.12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.” he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.

Philippians 2:9 Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name 10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,in heaven and on earth and under the earth,11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father.
 
BoomBoomMancini said:
But if that’s where the party is happening, it’s kind of selfish for him to demand to fit the whole group of friends change their plans. I mean, yes it’s true he doesn’t need to be in a Sikh Temple specifically to hang out with his friends and eat Indian food. But since he’s not actually practicing another religion, what’s the harm? Why stress about it? He’s not doing anything wrong by being there as a guest
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Satan works very subtly.
 
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