Romesh Kumar wrote:Sameerkumar wrote:can anyone tell me what is the difference between a sikh and a hindu...?? they both are humans...!! then why can't a sikh and a hindu marry marry each other............ and everyone is saying that this is written in the granth that a sikh should marry a sikh....tell me why u all believe this...?? why a sikh must marry a sikh..???? god didn't made our religion we did..then why we everyone think that this thinking is right??!!! and I am not offending any religion .... just a question!!
I deeply and fully understand and appreciate your feelings because you are one of those people who believe in universal brotherhood of human race and oneness of the God. All the religions in one way or another preach of the same.
Having said so, I would request you to please tell me why both of us are not Romesh Kumar or Sameer Kumar ? You are intelligent enough to elaborate on whatever answer/s you have in your mind. That will answer all the questions you have raised.
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Moderator Note: This discussion forum is about the Sikhs and Sikhi. Only the questions that concern a Sikh [Singh/Kaur] should be addressed here. Any religion, regardless of whether religion was man-made or God-made, is a path. Just as any other path, if you are walking on a path (you are religious) then it is preferable that both marriage partners are on the same path. If you are not then, please carry on this discussion on some other forum, not here. Guru Granth Sahib does not address petty human relationship issues. Thanks for your understanding.
God has made us human beings also called social animals. So naturally and automatically there would be and are social classes of social animals, different religions being ones of them.
Marriage is about match making. Marriage, Vivah, Shadi, Anand Karaj have same (literally) meaning which relates to ‘happiness’.
When we make any match for living and non-living things then many considerations and factors are taken into account to ensure compatibility and smooth running/going. As I said we both may be Kumar but still from different backgrounds and ideologies.
Marriage in Indian culture is not only an union between two male and female adults but also a direct union between two families involving dozens or hundreds of social animals. As such more and more similarities are considered as assurance of more and more compatibility thereby smooth and ‘happy’ going in life. Along the same lines, religious faith is closely related to social animals and religion has become a social class and major factor in compatibility for match making in nearly all the cultures of world. Different religions for the people who follow are necessarily not better, worse, superior or inferior but definitely different ensuring less compatibility in match making and furtherance. As such I am of the opinion that inter-faith matrimonial alliance should be avoided if avoidable. In some cases it is not avoidable based on preferences, suitability, situation and level, status and type of relation which is a quite different scenario.
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