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Sikh Gurus (who have personally met God and have become one with Him) told specifically that God is formless, fearless, ageless, and genderless. One of our Sikh | Sikh Gurus (who have personally met God and have become one with Him) told specifically that God is formless, fearless, ageless, and genderless. One of our Sikh representatives was discussing this topic with some Christians. During the discussion, a Christian lady who was about 65 years old was discussing her spiritual experiences. She said that when her mother was on her deathbed, she saw some light coming out of her body and claimed that she saw her mother’s soul. | ||
The Sikh representative asked her, "Was the soul you saw a male or a female?" Silence… for ten minutes, she was unable to answer that question. The Sikh representative said, "If you don't even know that a soul has a gender than how can you say that God has a feminine or a masculine side? Gender exists in human parameters and the world above us is free of gender, race, cast, color and form. | |||
Too often people (including Sikhs) refer to God as a He, but this is not to say that God cannot be a she, for as it is stated, God is genderless. Sikhs use “He” as an expression of identifying and alluding to God in worldly terms. It does not mean that God is male. | Too often people (including Sikhs) refer to God as a He, but this is not to say that God cannot be a she, for as it is stated, God is genderless. Sikhs use “He” as an expression of identifying and alluding to God in worldly terms. It does not mean that God is male. | ||
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Revision as of 13:30, 29 November 2007
Sikh Gurus (who have personally met God and have become one with Him) told specifically that God is formless, fearless, ageless, and genderless. One of our Sikh representatives was discussing this topic with some Christians. During the discussion, a Christian lady who was about 65 years old was discussing her spiritual experiences. She said that when her mother was on her deathbed, she saw some light coming out of her body and claimed that she saw her mother’s soul.
The Sikh representative asked her, "Was the soul you saw a male or a female?" Silence… for ten minutes, she was unable to answer that question. The Sikh representative said, "If you don't even know that a soul has a gender than how can you say that God has a feminine or a masculine side? Gender exists in human parameters and the world above us is free of gender, race, cast, color and form.
Too often people (including Sikhs) refer to God as a He, but this is not to say that God cannot be a she, for as it is stated, God is genderless. Sikhs use “He” as an expression of identifying and alluding to God in worldly terms. It does not mean that God is male.
