"The faithful, O Nanak, do not wander around begging." ah there it is

@lillian I thought that Sikhs had physical books and put weapons near them? I'll download both the app and the pdf

there are so many references to hinduism in this

@lillian where can I find the banidb collective translation I just see a page that links to sikh apps

@luce-anon hinduism is very poorly understood in the west, and so is yoga. most hindus today are believers in "one God with many forms". for beginners I recommend eknath easwarans translation of the bhagavad gita and the upanishads.

@lillian I'll use banidb

@luce-anon a monist hinduism influenced by kashmir shaivism and the bhakti movement. I'm weird in that I consider jesus to be an avatara.

@Saorsa @batsbatsbats stop the stigma bats help more than they hurt

the Guru Granth Sahib has many sources like the bible and like most hindu scriptures (vyasa isnt real lol). because of this it becomes easier to believe in as divine (in part) when I dont find one passage to be divine. but with the quran its all either by God or muhammad, so one self-contradiction or moral atrocity and the whole thing is vitiated. that being said there have been people liberated by belief in the Qurans God, so its very very far from useless.

@luce-anon I mean its your religious belief that your religion is the true religion, youre allowed to have that belief. I believe my religion is *a* true religion, where it excels is in describing absolute reality and its relationship to the soul and the process of becoming holy, where christianity excels imo is describing Gods loving nature and its system of ethics towards humans (towards animals it leaves much to be desired). part of all this I agree is nonviolence.

holy moly mystery

@luce-anon definite agree about christian zionism being garbage and the state of israel committing atrocities but even more atrocities have been historically committed in the name of supercessionism by christians in their efforts to be the new jews. saying that actually "Israel" in the hebrew part of the bible just means "the church" is just replacing israelite tribalism with christian religious supremacism. God doesnt have a chosen people period, or a chosen religion. God graciously appears, with forms and without, in ways dear to worshippers and many scriptures are at least partly divinely inspired or written by very holy people. if every revealed religion accepted the divinity in other revealed religions the world would be a better place.

@sathariel @snacks I think it wouldve been higher effort were that true

@meso @snacks yeah it wouldve been a neat story

@Ree pro raping kids

@taylan firing squad

>pro-contact
>14 felonies

I keep thinking about my book/movie/show idea

@snacks male author who self-inserts into his male protagonist who is the special-est, smartest, most precocious boy! female characters are one-dimensional and subject to his male gaze.