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amardeep, do you have any suggestions about how I can distinguish between the two? As I mentioned, I don't live near any Gurdware temples, so I would have to fly to another city to see one. So all I can do before this is to call. How can I determine from a phone call whether a Gurdware temple is worth visiting? And a comment about religions that serve as cultural centers for some ethinicity. These don't last. If a religion doesn't really stand for something, then the people will just assimilate and the religion will die.

Of course no religion is completely immune from modern culture. All religions lose members to modern culture. The question is whether the place of worship is more like the lotus flower or the putrid body of water, to use your analogy. If there are standards of behavior at the place of worship, then it does serve as a refuge from modern culture. In this case, those family members of the group who join modern culture simply won't come to the place of worship, and this is a good thing since it keeps the religion good. As the Old Testament repeatedly tells us "You must purge the evil from you."

I follow the Old Testament along with a few other people. We are looking for a refuge from modern culture which we consider to be evil. This is partly for our families. We do not want our children to grow up around evil, and we ourselves would like to associate with moral people. We do not care what other people believe, we only care that they are moral. We do not want to convert anyone to our beliefs and we have no interest in converting to other beliefs. We would strongly support a religion if it can offer us a moral refuge from modern culture by allowing us to associate with their community. We need this because we are too small to stand alone. As a crude but simple way of judging religions, I look to see if men and women are separated during service. Feminism is one of the greatest evils of modern culture. Feminism is a slut power movement designed to encourage adultery and promiscuity. It always works to mix men and women whenever possible in order to encourage these things. A moral religion will separate men and women during service in order help people focus on God. Based on this simple criteria, the possible religions are Islam, traditional Anabaptists, Orthodox Judaism, and Sikhism. Islam and Christianity (Anabaptists) are very exclusive and don't tolerate those with other beliefs. Orthodox Judaism is racist, but it is an option that we are considering. I have only started looking at Sikhism yesterday, but what I have seen so far, I like. I do not live near a gurdwara, but I would certainly travel to visit one if Sikhism is a real option. So please let me know what you think. Could a gurdwara community provide the refuge that we are looking for?