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That's news to me about Sikh's converting themselves...but to which religion?

Sat-siri-akhal once again, Okay i have been thinking about this for some time. It seems to me that Sikhism teaches to release any anger/hatred and other negative emotions that can seem to "eat up" an individual. But how about this for example: Say if someone murdered your sister and the police couldn't find them, and you saw them on the street one day. As a Sikh, would you beat the living s*** out of them as it says in religion to defend yourself and protect one another etc, or would YOU just talk to them because then again, Sikhism says NO ANGER should be kept. Hmm tough choice, but Sikhism rules are very confusing when it comes to these things.

What's the difference between a Rhamgharia & Jatt? By the way, is there any tension or hatred between the two, and how are the split into different types of Sikhs - what are their beliefs?

sat-siri-akhal, Alot of Sikhs believe in religion "cleaning" your mind etc from many things such as greed, ego, attachments etc. But to be honest, there are times where i feel like my natural self, where i am spiritual and have a sense of freedom in the mind. But i don't understand how people can be like that 24/7. I'm 17, and i find that i like doing fun things, but i find that with religion, they hold you back. It's as if you have you can't do all the things you want, it cuts down your freedom making one feel sufficated. Like a butterfly trying to fly when there's someone pulling down on it's wings. The lifestyle which is grandly popular is clubbing etc, but how can i be a good Sikh but at the same time live my life a little?

Sat-siri-akhal, i get this from alot of people, but cos ive got a haircut, they class me as unreligious automatically. I can be religious (on and off) but do you believe that it would place me as unreligious cos im not keeping one of the 5 k's?

Hi, I live in London, UK and am 17 years old. I just want to know from you guys to what extent has the image of a Sikh in their youth has changed to you? I have a haircut i admit, along with many other Sikh people who are now cutting their hair to suit a more trendy, modern fashion - but how do you think this changes their attitude to Sikhism? Do you think that young Sikh's are gradually losing touch with what their religion means, and going after time-wasting pursuits with lust chasing women (how many times have you seen Asian boys and girls hanging about on street corners nowadays). If you live in the UK, you may be familiar with a soap opera called Eastenders, which is watched by a massive 16 million people. Now recently we've witnessed a new asian family moving into the area, possibly Hindu. From the first few episodes we realised that a young modern girl, who's respective duty is to look after her family, has a boyfriend that her father forbids - yet she meets him anyway. Now moving to my point, is that it showed the attractive girl giving a kiss with her boyfriend on the show. The main issues that come up to me, is the young asian audience of the best rated show in the UK, and how they may be perceiving it as. We know in Bollywood films, that kiss scene are very limited, yet now we face the fear that most young girls will be blindly going after pursuits of lust. Now this is moving to another issue gradually, but this relates to the new hybrid culture.

is Wolverhampton a Sikh area?