Christianity and Sikhism

Religion is a big part of our world, as it dictates our beliefs and how we act towards other people. Though all religions have different beliefs, it is the core values of that religion that shape the way we act as people towards other humans, plants and animals. This essay will be looking at Christianity and Sikhism and how the core values of each of these religions compare to each other. Firstly looking at a brief summary of Sikhism and Christianity and a look at their beliefs. Then looking at the core values as protrayed by Christianity and Sikhism. Finally then comparing the core values of Sikhism and the core values of Christianity.

Sikhism is the youngest religion out of all the major world religions, it is actually only about five hundered years old. Sikhism like most religions was “born out of an shaped by exisiting faiths, and like offspirng bears a likeness to them.” (Singh 2004 p-16). Sikhism was created out of two reigions those being Islam and Hinduism. The time that when Sikhism was created was a time when India was being torn apart by different religious factions.The founder of Sikhism was Guru Nanak Dev Ji and he was born in 1469. According to Singh (2004) Guru Nanak spread the message of “Ek Omkar” which basically means that we are all one, created by the One Creater of all Creation. Guru Nanak did not aligne himself with a religion he actually respected all religions but he did express the reality that there is only one God and that the Name of God is Truth. Basically Singh (2004) tells us that the followers of Guru Nanak were Sikhs which literealy means student or disciple. Sikhs have many beliefs but their main belief stated by Robinson (2009) is that Sikhs believe in one God that has many names and has no s...

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...sciples. When we look at these two religions and compare their main core beliefs we see that Christianity belives in the one God and Sikhism also believes in the one God as the creater of the Universe. However, Christians believe that they must keep the Sabbath day holy to remember God, which is the day God rested when God was creating the Universe. “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy six days are for labor in which to do all your work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the lord your God. You will not work in that day;” (Exodus 20:8-11). Where as Sikhs believe that God should be remember everday of their lives also the guidelines in the Sikh scripture states engages in meditation and prayer as part of his or her everyday routine, “Twenty-four hours a day, meditate on God. Constantly sing the Glories of the Lord of the Universe” (Guru Grant Sahib 1996, p 44).