Prince Harry's fiancee to be baptized-what about Sikhs?

[BhForce]

So Meghan Markle (the fiancee of Prince Harry) will be baptized into the Church of England in accordance with UK law and the wish of the Queen. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5126203/Meghan-baptised-Church-England.html

My question is: what about Sikhs getting baptized (initiated/taking Amrit) before marriage in accordance with the laws of Sachi Sarkar and the wish of the Sacha Patshah (Guru Gobind Singh ji)?

OK, forget that, forget Amrit, how about just acknowledging that you (and your fiancee) are a Sikh and believe in the 10 Gurus and Guru Granth Sahib? No amrit, no rehit, just a basic acknowledgement of the faith?

Why is the word of the Sacha Patshah less important than that of a worldly king or queen?

[MrDoaba]

10 minutes ago, BhForce said:

what about Sikhs getting baptized (initiated/taking Amrit) before marriage

Ironically, Namdharis do this.

11 minutes ago, BhForce said:

Why is the word of the Sacha Patshah less important than that of a worldly king or queen?

The Queen is head of the Church of England as well as Head of State.

[KhoonKaBadlaKhoon]

I don't get it, are you asking why aren't pure Sikh weddings, Amrit Sanchars etc huge media frenzy worthy events?

[sikhni777]

6 hours ago, BhForce said:

So Meghan Markle (the fianitee of Prince Harry) will be bapti ted into the Church of England in accordance with UK law and the wish of the Queen. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5126203/Meghan-baptised-Church-England.html

My question is: what about Sikhs getting baptized (initiated/taking Amrit) before marriage in accordance with the laws of Sachi Sarkar and the wish of the Sacha Patshah (Guru Gobind Singh ji)?

OK, forget that, forget Amrit, how about just acknowledging that you (and your fiancee) are a Sikh and believe in the 10 Gurus and Guru Granth Sahib? No amrit, no rehit, just a basic acknowledgement of the faith?

Why is the word of the Sacha Patshah less important than that of a worldly king or queen?

Some years ago, our faith had this too. My mum and dad had amrit before they were married. However most people are not anble to keep rehet as Married life Is busy and requires lots of adjustments. Now the Giani jis would not bother suggesting It at all. 

Whats the point of taking amrit whenyou are doing It not purely for your true love for Guru ji but just vecause You are getting married  Its n

[S1ngh]

We are more of “choice”. The same way guru giving singh jee gave us human the choice in 1699. Very good topic.

[BhForce]

On 11/29/2017 at 5:58 AM, MrDoaba said:

On 11/29/2017 at 5:40 AM, BhForce said:

what about Sikhs getting baptized (initiated/taking Amrit) before marriage

Ironically, Namdharis do this.

Well, that's probably the reason they still exist as a distinctive part of Punjabi society. Among them, they know quite well that they have to get initiated before they marry, and also that the person they marry has to be initiated, too. So basically, their young people know they can't marry outside of their group. Which why they're still around, even though they are a miniscule portion of the "Sikh" population. 

Otherwise they would have long ago merged into the greater Sikh community.

[MrDoaba]

7 minutes ago, BhForce said:

Otherwise they would have long ago merged into the greater Sikh community.

I have often thought to myself that Namdharis would make the most devout Sikhs. In general they're one kattar bunch. It's odd to think that at one point they had a rather cordial relationship with mainstream Sikhs - lots of cooperation with all traditional Sampardas.

[BhForce]

On 11/29/2017 at 9:44 AM, KhoonKaBadlaKhoon said:

I don't get it, are you asking why aren't pure Sikh weddings, Amrit Sanchars etc huge media frenzy worthy events?

No, what I am saying is that look at the fact that Megan Markle is getting baptized due to UK law and the Queen's command. So why don't Sikhs follow the command of Sachi Sarkar and get baptized?

[BhForce]

On 11/29/2017 at 11:53 AM, sikhni777 said:

However most people are not anble to keep rehet as Married life Is busy and requires lots of adjustments.

Well, I could see missing Nitnem for a day or two right around the day of your daughter's wedding, but on the other hand, there are plenty of married Singhs who follow rehit and don't miss Nitnem. There's simply no excuse for committing any of the bajjar kurehats, though, married or unmarried, busy or not busy, Amritdhari or not.

But I even conceded the point there, because all I'm saying is, don't even take Amrit before marriage. Just at the very least, affirm that you (and your marriage partner) are a Sikh, believing in the 10 Gurus and Guru Granth Sahib ji. But people aren't even willing to do that??

[MrDoaba]

9 minutes ago, BhForce said:

No, what I am saying is that look at the fact that Megan Markle is getting baptized due to UK law and the Queen's command. So why don't Sikhs follow the command of Sachi Sarkar and get baptized?

Bro she's doing it for marriage. Prince Harry is a baptised member of CofE. There are plenty of those who identify as Anglican who are not baptised, same as us.

Amritdharis usually only marry Amritdharis.