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As if the world is not filled with sufficient poor deluded souls, who think that there is another way to heaven than through Christ Jesus, a snake-oil salesmen, the unlikelily named, Dera Sachkhand Ballan, has been selling "pie in the sky when you die" to the poor, uneducated, ignorant and superstitious followers by having invented another so-called religion, thus following in the footsteps of L Ron Hubbard, Joseph Smith, Charles Taze Russel, and a succession of popes! As L Ron Hubbard said, "if you want to make money, invent a religion." 
The following report will, I know, cause sadness throughout the True Christian(tm) World. These people could have been offered Salvation(tm) but are worshiping a man. I ask you!!! A man who walked the earth! They have deified him!
This is a case of dot-heads turning to rag-heads and simply bypassing Jesus!
They're all Hellbound sinners!
The following report will, I know, cause sadness throughout the True Christian(tm) World. These people could have been offered Salvation(tm) but are worshiping a man. I ask you!!! A man who walked the earth! They have deified him!
This is a case of dot-heads turning to rag-heads and simply bypassing Jesus!
Ravidassia sect sends shockwaves across world’s Sikh community.
India has never been short of religions: although 80 per cent Hindu, it also incorporates Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Judaism and Zoroastrianism as well as hundreds of lesser known faiths.
Now it has another. The establishment of Ravidassia in the northern city of Varanasi last weekend — the latest addition — is sending shockwaves across the world’s 23 million-strong Sikh community. Ravidassia was founded by a radical Sikh sect called Dera Sachkhand Ballan, which consists mainly of “Untouchables”, or Dalits, who come at the bottom of India’s complex and still pervasive caste hierarchy.
It claims its own pilgrimage site to rival the Sikhs’ Golden Temple in Amritsar, its own book to replace the Sikhs’ Guru Granth Sahib, and its own symbol, known as the Har (which it translates as Almighty).
“We aim to respect all religions, love mankind and live a virtuous life,” C. R. Suman, a Radivassia spokesman, told The Times. He added that the religion had hundreds of thousands of devotees, with followers across the diaspora, including in Britain. Ravidassia already has temples in Southall, Coventry and Toronto, as well as several The split from Sikhism seems to be a reaction to the killing of Guru Sant Rama Nand, the sect’s deputy leader, by fundamentalist Sikhs in a gunfight at a temple in Vienna last year, which caused rioting across Punjab.
Sikhs do not officially believe in the caste system, which has its origins in Hinduism, and divides society into hundreds of groups that define where one lives, who one marries and what job one does.
Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak in the 16th century, partly to rebel against the system. But the concept of caste remains deeply rooted in Indian society, even among Sikhs, Christians and Muslims.
Dera Sachkhand Ballan claims to represent lower castes who felt that they were still suffering discrimination, especially at the hands of Jat Sikhs, who have traditionally owned most of the farmland in Punjab.
It differs from mainstream Sikhism on several religious issues, including worshipping living gurus, which is considered blasphemous by most Sikhs. It also focuses predominantly on the teachings of Guru Ravidass, who was born in Varanasi in the 14th century and taught that people should be judged according to their merits, rather than their caste or social status.
“Our objective is to propagate the writing and teachings of Sant Guru Ravidass and other gurus who belonged to suppressed classes,” said Mr Suman.
India has never been short of religions: although 80 per cent Hindu, it also incorporates Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Judaism and Zoroastrianism as well as hundreds of lesser known faiths.
Now it has another. The establishment of Ravidassia in the northern city of Varanasi last weekend — the latest addition — is sending shockwaves across the world’s 23 million-strong Sikh community. Ravidassia was founded by a radical Sikh sect called Dera Sachkhand Ballan, which consists mainly of “Untouchables”, or Dalits, who come at the bottom of India’s complex and still pervasive caste hierarchy.
It claims its own pilgrimage site to rival the Sikhs’ Golden Temple in Amritsar, its own book to replace the Sikhs’ Guru Granth Sahib, and its own symbol, known as the Har (which it translates as Almighty).
“We aim to respect all religions, love mankind and live a virtuous life,” C. R. Suman, a Radivassia spokesman, told The Times. He added that the religion had hundreds of thousands of devotees, with followers across the diaspora, including in Britain. Ravidassia already has temples in Southall, Coventry and Toronto, as well as several The split from Sikhism seems to be a reaction to the killing of Guru Sant Rama Nand, the sect’s deputy leader, by fundamentalist Sikhs in a gunfight at a temple in Vienna last year, which caused rioting across Punjab.
Sikhs do not officially believe in the caste system, which has its origins in Hinduism, and divides society into hundreds of groups that define where one lives, who one marries and what job one does.
Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak in the 16th century, partly to rebel against the system. But the concept of caste remains deeply rooted in Indian society, even among Sikhs, Christians and Muslims.
Dera Sachkhand Ballan claims to represent lower castes who felt that they were still suffering discrimination, especially at the hands of Jat Sikhs, who have traditionally owned most of the farmland in Punjab.
It differs from mainstream Sikhism on several religious issues, including worshipping living gurus, which is considered blasphemous by most Sikhs. It also focuses predominantly on the teachings of Guru Ravidass, who was born in Varanasi in the 14th century and taught that people should be judged according to their merits, rather than their caste or social status.
“Our objective is to propagate the writing and teachings of Sant Guru Ravidass and other gurus who belonged to suppressed classes,” said Mr Suman.
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