Brandon at Sirius has done up a little introduction to Sikhism. I was glad to read it and learn a bit about my neighbors. Here in Abbotsford, Sikhs are the second largest part of the population after the Christians (according to the Wikkipedia). The division is about 61% to 13%. That doesn't sound like a lot, but plenty of the farms here are run by Sikhs and there is a large temple in the downtown as well. The Wikkipedia also says it is the oldest Sikh temple in North America.
Ecce Homo I haven't done a quote from Pope Ratzinger's Introduction to Chistianty in a while and even though I have finished the book there are still one or two passages I want to share, including - perhaps even especially - this one. When I first began to look over what Christianity teaches, to look at the gospel story and to try penetrate why it has been so compelling to so many for so long, this was one of the things that leapt out at me. I was happy to see our Pope confirm it. Expanding on the Apostles Creed where it says "... suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried," Ratzinger writes: The fact that when the perfectly just man appeared he was crucified, delivered up by justice to death, tells us pitilessly who man is: Thou art such, man, that thou canst not bear the just man - that he who simply loves becomes a fool, a scourged criminal, an outcast. Thou art such because, unjust thyself, thou dost always need the injustice of the n...
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