Comments on: Informality with God http://linguisticmystic.com/2006/07/19/informality-with-god/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Meredith Green http://linguisticmystic.com/2006/07/19/informality-with-god/#comment-5 Meredith Green Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:57:39 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2006/07/19/informality-with-god/#comment-5 Hey, just thought you might be interested in what I can tell you about Hinduism and Sikhism. In Punjabi and Hindi, I believe the pronoun in also an informal you, but it is never associated with any one gender. I know more about Sikhism though, so I thought you might be interested to know that God is often referred to as "Nameless One," since God is sarguna (with form), nirguna (without form) and possessing both all attributes and no attributes. I view this addressing God as the "Nameless One" as both respectful and logically sound, from what I know about the religion. At the same time, a Sikh's relationship with God is fairly informal. Tell me what you think. Far East with the spirit of the Wild West, Meredith Hey, just thought you might be interested in what I can tell you about Hinduism and Sikhism. In Punjabi and Hindi, I believe the pronoun in also an informal you, but it is never associated with any one gender. I know more about Sikhism though, so I thought you might be interested to know that God is often referred to as “Nameless One,” since God is sarguna (with form), nirguna (without form) and possessing both all attributes and no attributes. I view this addressing God as the “Nameless One” as both respectful and logically sound, from what I know about the religion. At the same time, a Sikh’s relationship with God is fairly informal. Tell me what you think.

Far East with the spirit of the Wild West,
Meredith

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