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Sikhism, Mormons, Jehovah's Witness

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The to three Religions that I received as my results were Sikhism, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witness.

Sikhs believe in deity: God almighty is impersonal, formless ultimate reality and he is the creator. God reveals and manifest himself through all in the universe, but not finite form can be worshipped as god, who is infinite. They believe that after death one’s soul is continually reborn until liberated by the grace of god, at which time the soul merges with god. They don’t believe in the original sin or Satan, they believe that god created all and gave people free will. Evil is permitted as a test of the character of humanity and the faithfulness of evil’s victims. Salvation for them is enlightenment, is only granted by god’s grace. Suffering is

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