Do any of you identify as B.A.P.S/ Swaminarayan? Have you ever dated outside of the faith and what's your experience been like?

Some of my best friends are BAPS and I've been with them to the temple in Robbinsville (for context I'm a Sikh). They take the faith more seriously than other Hindus I know but they're still pretty chill guys.

I was surprised they sell food at the temple rather than give it for free. The temple felt more, for lack of a better word, "missionary" than other places of worship I've been. The guys also sit in the front and the women in the back.

All in all I do believe they take religion much more seriously than your average Hindu so be prepared for that. But again, the guys I know are chill af but their parents are more strict about it.

EDIT: So out of curiosity I serached the sub about it and found some interesting discussion.

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