Ritual animal sacrifice is therefore, not right though Sikhs are not vegetarians by any religious law. In referring to God as the male father figure, we are limited by the paucity of language and thought in expressing ideas. Sikhs refer to God as father, mother, brother, sister and friend. A god who is a he or she is a lesser god not worthy of worship. God is to be remembered not for an hour in a temple or a church on a sunday but must become an integral, internalized part of one's life, one who is never forgotten even for a moment.
Truth is high, higher yet is truthful living.
Therefore, Sikhs do not speak of a sabbath, a holy day of atonement or remembrance, nor do they ascribe special significance to any day of the week or month or any hour of the day. Similarly a day, an hour, even a moment spent in God's grace is sacred, else it's wasted. One cannot buy indulgences from God by asking a holy man to perform prayers, rituals or ceremonies on one's behalf, no matter how pious the priest or how expensive the ceremony. A literal interpretation of mythology can be risky and Guru Nanak offered a surprisingly modern view of creation when he spoke of the void before creation, and of many galaxies and universes - without end and innumerable. He clearly refuted as nonsense any claims to knowing exactly what hour, day or year the world began or when it would end.