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Actually, last night during reunion I had an interesting chat with my Uncle Jacob, my mother and father about religion. I realised that my mother and uncle were very open-minded especially after telling them about my real opinions of religion. Apparently, my cousin Rachel who is one of those gifted students in RGS who doesn't need to go through O levels kind, had a very similar views about God, Christianity and the Bible.
I told them that I felt that organised religion has become, in our modern world, a means for social control/conditioning, and although I don't really know whether there is a God or not, I do accept that religion does have a function, and all spiritual experiences are valid and should not be discounted, and that all paths lead to the same destination. However, humans being imperfect and all, have used religion to further their own selfish agendas, hence Sept 11, Muslim extremists and Christian fundamentalists abound causing lots of pain and shit. Hence I am very suspicious of the Church, temples, clans or any other form of religious institutions that claim that they have the answers to life/death. I mean, like does anyone REALLY know what happens when we die? Can anyone really prove there is a heaven above and hell below?
I see so much suffering around me in the world, and I really don't think God will fly down any day to help us even if we knelt on the floor for 3 weeks with bloody knees and prayed for peace. I think we must be accountable for our own existence. That said, I don't think religions should be abolished or destroyed, these structures exist for a reason. What I think will be more important is to find a structure, or improve current ones, that are open enough, flexible enough for every individual human to be able to come to terms with their own existence and their place on this earth. Not an easy thing to do of course. What I do know is that there is definitely something in life larger than myself, maybe it's god, maybe it's nature, and my mission is to find out to the best of my abilities, how I can improve my existence in this world and in turn contribute to the improvement of others.
Well, I kind of like my family more now! hehehe! My mother especially cuz she's just so cool. What more can you ask?
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