Wednesday, September 21, 2005
What is it about Religions??Religion is part of our spiritual self, some may need a strong attachment to their religion, some can pretty much do without it. But when has religion become a reason for incompatibility between a happy couple? It's as if we're back to the olden China whereby the elders will choose the ideal bride/groom for their own son/daughter. Everything is taken into account for, economic status and power, education compatibility, and of cos, religion compatibility. The 2 families gotta be on par for all these criteria before the bride and groom get married... but it's in modern S'pore now! Whoever heard of parents trying to break up their dauther and her bf juz cos they're not of the same religion!? It's not even like Buddist and Christian, it's Catholic and Christian! And now the parents are making life really hard for the daughter... in short... forcing her to desperation, and finally to break up with the guy. It's so bloody unfair! Maybe I really like this guy alot, and he's a really really nice and good guy, just cos we have different religions we gotta be seperated. You think modern day Romeo & Juliet or The Butterfly Lovers ar?? Seriously I dun understand why the parents are doing this... if you accept the guy, you gain a good son, if you want to force ur daughter to break up with him, there's a high chance that you might lose a daughter. What's the point!?
This religion thingy is so complicated and troublesome. Thank goodness I'm a free thinker... ok maybe not exactly free thinker, but ya, I've no religion. Yesterday when having proj meeting with my groupmates, one of them was telling us she had to go visit a mosque for her Islamic module (never hear of it before!), and she was telling us she had to wear this white cloth covering her head and stuff. Then I remembered she's a Christian, quite a devoted one somemore as she and the other 2 girls in our group are very active in their church activities. (Then I remembered talking to my SS partner who claims to be a super devoted Christian and whom told me that she feels very uncomfortable stepping into a temple or mosque, which kinda made me roll my eyes)
So I asked that friend,"You're a Christian rite? You're ok with stepping into a church?"
She said, "Although I'm a Christian but I believe in accepting other religions too. A good Christian will not ostracize other religions too... that's what I feel la."
And that was one of the nicest things I heard coming from a Christian fren's mouth for a very long time.
Every religion must be teaching their followers to do good, which religion will want their followers to do bad? And being magnanimous is one virtue I believe that is taught for every religion. How can you claim to be a good and kind person when you believe your religion is superior over the rest and discrimates against other religions? It's just so saddening that religions have to become so complicated instead of simply doing good.
As for my fren, I'm really very upset she has to be in this situation now... she must be feeling so miserable now... having to choose between her bf, her faith and her parents. Damn it must be so hard for her... hope all goes well for her in the end...
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* xuan * listened
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