im pretty much a freethinker. yes, i have a religion (one that you probably have not heard of before in your life) but i only follow it because my parents practice it. period.

one may say that religion is so central to their life that they cannot imagine life without it. well, im about to run you through it right now.

i do not go to temples, churches, and so on a specific day of the week. i do not pray to any specific god regularly. i am not so deprived of spiritual guidance as you probably think i am right now, aren't you?

this is the thing with some believers. you superimpose your own beliefs on everyone else and expect people to graciously accept your reasonings, telling people that you must believe in god, you must believe in my god, you must accept something that has not been scientifically proven, you must accept something that has been scientifically disproven anyways since it is the word of God, and so on. i understand your belief in god, and religion and so on, but when have people ever told you that god does not exist, or told you to abandon your religion to become a freethinker?

most probably never, right.

then why must you be so adamant to make everyone see the world as you do, as your god tells you to? why can't you accept that everyone has different perceptions on how the world is and accept it as it is. if you're happy with your spiritual development, good for you then, just don't tell other people to do what you do, because im sure if someone told you that you're wrong for practicing your religion, you'd be pissed. same with how you piss freethinkers off when you tell them they're wrong for not having a religion.

then again people argue with me, 'where is your moral compass?'.

darling, i have a moral code. i have a conscience. i know what's wrong, and what's right, morally. i have values. i do not need to have the fear of god to know that killing is bad, i do not need to fear being sent to hell because i know that stealing is wrong. i do not need to be afraid of the divine to tell the good from bad. do you see people without strong faith killing and stealing from you?

and then people tell me again, then what do you do when you hit rock bottom?

i cry, punch my pillow, and scream. then when im past that i think, i rationalise, and i solve problems. i do not look for a beacon of hope to magically appear to pull me out of my troubles. i do not wait to be rescued, instead i hope to have the strength to rescue myself. again, if you find strength in your god, good for you.

religion is such a touchy subject in this country. i don't like it that the textbooks glorify the 'official religion' of the country. i don't like the history syllabus of my country in general anyways. i don't like how politicans use the racial card to garner votes. i don't like how they accused christians of trying to convert muslims just because they were invited to a dinner at a church. i don't like how they use our diversity, to create discord and race and religion based hatred.

rather than arguing who's religion is better, i'd rather practice the good point of every religion without actually practicing a single one. then again, these are my views, my way of viewing life, my way of seeing the middle path in life. im just offering you insight into life without strong faith in god. if you don't like the way i live, then be happy and run along doing what you like and forget about this.

and no, this has nothing to do with lunch i had 2 weeks ago with newts, wen yang and matthew. that, was just plain funny. (:

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