| Sunday, 11 February 2007 |
| holy macoroni! |
I am going to talk about something I usually avoid today...
And that is the topic of - Religion.
"Wooaha! He's gonna talk about religion?"
Yup, you heard (or rather read) me right.
I am gonna talk about the sticky issue of religion. Sticky icky icky issue! So sticky, it even bites. (*snap*)
But rest assured people, I'm no biggot and I don't see myself becoming one in the next century or so, so no, I'm not going to flame anybody, or anyone, or any religious school of thought for that matter.
If I'm gonna flame anyone, its gonna be me. Yes, I'm gonna burn myself in the butt, for not having a religion.
I bet all of you are laughing big time right now, because I'm sure everyone out there feels that Damian and Religion, don't mix. Given my propensity to believe in anything ranging from Astrology, to the Occult, from Buddhism to Islam, the very idea of me, subscribing to just one religion, and devoting the rest of my life to it, is really, quite alarming. (or amusing, depending on how you look at it.)
But yes. I was wondering on the way home just now, in a horribly long bus ride, jam packed with Filipino maids, that maybe its a shame I don't have a religion to believe in. And that maybe, just maybe, if I did have a religion, I would have more meaning in my life, such that I wouldn't be so screwed up, trying to find more meaning in life in the first place!
(which means the maids are actually superior to me in terms of spiritual enlightenment, cause we all know they are Roman Catholics. Can you imagine me? Inferior to them? Okay, that was mean, but while I'm no biggot, I must admit that I tend to be a bit class conscious.)
Its an interesting thought, this whole tricky business of religion. And truth be told, its been a topic that has been discussed quite earnestly in medical school last week.
Huipei and I kept talking about it... because we discovered that alot of our fellow anatomy group-mates were actually extremely (in Huipei's words) "Holy" people. So holy! But yes, I'm not used to having devotees among friends... except maybe Esmonde and Isaac and Yuan Kang way back in Secondary School.
I remember always getting dragged to their, I dunno, (was it confession or sharing?) sessions, and just watching them engage in their daily (which gradually became weekly) talking sessions, where I guess they tried to communicate with God. (I observed, mostly with amusement, because it really was quite amusing to me...)
But yes, the whole point that Huipei and I were trying to make was that we both came from Catholic Schools, just like Gerard and Matthew, yet we ended up being so unreligious, both of us having no religion and all, and they being so involved in their religion ... Kinda strange really.
But ultimately, we figured its because of the fact that our families are non-religious, and due to the whole nuture over nature thing, we have become non-religious as well.
Come to think of it, maybe its not so bad having a religion.
I guess its just the whole sense of finding meaning in your life, finding some form of direction, even finding some form of family outside your biological family. You get a sort of spiritual family as well.
And I've seen so many people who find so much joy, meaning and delight in having a religion. The obvious case of Esmonde and Isaac and Co. comes to mind. My aunt and her family living in Australia. Sebast and his new found direction in life. And now medicine friends.
Maybe if I did have a religion, maybe if I made up my mind so many years ago on whether I should even bother or not, I would have so much more meaningful weekends spent with another group of people who share my same beliefs, instead of worrying incessantly if the latest episode of Grey's or Heroes is going to be deleted from its online source.
Ha. But its too late now. I'm too deeply entrenched in my own unique interpretation of spirituality that I can never ever force myself to be discipline enough to adopt a religion.
Come to think of it, I don't really know what I believe in. I know that I believe thst there is something up there, some kind of force, something much larger that us, who control our fate and destiny. But what it may be, I do not know. I do not know if there's one God, or many Gods, or no God/Gods at all, but at least I know, I am not an Atheist.
But as to the specifics of what I believe in, I guess I would say its a mix-n-match, a hotchpotch of different ideals from different religions... and to me it makes no difference.
Cause afterall, all religions, teach you one thing, which is how to be a better person.
So really, what difference does it make if you believe in God, Allah, Buddha or Shiva, when in the end, all will help you to be just simply, a better person?
One thing though: I totally dig the whole Papacy thing with regards to Roman Catholicism.
All the pomp, and bureaucracy, and conspiracy, and history! So cool. So damn cool. =p
But yes. Wouldn't it be nice to once in awhile, get some slice of that religious pie?Labels: emo, religion |
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