Faith.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Courtesy of Dictionary.com
n. - God
- A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.
- The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being.
- A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality.
- An image of a supernatural being; an idol.
- One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed: Money was their god.
- A very handsome man.
- A powerful ruler or despot.
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So it seems like a very strange way to start a post but i did it anyway. I'm strange. Pretty much. Okay so i woke up at 5 am this morning for a house prayer. It's actually a prayer we do once in like 2 or 3 years to help us have a good and fulfilling life ahead as well as to ward off evil eyes and ill-wishers. So my Grandma came over and everyone settled down with the iyers(priests) from our temple to start the ritual. Throughout the ritual, i was just thinking. And thinking. Where is our faith really? Are we blindly following something simply because we were born into it? I was born a Hindu. Meaning, my parents are Hindus and it automatically registers as my religion too. Don't get me wrong but i could have switched to any other religion halfway. Just that i didn't. Coming from St Marg's sec, i've had a christian centred environment for almost 11 years. I even went to church quite a bit. I still go to church actually. So do my folks. We're not staunch Hindus even though we follow our prayers and rituals and stuff. We're actually allowed to eat whatever we want. Choosing not to eat a COW is actually a personal choice. I said cow and not beef because i can't see something so gentle on a plate and degraded and all. Heh. So anyway, I chose to stay a hindu simply because, there are no rules. Believe in karma, don't hurt animals and don't indulge in the evil eye. That's actually about it. We're free to be who we want. We're actually the most carefree of all! What we choose to do is based solely on our own judgement and religion hardly plays a part in that decision. A friend asked me once, "Where are your morals? Doesn't your religion tell you homosexuality is wrong?!". I simply told her, my religion advises me to leave it be. People have their own rights and their own choices. It's up to them. All this because i refused to sign a petition against gay rights in Singapore. How childish. People should really stop using religion as an excuse for this and that. I don't believe God created us only to destroy us via our own misdeeds. This is literally using God's name in vain. In some cases, religion overrides humanity and people start acting like barbarians in the name of religion. Give it a break guys. Seriously. What the hell happened to world peace? Suddenly i feel the pain of the beauty pageant contestants. Year after year they repeat it on stage to a worldwide audience but no one ever takes them seriously. Oh and there's another this i hate. The word Idolising. Whoever gave you the rights to say i'm idolising? Oh wait, i am. But the way you say it, it's full of disrespect and mockery. Just for the record. We don't believe that there is a "different" god in every deity that we pray to. We believe in one divine power aka one God. We have different deities as forms of direction. We look to a certain deity for a certain something but we're really just looking to God. Everyone's always saying, Hinduism is over 5000years old and there's no way you can trace or argue with it. Which is always good. But there's still this problem, the whole you're "idolising" issue. Can't stand it. I'm just going to say one final thing. I believe in all religions. I believe in one God and only one.
A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.- This suggests that there really is only one God. One God in different forms aka religions. So stop being so prissy and using religion as an excuse for anything and everything. I needed to rant. Really.
Such a sensitive issue and i'm so blatant about it. Hope it doesn't get me into any trouble in this regime. Oops, did i go to far? (:
It's been 11 days since my op. I've been so bored. The weather's a killer. Been stuck at home watching movies, playing games and blogging the whole day. Thank god for the constant influx of visitors to keep my mind off blogging. I went out a few times. I'm not usually a self concious person but because of the way my face looks, i resent going out. At least for now. Besides, i don't know when i'm drooling and when i'm not which is just weird! And i keep feeling weak and dizzy and all so i'm still not ready to leave the house. Okay you guys, it's only 1pm now. I think i'm going to watch Valee on Vasantham now. Love that movie. You guys have a good Sunday ahead and i'll update laterrr!
LoveLots,
Ragini(:
