Sometimes, I think religion is just another money making venture. Especially when the preacher man, Sun Ho's husband, proudly proclaims, "we accept them all, MasterCard, Visa, Amex." "The more you give the more you will be blessed." "Businessmen who find yourselves facing bankruptcy, all you need to do is to give generously and God, the Provider will solve your problems." I walked out. Disgusted.
To me, religion is like a placebo. Take a dice and roll it. Maybe you roll one, 2 ones, 3 ones, but things don't stay bad forever, it might take you 3 tries, or 10 tries, eventually you roll a six. And you thank God for it. Sometimes you ask why it took 10 tries to roll a six and they tell you "Everything in God's time." But without religion, without faith, maybe we would have much less hope,and maybe we would have stopped at 3 ones, given up and cried, but because of our faith and trust in a God, we continue rolling and eventually we reach a six.
I left the indoor stadium, caught bus 16 and alighted 2 stops later opposite the Concourse, glowing in the night. The plump man who got down with me decides to dash across Nicoll Highway. I take the bridge.
posted by Mr Brightside at 1:15 PM
3 Comments:
i'm quite sure he din use those exact words that you had quoted. btw, events like this needs funding, it doesn't just happens without any financial support. you may not be in favour of what rev kong hee says to garner support for this event but no one is forced to give. it's called an offering, an offer of sacrifice that we want to give, no one bothers if u put in a cheque or perhaps just a mere $2. perhaps you would like to think of what ur stand is? do you or do you not believe? do you or do you not have faith and trust?
that's such a cop-out.
you don't need to "sacrifice" a cent for faith. isn't your relationship with god on a personal level beyond all material values?
in my opinion, your faith doesn't even require the following of an institution like the church. if there's "faith and trust" in question, it's that between you and whatever higher being it is you believe in. anything inbetween is necessarily unnecessary, and nothing but a human hubris.
i do believe in christ, even though i don't attend church and all. and i think if christ is in your heart, sometimes that is all that matters. u know the film stigmata? i quote from it, "The kingdom of God is within you and all around you. It is not within buildings of wood or stone. Split a piece of wood and you will find me. Look beneath a stone and I am there."
and i agree. you don't need to go to church to believe in christ.
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