Have anyone ever wondered whether if there is a new God living among us and looks just like one of us? But no one approves of this when they already had their own set of beliefs of God?
There was once I was working part-time in a car servicing workshop and there was this friendly customer who had a chat with me. Once I've introduced myself, he started me questions like "Hey, are you a Christian?", I said no. "Then do you know that your name is a Christian name, and Aaron is the brother of Moses?" I replied with a reluctant yes, and in my head I know that the name Aaron has an Islamic relation to the Koran. He then bombarded more questions and started explaining to me more about Christianity as he was persuaded me to join, where he started joining a year back. That customer's attempt of persuading me to go to a church failed as he told my boss to let me go off early so I could follow him to church, which is absurd. His car service took only 20 minutes, his attempt of dragging me into Christianity lasted for 6 hours. From my lunch time until I finished working.
The thing is, religion cannot be forced upon a person. Nor can it restrain anyone of doing what they want to do. In my perspective, it serves as a guideline to many of us humans. As much as I am a Taoist Buddhist, I do my own research on Theology, the study of concepts of God and it's influences.
Everyone questions whether God exists at least once in their lives, and many have tried to prove His existence. Even wars were sparked due to different conceptions of God by different beliefs, notably the Holy War. It was a taboo to talk about other's religion to some even up till today.
But what I notice is that many of my peers today are calling themselves Atheists, a person who does not believe in the existence of God. Atheists are deemed rebels, but I find that to be untrue as my friends that are atheistic are still good people who has moral ethics. Perhaps what they believe in was different. Or perhaps the beliefs of following the Bible, Quran, Bhagavad Gita, words of prophets, popes,priests, monks and such were outdated. I have an uncle who is an Atheist as well, as he have always believe in Science. What he said was "Science have never been wrong so far. Humans could be wrong for many years for all you have known.". Such bold statement can be hard to swallow for the narrow-minded. No one could say that he was right, nor was he even wrong. Science have yet to prove the existence of God, but this does not prove that he does not exist. Some things in life is just like the wind, you might not be able to see it but you can feel it.
In Buddhism, Buddha was not God but a sage who founded a belief and created a goal for his disciples. Taoism believed in deities, and was depicted by Lao Tze. Prophet Mohammed was a messenger that spreads his beliefs and message of God. Jesus was claimed as the son of God. So I ask myself, in who or what do I really believe in?
Everyone questions whether God exists at least once in their lives, and many have tried to prove His existence. Even wars were sparked due to different conceptions of God by different beliefs, notably the Holy War. It was a taboo to talk about other's religion to some even up till today.
But what I notice is that many of my peers today are calling themselves Atheists, a person who does not believe in the existence of God. Atheists are deemed rebels, but I find that to be untrue as my friends that are atheistic are still good people who has moral ethics. Perhaps what they believe in was different. Or perhaps the beliefs of following the Bible, Quran, Bhagavad Gita, words of prophets, popes,priests, monks and such were outdated. I have an uncle who is an Atheist as well, as he have always believe in Science. What he said was "Science have never been wrong so far. Humans could be wrong for many years for all you have known.". Such bold statement can be hard to swallow for the narrow-minded. No one could say that he was right, nor was he even wrong. Science have yet to prove the existence of God, but this does not prove that he does not exist. Some things in life is just like the wind, you might not be able to see it but you can feel it.
In Buddhism, Buddha was not God but a sage who founded a belief and created a goal for his disciples. Taoism believed in deities, and was depicted by Lao Tze. Prophet Mohammed was a messenger that spreads his beliefs and message of God. Jesus was claimed as the son of God. So I ask myself, in who or what do I really believe in?
My own perception of God was; it is a beautiful art, an epic tale that was told by one human to the next. The only problem about telling the tale is that the words get twisted up from mouth to mouth. Can you see how Islam and Christianity is closely related? Or how Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and Sikhism is very much alike? I believe we humans screwed the story up somewhere, that is why it was branched out.
In short, God may have been just a perfect human. But what I truly believe in is not God, but in altruism. Altruism is to do good, regardless of to whom or what. And the main objective is to be selfless, where each of the existing religions have been teaching for centuries; to do good.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter on who or what do you believe in; as long as you believe in yourself.
In short, God may have been just a perfect human. But what I truly believe in is not God, but in altruism. Altruism is to do good, regardless of to whom or what. And the main objective is to be selfless, where each of the existing religions have been teaching for centuries; to do good.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter on who or what do you believe in; as long as you believe in yourself.
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