God. Religion.

today i was at the kopitiam opposite school in the morning as usual, when i heard an indian man talking to his counterpart about God(s) and the different religions, and i have to say that what he said actually sounds logical to me. So for today's post i'm gonna write about MY OWN views on the topic.

up til this point i have no choice but to stick in a disclaimer, as all of you know that topics that relate to religions are all very sensitive and touchy-feely. If you feel that you are easily offended by such stuff, then i urge you to wait for my next posting.

i think everyone's still reading, but oh well, i tried. most of you are still reading because you're curious about what's coming up, either that are you're just getting ready to shoot me down with my own words. If the latter, then let me emphasise: "MY OWN POINT OF VIEW; MY OPINION, BASED ON MY SENSE OF LOGIC". If you've got any opinions that are about what's going to be shown below, then please put them in the comments section, and don't flood my tagboard with all your displeasure

God. the omnipotent. The all-being. The creator. is he really there? or is he just a figment of mankind's imagination? Has anyone actually seeen him? Has he shown himself and displayed his awesome prowess? i don't think so. Why do we thank him when good things happen, and curse in his name when the opposite occurs? This, to me, doesn't make sense.

When we pray to God for help, it is only because we ourselves have no one else to turn to, so it's comforting to know that there's always some god-like entity watching over you, helping you when the need arises. After your prayers, you naturally feel better, so you will tend to work things out in a more cheerful disposition that you were in before. This is more psychological then godlike-phenomenal, because when you see things in the brighter side of life, everything would obviously seem clearer than when you sulk and stare at people with your morbid little eyes. When things eventually do work out, you thank God, the head-honcho, knowing he's always looking out for his children, and putting your faith in Him, but not on yourself, even when you aren't really sure whether he exists or not.

Humankind is young. and young people tend to do immature things, cos they cant really think well. we tend to follow the rule "seeing is believing", so what happens when we are expected to put our faith in something that we can't even see? we imagine how He would look like. We draw him either as the end of a torchlight that's shining in your eyes, or as an old man with a long, flowing beard of white. this is just to make us feel better, to cover our eyes, telling us that we know what we're putting out faith in.

For those who still can't believe that one old man is in control of their fates, they split up this omnipotent being into many not-so-potent beings, each one with a specific task in hand, so that these people know exactly who to look for when they are looking for blessings in their paths, knowing that this one entity has skill specially made for helping me in this area, he/she/it could never fail me. And all this trouble just to put one at ease.

After all this gibberish that most of you might ignore, my main point is: have faith in yourself, don't put faith in others, cos only you know exactly what you can or cannot do, and this thing called faiths helps you with an extra 'ooomph'. And the other thing is, try being optimistic, don't left anyone or anything spoil your day. When people around you see that you're cheerful, they will start feeling better too, and in turn, when you see the smiles starting to appear on their faces, you'll also feel better.

Thank you.