so in this post, i'd like to share a little something that's actually very personal in my relationship with iman.
things are going great and all. we're 20 but we're having fun as if we're 14 and stupid. but there's this one thing i always try to avoid cause if we talk about it, we'll ALWAYS end up fighting. and i mean, ALWAYS.
iman, though he doesn't show it much, is pretty religious. religious as in he prays, he fasts he does things a muslim's supposed to do. on the other side, there's me. i believe that everything i do is prayer. the good things, the bad things. the oh so sinful things and everything, they're all prayers. at least to me they are. i mean i just can't accept the fact that god himself asks us to pray to him in a certain way and in certain times exactly the way he tells us to. that or eternal damnation. i mean, come on.
a lot of people say that god is the all seeing eye. he watches your every move and he knows everything about you. so if he's on the watch 24/7 so why do you pray only on those certain times in a language we don't even understand. that's just never going to make sense to me.
i believe that everything i do, is a learning process to find my purpose and to be a better person and that's how god wants it to be. at least that's what i believe.
ok, not this. i am not, i repeat, i am NOT saying that the religious system is wrong. no not at all.i'm only saying that it is just not for me.
maybe some people feels more comfortable if they have something to lean on constantly, some rules to follow, something to hold on to. well, that just doesn't work for me. i believe that god won't punish us just for eating pork and coming to contact with a dog which i think god created to be man's best friend in the first place. i just think that he's telling us to use our free will and to know ourselves what is right and what is wrong.
ok, so here's the catch. say that you are religionless. now write down a list of the things you know that is bad. for sure you'd know that killing is wrong and you would never do it. you'd also know that stealing is wrong, hurting other people is wrong. also for the good things, you'll know that helping others is nice, spreading love is nice, TOLERANCE is nice and everything else.
a human being is born with brains and they are capable of knowing what is right and what is wrong.
ok, now imagine yourself being in a religion. this religion tells you EVERYTHING you need to do and not to do. it tells you that your religion is the most perfect of all. it tells you that it's ok to hurt people if they are against you're religion cause it's called defending. it also tells you that it's wrong to drink alcohol and that it's ok to have 4 wives and all, it also tells you that no matter what you do wrong all you have to do is pray and then you're forgiven. let alone apologize and trying to change and realize you're mistakes. let alone toleration. they're against you? bakar!
what happens is, the person ends up relying too much on the religious system that his sense of mind gets really numb and he no longer knows what is right and what is wrong cause all is just so confusing. so the person ends up relying 100% on the religion and even applies the bad stuff in real life. making wars after wars after wars after wars.
when i was in my religion class last year, someone asks the teacher. "when you're in the rakaat terakhir and praying that last part of the prayer where you're fingers have to be pointed, are you supposed to move you're fingers around or let them stay still?"
it's like there is a rule for EVERYTHING you can't decide anything on your own anymore. you have to know the rule exactly the way it is so you don't do anything wrong and you can't even tell for yourselves what's right and what's wrong.
and then another absurd question "eh sbnrnya kepiting tu haram ga si?"
OH COME ON you're not going to burn in hell just for eating kepiting.
those people, they RELY ON THEIR RELIGION that they don't realize how stupid they sound.
seriously, can't you even tell for yourself that eating kepiting is not at all wrong unless you are a member of PETA and you are completely against animal being burned and eaten.
do you HAVE to pray on that 5 times a day or else you'll end up on the deepest pits of hell? oh come on, don't you think god knows you better than that?
5 comments:
jadi penasaran, what if dari dulu nabi2 yg memberikan ajaran agama gak pernah datang ke dunia (Yesus, Muhammad, Sidharta Gautama, dll) dan ga pernah memberikan ajaran2 ke manusia. akankan: membunuh, mencuri, berzinah dll itu akan kita ketahui as a sin? Will we have thoughts like that? Or those thoughts just come out naturally karena manusia punya perasaan? (perasaan kalo membunuh itu salah?) hehehe. jadi penasaran... kali gitu fakta sepanjang sejarah berubah. hahaha
well i guess it depends. klo membunuh sms mencuri kan jelas2 merigukan dan menurut gw manusia punya akal sehat kok buat tau klo itu salah. tp yg ambigu tu sex and alcohol. 2 itu ga akan di claim dosa si tanpa adanya ajaran agama. klo udah kebanyakan emg merugikan, but for a certain amount, it's pretty much harmless. menurut gw lhoo
Idyaaa...you wrote everything I've been dying to write on my blog!! Seriously!! Hahhahahaa.
All I say is..."Amen, my friend!"
amen to you to friend ;)
bucuo kok answernya :D
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