I don't know why or how this scene 'resurfaced' from the deepest recesses of my mind. Maybe it's because I've de-cluttered my mind. For some reasons I remembered this scene from my year 4 in primary school. Back then I was studying in a mission school in Kapit.
I had a classmate. I think it was during our Moral Ed class, when our teacher (for the love of me, I can't recall who), asked us about religion. So all of us stated our religion (Christian, Catholic, Methodist, SIB, Buddhist, Muslim, etc) when this classmate of mine stated matter of factly:
"I don't believe in God. I am an atheist".
Our teacher almost frothed in his mouth. He tried to convince my friend that it is wrong/blasphemous to NOT have a religion but he sputtered and stammered when my friend asked what/who is God, how do we know God exists, etc. He sure didn't do a good job at trying to 'reform' my friend. At least that's what I thought at that time.
I don't even know if my friend is still an unbeliever (in God).
Now I don't believe in judging others by their ethnicity, religion. All that matters to me is how a person treats others, or in other words, the 'person' within them. How often have you met a church-going person who behaves just the opposite? I mean I've met these people who are filled with jealousy, prejudice and hypocrisy. Keluar saja dari gate gereja terus maki dan mengumpat.
IMHO, the tension sparked by religion is just plain stupid and serves no purpose at all. You have a great God? Good, so do I. (I believe that) Every religion teaches its followers to love and live in peace. I believe that GOD IS LOVE. But where is the love when people kill each other in the name of their God? Where is the love when we label each other as infidels? Where is the love when we allow our perception to be clouded by prejudice?
It's about time for people to stop this "My God is greater than your God" thingy.
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p/s: I've de-cluttered most of the mess in my head (and life). Work is great so far. New boss in charge now so everything's improving. Even if that means I've got my hands full, I'm loving it. Hehe
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