i was bumming around last sunday with uncomfortable fever & flu, feeling bored without any interesting book or mag around. tv’s busted and was recovering at the not-so-reliable technician’s operating room for a few days now(no news of its operation yet). so the last option would be the trusty old audio box. i was turning its dial for no particular station when i came up with this program airing religious debates(oh God, it’s not set on FM mode as i thought it was).
as usual, they are debating about who among them is with the good sheperd and about the TRUTH. bless them all. wish they would talk about the FALSE or the CONSEQUENCE for a change. for a while they chanted up bible verses where the rest of the religion representatives would give their rebuttal to every speaker who explains its meaning, thus, giving out the REAL MEANING of the verse. after a minute or so, mud throwing takes place. debate became too personal. one orders the other to shut up coz his mouth stinks. another one accuses the other of being a liar since birth. someone shouted that the other is just asking money from his followers. then voices of people speaking at the same time. til the moderator managed to speak among the chaos explaining that the program will be right back after a short commercial break. funny as hell indeed.
now, before anything else, let me emphasize that i am religious on my own right and i’m proud of my faith. but i don’t and will never agree with religious debates. sure we need to share the good news to our friends or to the newly found acquaintances but do we need to reiterate it? stand if you must but never insist. why not respect the other’s belief? gone are the days when people were killed for their religion. let’s keep it at that. let’s respect the people for their chosen religion because that is what they believe in. same belief that you have. how would you feel if the person would repeat over and over again that your religion is not the right one and you will suffer in hell forever? peace can be attained if we have the will for it. life is short so let us all agree to disagree. live life the way you want it without forcing other people to follow your way.
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