I can clearly remember, in the winter of 2007, I visited the Baafskathedral, the Cathedral of the town-- Ghent, in Belgium. In there, i shared one of my thoughts of maybe being baptised with a friend.
"Recently lost friendships, love or what?" he so replied.
Indeed, why i even thought of that? By the time, i was content, satisfied with whatever i had in my life.
Though i must admit whenever i got stuck in my study or some personal issues, sitting in our humble Cathedral always comforts me and calms me down.
I love the smell of our Cathedral and its peacefully quite environment, that help me thinking.
But that could be very lame for the reason of being baptised.
Few months later, I heard the story from a friend. She turned herself into a extreme religionist simply because of losing the relationship.
Things kept on happening, more and more friends started looking for The Faith.
Some are forced to have a religion because of maybe better future.
Some are simply because they enjoy having a faith to lean on.
Some are using religion as a passive way to escape from reality.
For me, having a religion could be easy, could be somehow very hard.
Sounds like a paradox, doesn't it?
Maybe, meats are just too good to give up, even for a religion, a faith.
So, I can never be a buddhist, or Taoism .
Being a Catholic or Christian may appeal to me, since I can still have my meaty meal and occasional drink.
However, the problem is, I believe in Mazu--the Goddess of pilgrim more than i believe in Jesus.
Therefore, it leads me to think of this, "Is having A religion a necessity?"
Do we have to live within a certain religion?
If religions brings us inner worth, peace and fulfillment, then why we have to choose?
To choose a side to stand, to believe, to live with?
The question remains unsolved.
I may be a atheism, but i respect all religions, and their followers.
