What's Brewing:: If Tomorrow Never Comes

Thursday, February 08, 2007

If Tomorrow Never Comes

It's seems lately that people keep asking what religion I belonged to and when I told them I didn't have one, they would talk as if they want me to have one. Mind you, the "people" I'm talking about aren't even related to me, nor are they my friends. They are just random people like taxi drivers and people who get to know me through internet networking sites - basically if I know you through there, I won't consider you my friend when I've been chatting with you for an hour.

Anyhoo... I shall state here that I dislike people who try to push a religion on me, even if you think you are doing it subtly... you ought not to try at all. Once you get "too religious" for me (especially if you are my friend), I most likely will avoid you like the plague and come out from hiding, once in a blue moon, just to keep the friendship alive. Thing is, if I'm happy the way I am, what makes you think that I would think your religion is any better than the other one I've not chosen? Don't tell me you don't try to get people to join your religion and then go on telling me about how good yours is, and then telling me that I should choose one. Give me one damn good reason why I should?

One person can say that they think there's nothing wrong with other religions, and yet they would say the one they chose is the best. Now this just doesn't sit well with me - If there's nothing wrong with other religions, how can one be better than the rest? Furthermore, not all religions are the same and most of them have been passed down from one generation to another, and goodness knows what misinterpreted, deformed theories have been passed down. So who's to say what truly is right while others wrong, and what can be done while others can't.

In the end it all boils down to belief. If you believe that a certain religion is the way for you then so be it. Don't try to talk me into it, or tell me what's so great about it cos I don't want to hear about it. I know enough about myself and my beliefs to know that I will NEVER have a religion. If I should die tomorrow, just cremate me and throw my ashes in the sink, or the bin as it will eventually lead to me being buried in an island or floating out to sea with the sewage.