08 June 2009

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they’re opened

Few days ago I received an email about Hamas’ Leader’s son who became a Christian. It was a typical forwarded email, but the title was enticingly ironic. So I read it.

The email was pretty long, it consists of 2 articles and a long interview. The articles themselves was pretty interesting, and fits the title. But what the son (I forgot his name, let’s just call him by HLS (Hamas’ Leader’s Son) from now on) says in there sounds all wrong to me.

Basically he explains why he convert to Christian, and his views on Islam. And it’s his reasons and views that don’t make sense to me. It started from him reading a bible, and think that it’s right and so on, and then he started to think that what he’s been believing is wrong.

But not his dad. He believe that his dad and his organization is not wrong, and that they became wrong and evil because Islam is wrong.

What

the

hell ????????

It’s always the people, MORON!!! Is it just me? or,, do everyone else agree with him? Do everyone think that other’s believes (other than what they believe) are all evil?

I tried to keep on reading, but later I stopped before finishing it. I only got worse and worse as it goes.

And right after discussing this with my friend, Awen, I watched Angels&Demons.. And the ending speech by the new Carmelengo on the story was the perfect fit for this…

“Every religion has flaw. But it’s only because the men are flawed. Every man.”

I’m a Catholic. A Christian. (well, a Catholic to be exact, but I don’t really see a reason to differ them other than institutional stuff. And for this you may call me indifferent, even agnostic, but liberal is the word I prefer.)

I believe in the teaching, the religion, the God, but not in the institution. If a priest tell me to kill because otherwise I’ll rot in hell, I don’t think I’ll give much damn about it, let alone doing it. But I also won’t convert only because I know the institution is rotten, because I know better than to do that.

So I really think that this HLS and everyone who thinks like him are severely, acutely, dangerously narrow-minded!

But what bothers me more than this HLS, is the email itself.

It was sent by a friend of mine, (a Christian, in case you’re wondering) to so many people (including me). And the recipients, many of which are Muslims. This, for some reason, embarrassed me.

I don’t even see a reason to send it to anyone. It doesn’t show any good side of Christian, if that was the objective, I only show how narrow minded are the HLS and the sender…

I have my own definition of believe. And you don’t mess with other people’s believe. Believe is something very very very personal. Might as well be the most personal thing.

@#$%^&^%%^&&…

These  narrow minded people always gives me a headache… hate you guys……