It's not a new phenomenon for people to turn to religion when they are unable to come up with a lucrative explanation OR when they feel a need to disguise the ugly, underlying truth of any matter.
Daily, we read news from everywhere - and sometimes, the guilty party is too obvious and for the discerning, his/her next course of action can be predicted.
Religion is never bad to have, yet, it's philosophy must be applied to modern day society. Religious text of any denomination is said to have been written donkey years ago, where crime was less sophisticated and choices almost unheard of. Such text was written when minds were not on over-drive and people did not do much except tend to the lands and procreate.
These days, religion has been reduced to being the answer to the unknown, the solution to all human created problems and the rock people hide behind.
Religion was coined so that people in a community could bond together as a community and live with utmost respect for one another. But in a world where people are competing to see who blows the loudest trumpet, religion has been reduced to everything that has not been inferred to, when those scared texts were written.
It is inference after all - and there are many who will shout from the highest mountain that their interpretation is correct.
There is no correct interpretation - except that by society at large. If civil laws say this is murder, IT IS, there is no other valid excuse for committing murder - not under any guise.
It's no different from dumping earth in the middle of the ocean, in international waters, then claiming that to be your personal island. International waters has been marked so that everyone has the right to access it.
Similarly, one cannot impose a law under the guise of religion and say it's application is only for those who share the same religious belief. It's like saying, we have 2 sets of rules, one for you and one for me. That is divisive policy.
I am relieved that I have lived out most of my years on this earth. Relieved, so I don't have to watch the world crumble under people who practise greed and selfishness but will never admit to any.
Singapore might be more socialist than democratic but our government has never been deceitful. When our constitution reads, equality and more equality - the ruling party will always win because that is what they implement in our societal laws.
I may not have had the opportunity to earn more money than I can, had I migrated elsewhere, but I never have to deal with a whimsical set of civil laws, which changes because the person at the top feels like it.
Religion was coined so that people in a community could bond together as a community and live with utmost respect for one another. But in a world where people are competing to see who blows the loudest trumpet, religion has been reduced to everything that has not been inferred to, when those scared texts were written.
It is inference after all - and there are many who will shout from the highest mountain that their interpretation is correct.
There is no correct interpretation - except that by society at large. If civil laws say this is murder, IT IS, there is no other valid excuse for committing murder - not under any guise.
It's no different from dumping earth in the middle of the ocean, in international waters, then claiming that to be your personal island. International waters has been marked so that everyone has the right to access it.
Similarly, one cannot impose a law under the guise of religion and say it's application is only for those who share the same religious belief. It's like saying, we have 2 sets of rules, one for you and one for me. That is divisive policy.
I am relieved that I have lived out most of my years on this earth. Relieved, so I don't have to watch the world crumble under people who practise greed and selfishness but will never admit to any.
Singapore might be more socialist than democratic but our government has never been deceitful. When our constitution reads, equality and more equality - the ruling party will always win because that is what they implement in our societal laws.
I may not have had the opportunity to earn more money than I can, had I migrated elsewhere, but I never have to deal with a whimsical set of civil laws, which changes because the person at the top feels like it.
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