There are some parts in our religion which we are allowed to follow blindly. Such as the how-to of daily prayer, invocations and religious rulings. Everyone is not expected to be a scholar and master jurist. So we are allowed to trust in a scholar and just follow what is taught.
Some part of the religion you must know as in *know*. Such as belief. You must question. You must ask. You must open up to see. You serve a Lord so know Him for He wishes to be known.
And besides, how can you love if you do not know? and He is of higher power so it is in His terms you must serve and love Him. Not on yours. It must be by His rules.
So know Him. and when you have questions about Him, you must find the answers. Do not let your heart dwell in doubt. Find those answers, brothers and sisters. Find them!
Feb 20, 2012
Feb 14, 2012
Sons of Fortune
I was back at my parent's place rummaging through my stuffs in my brother's room when I saw his Jeffrey Archer's novel. I haven't been reading any novel for quite some time and decided to novelnap that. I whisked it away in my bag and spent about 5 days on the book.
I have never timed how long it takes for me to read so I guess it's good to know that I can finish a book in 5 days without affecting other parts of my life... much.
It's about a twin who got ... badabum badabim... got separated after birth like some Indonesian sinetron. One raised by a rich family and the other one with their parents, the middle class awesomeness. They never found out about their relationship (oh I forgot to mention they don't look the same) until much later in their life. Total sinetron stuff there.
What surprised me was that when they found out they were brothers, they decided to tell the doctor to destroy the evidences and kept the knowledge to themselves. Our family values are kind of different and by religious view, we have to make it known. So it is rather odd for me.
What surprised me was that when they found out they were brothers, they decided to tell the doctor to destroy the evidences and kept the knowledge to themselves. Our family values are kind of different and by religious view, we have to make it known. So it is rather odd for me.
Anyway, the reasoning they gave was that the parents are already old (80years plus) and finding out something like that would just shake them. One side will find out the son they thought died is alive and well, and the other one would've felt like they have lost a son.
So what about you? Think you'd tell your ma n pa if you're in their shoes?
So what about you? Think you'd tell your ma n pa if you're in their shoes?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)