No 1290 of Living Life Series 1
Is attaching a religious label on paper to an individual necessarily a good thing? This is arguable and may be too rigid when in reality one's religious beliefs are ever changing and fluid even if one claim to be still in the same religion.
It also may create misconception that if one is in religion A and in religion A, there are some with extremist beliefs, one too is likely to have extreme beliefs far from the mainstream. This will be discriminatory.
So some argue that we go by race and not by religion. It seems alright to label one's race and go by ethnicity. But even then what happens to those born of mixed race marriages?
Thus some have argued that we just go for the nationality. This refers to the country a person is living in or has adopted. Even then some are even more progressive then that and say that identifying the nationality can be divisive.
They advocate that we identify the person as from a bloc or continent. But are people matured enough to make this work? A good idea never seem to work the way it should.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that all believe in Divinity they refer to as God or any other name. But the reality is that people are different somehow and will have different beliefs they refer to as religions and sects within religions.
To deny reality is not good. To insist that all are one and there is no need for religions and sects is to be not in touch with reality.
We can have differences even in the same sect or religion, and even in the same culture of a community. Is there the need to label and divide? The answer is not as simple as the question.
Won't it be good to encourage the free spirit and to grow this as the way to promote goodwill among people across races, sects, religions and nationalities? But if we are too carried away by this, we are in the clouds. Surely how good will that be?
Is there the need to label and divide. This is the big question. The big question has no big answer. There will always be problems and issues with men.
Men are like that. The issues and problems of men are many and plentiful. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that God and saints are aware of this.
We too must be aware. The root of the problems lie in ignorance and ego arising from this. When can people be not ego driven but be God-driven? Even many insist that they are God driven when they are ego-driven in the very name of God.
This can happen anywhere and even in a temple of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨. People in the name of God and lord can even come to 'blows' and this is to be expected but never nice anyway. Luckily good sense will prevail - otherwise one will question what a temple or religion is for...
