Which obviously includes the freedom to select a religion one chooses to put his or her faith in.
That brings me to the headache of the day.
Ponder this: Given that we are free to choose a religion, why is proselytizing illegal?
For those of you who don't know, proselytizing is the act of attempting to convert a person from one religion to another.
ATTEMPTING. Proselytizing is an attempt to get one to switch faiths. but faith is not as fickle as a light bulb switch. We don't believe in a religion one minute, and then in another the next. If that really is the case, then that person never truly put his faith in his religion. Makes sense, doesn't it?
The raid on the Damansara Utama Methodist Church on the basis of prostelysizing Muslims seems like a plot. By who? Don't know. For what? Will never know.
Granted, places of worship can be used as foils for crimes, and has been in previous years. But if one is to perform a raid, one should do it respectfully, at the very least.
In fact, there should be less fault on the part of the prostelysizer than the prostelysizee. Excuse the language, it probably isn't accurate, but you get the point. If you put your faith in a religion, you should be committed wholeheartedly to practising said religion. There should be no doubt in your mind and heart that said religion is the best fit for you, that its principles resonate with your very own.
So, if a person were to lack faith in his/her religion, it is due to the fact that he/she is not committed fully to practising the teachings of his religion. Don't blame others for your own devotee's shaky religious beliefs.
You can't be preaching freedom of choice on one hand, and then say you cannot choose your own religion on the other.
Abort all beliefs, become an agnostic.
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