I remember it was some time in highschool when i read about a post in facebook from a very religious schoolmate pointing out how a christian should act/do or shouldn’t act/do that I questioned religion. I was, in a way, confused by how we were always identified based on our religion and how we were defined by a certain doctrine. It was by then that I viewed religion as a form of hypocrisy, a person who proclaimed to be a follower of God considered others immoral just by the way they dressed.
“Hypocrite...” i whispered while looking at the post.
I consider myself as I christian not because I was baptized as one but because I have faith in my God. I respect others: their religion, belief, opinions etc;I do not perceive their individuality from their looks but by their deeds; I believe that I have no right to condemn anyone; lastly I don’t invalidate anyone’s religion and these reasons are, what i think, makes me a christian or what makes others’ a people of their religion —— we are humane.
I believe that our God is bigger than any of our religion as he is not defined by any of those, but through pure will and kindness.
“The purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others.” - DALAI LAMA
