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the following post is quoted from my friend's blog @ http://iceattitude.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, July 29
today luey chun and i were at the class bench and two j2s came up to us and asked us to spare them a minute to do a survey. we agreed, and the first question was: when was the first human being born? 4.5 billion years ago or 6000 years ago? i found it weird, then upon reading the next few questions i realized that i had been tricked into a proselytization session (kudos to these people for thinking up such clever techniques to try to convince me not to go to hell).
i was waiting for a friend, so i didn't mind just sitting there, smiling and listening to the two of them telling me that reading the bible would change my life forever. i mean, there is an absolute standard with regard to the quality of your life isn't there? like the number of friends you have on facebook (assuming you do know who the hell most people are), the number of pairs of shoes you have (i suddenly feel my self-esteem take a great dip when i realize that i only have two pairs of shoes) and maybe how many hamburgers you can gobble down in a minute? (to make it fair, let's standardize it and use Big Mac)
one of the guys was named alex, and this is how part of our conversation went:
alex: what happens after you die?
me: your body decomposes
alex: then, what is the meaning of life?
me: i think the meaning of life is subjective
alex: so, you're objectively saying that the meaning of life is subjective?
me: yes
after my last answer, alex then sneered and tried to hide his condescension, i think i totally deserve it, after all i'm inifinitely inferior to those who have a God to pray to and who think themselves to be the heroic saviours of people like me.
of course, his concealed arguments leave much to be desired. firstly, he suggests that just because you don't believe you will go to heaven after you die, you would not have found the meaning of your life. secondly, if i imply correctly from his polite condescension (please note the irony), he is saying that you cannot objectively say that the meaning of life is subjective. and would he argue that glorifying God is an objective purpose of life?
finally, it is not surprising that he sees Jesus Christ as nothing more than a mental idol; an old man with a white beard, which is the core egoic delusion that spiritual teacher eckhart tolle has talked about. the delusion that only MY god is real, YOURS is false. CHRISTIANITY is real, JUDAISM is false.
the two of them left after failing to provoke any response in me or luey chun. he asked us what we thought, and both of us said that we had nothing to say. he even said, "you can argue if you want." we just looked at each other and smiled, and thanked him for sharing.
if you've been bought so strongly into the cult like he and many countless others have, you will probably be unaffected by this post. after all, who could undermine the foundational beliefs that you have held so dearly to yourself for so long? (and who could undermine your wonderful circle of friends who pray so hard, and believe so deeply?)
at the very least, ask yourself: which is more important to you? popularity or accuracy? then maybe you'll come to find the answer.
p.s. alex deserves credit, though. he used the analogy that we are all highlighters, and that Jesus Christ is the stationery maker. because of this i was reminded that i had to buy an eraser from the bookshop.
which i agree to his point of view to a relatively large extent