Hong’s Cave

Got into a small argument about religion recently. It’s been a while because I try to avoid it as much as possible, but it seemed like she would never stop talking about it.

After that incident, while thinking about it, I came up with another term “Personalized Religion”. I never liked organized religions. And frankly, I think that concept doesn’t make much sense these days. If you think about the relationship of the availability and the accessibility of information and the diversity in thinking and preference, over time, you will see that this concept of a “monolithic” organized religion seems to be not only archaic, but also very deceiving.

The next time you go to church (or cathedral or temple), ask the next person what her/his idea of “god” is. I am sure it will be as diverse as the individual who answers it. I am sure they share some common grounds, just as most of us share common physical features. However, we are also different. As our psychic structures change, our thoughts and belief change as well. That’s why I believe (yes, I do believe in something) that a belief (I don’t want to use the term “religion” here) is and should be personal (or put it differently, individual). You can communicate your own belief to others, but you cannot or should not force it onto others. It’s like a brain-washing and that’s not right.