Another earthquake. :(Is South (East) Asia cursed or what? So far no news of a tsunami, let’s hope it stays that way.

I was talking to someone online and he said “the signs are here that the end of the world is coming.”

*tries not to roll eyes*

He went on to tell me that “I should convert to Christianity now so if anything happens, I can go to Heaven.”

Now, I am not bothered about whatever you believe in, be it Christianity or Wicca. Go ahead la, whatever makes you happy.

But I draw the line when you try to preach about your religion to me. I have had enough of people trying to take me to church camp, trying to make me say grace, smashing flyers into my face and babbling about Jesus/Kuan Yin at the top of their lungs.

I believe there is a Heaven or Nirvana. But what I don’t believe in is that Heaven is exclusively for people who believe in Jesus.

What if you commit a murder yet you are a Christian? Do you get to go to Heaven?
What about if you are leading a damn pious life but have never heard of Christianity because it just never reached your tribe? Are you doomed to eternity in hell?

I just really want to know about that. I’m not kutuking Christianity, which I happen to think is a very beautiful religion. Any Christians out there who can enlighten me?

But I just HATEHATEHATE it when people come up to me and tell me Christianity is the true religion and nonbelievers will never get into Heaven.

For god’s sake (oh no, blasphemy), I don’t even believe in Heaven! I don’t believe that God made the world and universe in 7 days. If there is and end of the world, I don’t believe that it is God’s punishment for us sinning humans. Much like I don’t believe that if you are damn good in your life (or something, the details evade me), you will get 7 virgins when you go to Heaven. So the whole point of you being good is not because it is the right thing to do but so you get to have sex with 7 virgins after you die?

Is there really a true religion? Are religions and their ideologies even real?

Myself, I believe in Buddhism and its belief in reincarnation, karma and Nirvana. It just makes the most sense for me. The world was made because of events that occured in the universe. Humans exist because we evolved from unicellular sea creatures over millions of years.

But I don’t know for sure if what Buddhism says is the truth either. How do we know? Has anyone ever been to Heaven and back and can vouch for it with concrete proof?

I think religions came about to give people hope. To give them faith that someone out there is looking out for them. To give them something to hold on to when they are suffering. To lessen their fear about death and afterlife.

So everyone to their own.
Don’t try to convert me to yours.
How do you know you are right?