The lecture I attended toady definitely changed something in my mind. The topic of this lecture was about the meaning of life. The lecturer was the famous cardinal bishop Shan Kuo-Hsi who got cancer in 2006. Most time of the lecture, he was telling several instructive stories which had affected his life, but what really shocked me was this sentence:God is nothing but love.
God is love. This explanation suddenly made me feel refreshed. I can't stand an imaginary man calling himself dominating all the creatures but I could accept love being the God, because everyone in the world needs love and love can make the world better. I don't know whether this explanation about God is officially admitted by the Roman Church, but it's more convincible.
The catholics I saw are all kind and nice. They care about other people and they would like to help those in trouble. However, they dreamed of seeing the Pope. I have seen some crazy followers dying to kiss the feet of Pope. I don't know what other people would think, but I believe this is not right and this could lead to a disaster.
One friend of mine had experienced this embarrassment a few days ago. She went to a temple and happened to meet a famous religious leader. What surprised her was everyone but her knelt down. My friend knew the Buddhist leader was famous and respectable but the leader didn't deserve to be knelt. Finally she compromised since she didn't want to be considered as alienated by her fellows.
Actually all I want to say is I wish there is more rationality in the religion. Maybe I am too strict but I do believe only by being more rational religion can exist in the future.
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