I can't remember when the last time it was that i entered church. Must have been for someone's wedding. It's as though it is the only time that I do enter a church. Such a Catholic I am. Sunday School and weekly mass was never strained/imposed upon me as a child and as such I think I grew up to being almost an free-thinker.
My contention here is that, a religion, should not be imposed on a child, that they should, upon reaching puberty or when they grown-up enough to understand, be given the opportunity to read the various books available on religion and they then deduce the best faith for them to be into. Of course, the concept of God must be instilled when still a child and the moral values and principals of a good human being be taught to them.
I had a friend who once told me that if she were given a choice, she would not be in the religion that she is in now. Then again, her religion is not one to be trifled with. There are some friends of mine who wholly do not agree on my concept of choice but I stress that importance of understanding a religion, any religion, is only by reading about the said religion. There has to be logic (even practicality to restraints, when looked at over a broad view) to all religions, if not each religion would not have millions of followers all over the world.
Thanks for writing again.
ReplyDeleteWell, not to deduct but rather to add, religion is more of an inheritance than spontaneous discovery vide the availability of scripture.
The primary hint of faith is predominantly what parents hand down, and the best testimonies are always by living the faith that is professed.
Thereupon, the deepening of said faith is fortified by the reading of scripture.
The faithful really, are not measured by the frequency of attendance at mass.
In spirit and in truth, me lass.