Another text after a coffee break and reading some stuff last night before going to bed. I love to read about mythology, history, religions etc.
Now, I would like to start this one by saying that I don´t have a religion and no im not an atheist because I believe an atheist believes in believing in nothing. I believe in something but I have never found anything that would even come close to my "belief system" so im not able to name myself and again.. labeling, if you read my blog about it you know how I feel about that. Yes, exactly my mind works in a very complicated way I know, heh..
so.. oh now I feel overwhelmed as there is so much to say about this subject and in large portions I might be even contradicting myself.. getting more complicated? yes? well what can I say religion isn´t an easy subject, religion isn´t a subject where you can have just one perspective, that must be one of the reasons why it fascinates me so much. I will just go over a few opinions about the major religions in Finland and just the "general" stuff, believe me if I would go through all this blog would never be ready and I would just go on and on until this would be a huuuuuge book.
I believe that the need for religions stems from the fact that people NEED something to believe in. The way that a human mind works is that it needs to have some sort of justification for everything that happens to them, around them and all over the world. If you take a look at the history books you´ll notice that most war´s etc. come from the same "simple" reason.. religion. Racial questions were raised by people having a strong belief system, condemning metal music and rock came from this same thing. Witch hunts and all.. all come from the same root. That is one of the reasons why I don´t like belief systems at all, of course there are people who are able to live in peace and harmony even though having a strong belief system, but as with all things, when it goes too far it´s dangerous.
I was born in Finland and Finland is a Christian country officially, that´s why I was automatically included in the Christian belief system, yet I am not a Christian, I don't like the fact that they take out a percentage of my wages to the church every month just because I am a part of the finnish Christian church, the only reason why I do not fill out the separation notice to the Christian church system is that with the percentage they take out they also pay a lot of the church aid´s to poor countries and the children of poor countries and the church in Finland has a good background in giving aid to different countries and I want to support that with a small percentage every month and this is the only aid system in Finland who do not take a lot of the money meant for the aid for staff costs for example so I know that my money will help too. I will make the separation notice once my son is old enough to decide for himself if he want´s to do it and when my own aid plan is ready which we are working hard on with some of my closest friends.. that will be massive btw, but the time to reveal the whole thing isn´t yet unfortunately and that´s a subject for a different blog anyway :-D So ah yes, the strange church system here, well it´s the same as in many other countries and this is one of the BIGGEST reasons why I hate it so much, the church is basically the same as the government. These two things in my mind are completely different and under no circumstances should the church and government be in bed with each other. Then there is the other thing about Christianity that I do not like, there are these people ( I know a few of this type personally ) they hit you in the head with the bible condemning you for the most stupid reasons like watching a horror flick, listening to some "wrong" type of music, not going to church etc.. and yet, these people are the most corrupted, cold, uncaring people you have ever met and besides that they make the ultimate sin in my mind of raising themselves above all other people who aren´t in their "holy circle" of people. Then the bilding that is called church, I always love to take this up with the people I described above because they don´t get it and they can never explain the function of the building to me, now, try to follow me. The bible said that under every stone you turn you´ll find me, im in the tree´s etc ( I don´t know if that was close to the English translation as I have read the bible only in finnish ) so why do you need a building to be close to god? the bible is basically saying you can talk to god whenever, wherever just talk and listen. So why would I need a building to do that and a priest? I talk to an entity all the time actually, don´t know if that entity known to many with other names exists but like I said I believe in something, might be god who knows :) so these people usually say that you need the building to ask for forgiveness and the priest to be the vessel between you and god.. uhm, ok I find that explanation kinda strange when I compare it to bible, didn´t god create man as his own image acc. to the bible? so the human race should already be close to god right? so where does the priest fit in? then they usually go on to saying that you can repent your sins with the help of the priest in front of god.. well.. I don´t need help from someone else to apologize to a friend for example, so why would I need the help of a priest to ask for forgiveness from god? im sorry I just don´t get it... also Christian services are really boring to be honest and has a sad mood to it, too stiff, too serious and too sad.
Then we come to a hazardous area of the Islamic faith, I am saying this because the current situation in the middle east is the gasoline to start a fight over things about Muslims and Islamic faith. I think it´s really sad that the most raised news from EG for example is the fact that the local Muslims were endangering themselves to protect Christians working in Egypt. Why does it all always come back to religions fighting over things, The world is filled with toddlers having the most ridiculous rage fits and yes I am talking about the human race. We are all just as precious as people in comparison to the other, we are all the same and if you read through history you´ll notice that the same blood run´s through us all. this race started from the same point, There will always be disagreements over religious views and opinions will clash but do we always have to be violent when things won´t go our way? what the ***** happened to mature discussions, im scared of the example we as "adults" are giving to the children of this world., I don´t even watch the evening news anymore because it makes me cry every time when I see how much suffering there is in this world. ok so see.. im going on to include a separate topic to this blog again :-D like I said this whole subject is much more complicated than what you would think initially. so the Islamic faith, I think it´s an interesting faith and there is so much positive aspects to the belief system, and yet again we come to the extreme people and how they are negatively affecting the whole view on this belief system. I have a close friend Mohamed who is actually a native Egyptian, I met him through my work when I was on a business trip in Egypt and we got along really well, no not in a romantic way :-D I know some of you had that quick idea already. but as friends and he is a Muslim and we have never fought over religion, we have discussed our own point of view´s and tried to understand where the other one is coming from and our discussions have always ended in some sort of understanding.
Oh and even when I said I would go over major religions in Fin, I just have to comment on a fantastic experience I had during a business trip in Asia. I had actually just arrived to Seoul in South Korea and I was feeling really tired and I was suffering from jet lag. I didn´t want to sleep though because it was morning in Korea and I wanted to survive the jet lag without making it worse ( I always do this because other wise my inner clock will be so messed up that I won´t be able to function) so I decided to stay up until it would be 10 in the evening in Korea and I would be able to turn my clock to the local time and I would be refreshed and sharp as a knife the following morning because I was going to meet many of our customers and I would have to take care of their worries and be able to explain many things and be able to reply to everything that might be thrown at me during the meetings, besides, when im tired I get really irritated easily because I have to wear high heels and a business suit :-D so I went into my room at the hotel and left my stuff there and decided I would take a walk, when I was waiting for the elevator I noticed a massive Buddha statue in the middle of a forest nearby the hotel ( my room was in the 26th floor ) and took a close look at the roads and which way I would have to go and where would I have to turn to get there. So I decided I would go and take a look at the statue, when I arrived at the outskirts of the forest I noticed that there was a sign stating that it was actually a functioning Buddhist temple and there were monks living there, I went inside the temple area and I was lucky enough to be there right when their prayer moment was about to start, I asked around and found out that it was allowed to go into the temple and watch it from the corners and to be honest I've never witnessed anything so peaceful and religious in my life, it felt amazing and afterwards I was able to take a look around the area with a monk who was happy to show me around, it was amazingly beautiful and a fantastic and peaceful experience. The monks were so kind and they were happy to explain all kinds of things to me and show me the prayer drums and all, I felt blessed to be able to experience that.
so I guess as a conclusion you could say that the best way to live with a belief system is understanding and appreciating the diverse religions around the world, you can have your own faith but don´t ever judge or condemn someone just based on the religious facts and never judge a religion. ¨
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