Buffet faith

When dealing with religion issues, one has to be very careful not to say anything remotely offensive. So before reading past this paragraph, please be aware that I am referencing to certain religions and it might offend you. Do not read this blog entry if you get easily offended.

Now to the rest of you brave and adventuress individuals out there, let me begin this rambling of what I call buffet faith.

It really does not matter what religion you practice or are affiliated to, all religions have their rules and boundaries. The structure and regulations is what makes them unique from one another, or are they unique. I believe that religion should not tie you down and define who you are.

I will give two examples from two mainstream religions.

The first one is an example from the Islamic faith. You all might have heard stories about the countless women who was prosecuted because she was caught driving a car, or women that got raped and was sentenced for committing adultery. Some women are not even allowed to sit next to their husbands in a restaurant without a sheet dividing them. These examples are extreme but they do happen quite often in the Arabic countries. There are many examples in the Holy Quran where women are told to cover themselves in order for men not to be lead into temptation. Women in the western worlds wear short skirts, sleeveless tops, but yet they won’t eat pork. How can you do the one thing but not the other?

The second one is Christianity. Although it is more relaxed than the latter religion, people still get quite staunch when it comes to following the Holy Bible.  Since Christmas is a big event in the Christian calendar let me try an appropriate example relating to it. Most Christians go out and put up a tree, they tell stories of Santa clause to their children and buy gifts for each other, but beware, you are not allowed to watch harry potter, because he is evil. Once again I have to point out the double standards here. Isn’t Santa clause also riding on something like harry potter does. What keeps the reindeer in the air? Magic just like harry potter, in fact it is the Christmas spirit that keeps Santa alive. Isn’t this contradicting to what Christmas is all about? They teach their children about flying reindeer, a magic fat man and creatures called elf’s (who looks similar to some creatures in harry potter), but it is acceptable. 

People are fast to judge to what they themselves perceive to be the truth whilst compromising on the religion. I call this buffet faith. They select from the table only what they like and the rest gets ignored. Simply put as double standards.

If you really look closely, you will find that all religions are riddled with these double standards. I detest people that practices buffet faith. It is a shame that they themselves do not realise just how detrimental their actions are towards their own religions. This is another classic example of people that do not think outside the box. Lateral thinking is a myth within most religions and it breeds generations of blunt people.