A Long Way More To Go..

"There is only One God, and it belongs to your own views and religion to see who do you call God."

This was my teachers answer when i asked her bout why are there so many Gods that people worship to. Being a then toddler, i didn't understand about what religion really is and how do human beings see religion as.

Okay if you're that dumb, and you dont see where this post is heading to, let me enlighten you.

I am not a Christian, nor a Muslim, but being a Buddhist, which preaches peace and harmony, I see the recent alarming attacks on the few Churches in the Klang Valley rather atrocious. Though there isnt any confirmed party on who attacked, but the motive and the target of attacking is rather obvious based on what the High Court had ruled a few days ago.

So whats this biggie about?

simple.

The word to address God based on respective religions.

High Court ruled that Herald (which is a Catholic magazine) could continue addressing God as "Allah". With this, some Muslims around the country felt challenged because the Christians are not qualified to use the word "Allah" in their Christian preaching.

I do understand their reason to be pissed, but shouldnt they know that one's perspective to call God is based on their own will? A person should have the freedom to choose their own religion. So when another party uses the word "Allah", as long as they don't mean to discriminate the word. Isnt it okay? Everyone uses the general word "Tuhan" which means God. It belongs to what religion is the person practicing to determine their respective Gods.

and btw, you do not need to destroy a place of worship to gain attention and express your dissatisfaction. This is a democratic country, so chill lah, just appeal, and appeal and appeal and appeal and appeal, like Hasbollah said!=)