Of Love and Other Demons
(My semi-unpopular opinion about marriage, religion, et. al.)
A few blogs ago, I have an entry that discusses what I want my marriage to be like but it failed to give the deeper perspective as to where I’m coming from in this matter.
Unlike other Catholics, I wasn’t raised to be a devout catholic. My being religious stopped when I transferred to a non-sectarian high school. And studying in UP opened my eyes to the possibilities of being an agnostic. I am only a catholic when I fill out forms.
I believe in a God; the presence of something greater than all of us; to whom I feel I should be grateful for my existence and for each day that happens to me; to whom I owe the explanation of Love, Justice, Peace, Equality and generally being Good.
What I do not believe in is a religion that discriminates against other religion. What ticks me are those devotees who discriminate against devotees of other religion. It really irritates me when religious leaders use their influence to sway their followers to vote a certain way; when religious leaders try to influence the government by issuing some certain statement; when religious leaders don’t allow a woman to have the option of family planning; when they discriminate against gay people; when they boast of being good but they themselves become corrupt.
I’m not saying that all religious people are hypocrites but some are.
To me, believing in God is separate from having a religion.
This lengthy discourse is only to give one reason why I don’t dream of walking down the isle.
