i used to pump my faith in worship.

my aunt and uncle love the da vinci code because they believe it debunks everything that christianity's about, regardless of the fact that it really does take an overdose of creative license with everything it discusses. they hate christianity with such a zeal and zest that it's borderline neurotic. it's not that they've got anything against organized religion...they confess to and detail the greatness that is buddhism whilst conveniently never going for classes or visiting temples.

previously, the family didn't really have any religious preferences of inclinations. my father wore a buddha around his neck during his time in brazil but it's not like he's a deeply religion man, either. i'm not sure what got them into the whole buddhism gig, but i'm pretty sure that i can blame richard gere to an extent.

if you'd hear the things that they had to say about christianity, it'd break your heart...even if you weren't christian. they say the things they do with the full knowledge that i'm christianish...that's right, christianish. i'd be happy taking my aunt's head (which has swollen due to her unjustifiably large ego) and ripping it off her neck, and then stuffing it down my uncle's throat for being somebody who can't really think for himself.

being disrespectful towards another's beliefs. it runs rampant today. i'm pretty sure buddhists are peaceloving potheads who wouldn't hurt a blade of grass. i'll never really know. if my relatives' perceptions towards the belief systems of others can be so easily swayed by scewered misconceptions and the lack of understanding or comprehension over how God can help...then i can act the same way and say that most buddhists are wasting their time worshipping a dead prince who gained enlightenment like how newton did under the apple tree. and your dead prince hardly looked like keanu reeves in little buddha. he was a smelly indian. and we know that us chinese folks hate being subservient to black, smelly indians.

i could say all that. in fact, i just did. if you feel offended by it, don't take it out on me. take it out on the zealots who've suddenly multiplied everywhere. i don't have enough faith to stand up for what i believe in but i'm quite sure that there're a lot of people who are.

i'll probably achieve nirvana (and i don't mean the band) sooner than those miscreants.

sigh.

give it up to those who conveniently use (a profound lack of) religion as a convenient tool to deal with their own unfathomable, repressed feelings towards others.

you bigots make my day.