Monday, November 15, 2010

Jesus + Muhammad + Trimurti = 3.14. . .?

as you may have guessed, I am reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel.  I would honestly never have read it if not for the recommendation by my friend Clara and happening to find a copy that someone was giving out while I was at Henry's house.  The beginning of the blurb: "Pi Patel, a God-loving boy and the son of a zookeeper," is not exactly the first thing that I would want to read about.  Anyway, this book is about a God-loving boy and son of a zookeeper.  This boy, Pi, is not only Hindu, but christian and Islamic as well.  When people find out about this, no one is happy.
✝ + ☪ + ૐ = π?
Everyone has the freedom to practice religion.  weather you are Hindu, Catholic, Jewish, even Wicca, Religion is a personal choice.  Every religion has been persecuted at one point in time,  but after all, religion is not to be decided by others.  religion is a personal choice.  The problem is that people get to attached to their religion.  They will think it is correct and only it is correct.  that is what leads to problems like these.  Pi believes in all of these religions, but people leading these religions don't want him to be a part of all three.  I think that this would be similar to someone wearing three colors, say black, red, and blue.  If a person wearing only black came up to them and said that black is better then the rest of the colors, would that be a fair argument? Is one color better then the other? Not at all!
✝ + ☪ + ૐ = π?
 "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."  the declaration of Independence, as I know you are aware of.  I mean of course Pi was not American, but everyone should have the right to be what they want to be.  Pi found Islam and Christianity, and he decided that he believed in them, even though they were almost opposites with each other and the religion he already had, Hinduism.  In math, opposites attract; two negatives make a positive.  could this possibly be the same with religion?


2 comments:

  1. "In math, opposites attract; two negatives make a positive. could this possibly be the same with religion?"

    wow
    i dont know! i think its all in perspective, just like all things. You say something forsure and have no one against it. Some people who are very into their religion would say no, an atheist would say religion doesnt matter.
    epic blog
    -izzy

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