When people actually interprets and twists their religious teachings into what they perceived as correct, and then set forth to commit acts which they justify it on religion, it becomes dangerous. We have seen it too many times. Whether it is strapping on explosives and then setting themselves off in marketplace, or steering a plane into an office building, or beheading women because they got too close to married men, they firmly believe what they are doing is right because that is what their religion taught them.
As such, when the AWARE drama happened, I sat up and was worried. Because even though no violence nor deaths were involved, a group of women executed a well planned coup because they perceived AWARE as supportive of the alternative lifestyles, and from what they were told by their religion, alternative lifestyles are wrong.
Listening to the comments by their so called mentor was chilling. They are trying to impose their views of what is right or wrong, on other people. And they firmly believed what they are doing is right. What is even more frightening is that those involved are not some hungry, uneducated people who are easily manipulated using religion, but are doctors, bankers and lawyers. What is going to happen next?
I have a nagging question that worries me. Does any of our leaders have the same beliefs as them?
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I should really write more often. It was so hard trying to express my thoughts into this post. I guess all those writing for work is different from trying to put my non work related thoughts into words.
