Oh how I love to take pride in being Buddhist and having faith in the existence of god. Even with such deep faith, I have no power to prove it to the eyes of people who questions it. This situation seldom occurs back home as we share the similar if not same path but it’s been different when I met someone who strongly questioned me about my faith. Challenged me with science being the ultimate answer and the ability of science to prove all most everything.
I was taken aback because I never thought someone would belittle a religion or more so a faith because I wonder if someone even has a guide in life. The purpose of one’s existence is also questionable for someone like that(this is just my rant). At that very moment I was reminded of the words of Dzongsar Jamyang Khenste Rinpoche where he mentioned that people following the religious path tries to understand and learn science and but he has never heard of any science people trying to understand religion.
Well, this encounter just validated Rinpoche’s statement and I chose to remain silent.
Maybe I am culturally prejudiced for having such a strong opinion but it’s also in my faith not to make fun of other’s beliefs even if I can’t accommodate their thoughts. Well even if I can’t add in more motivating comments, I fake it to be at least a quiet listener.
People maybe educated through the count of certificates but what’s the purpose if one have not even learned to be a human, human in the sense a decent one. It’s confusing and all words I have acquired through my education can’t even express my dilemma here. Maybe I am just fumed because I couldn’t even explain my perspective.
This was my first encounter with an atheists and I must say it wasn’t pleasing yet I am glad for the encounter for I got a differing perspective on things and I won’t be perplexed the next time. I may even be able to give a polite response.
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