Being agnostic is so full of advantages, I don't see how anyone can be anything but ;-) We are the eternal fencesitters on the eternal question - is there a God? Btw, on an aside, I found on a totally illogical trip (a metaphorical one if any) that the eternal neverending question is not whether there is a God, but it is What Is The Question? And for a brief while everything in the world seemed to make sense. And it all looked so beautiful. I felt like shouting from the rooftops "Can't you see the beauty of it all?" That lasted about as long as the trip. Coming back to harsh reality, I am again flabbergasted at the chaos that is our world. At least mine. Try finding beauty and sense in a pile of dried clothes on sitting cushions in your drawing room and suddenly there hardly is any beauty left in the world at all. Nor any energy. There is nothing as enervating as a pile of clothes waiting to be folded or a pile of dirty dishes that need to be cleaned. Even if the maid is coming the next day to take care of it... As usual, I am drifting from whatever I started off with. I think I'll never ever get to write a movie script. My movies would never end. Hmm...maybe I ought to write soap operas ;-) That is where my lack of narrative skill would prove to be a real asset. Oh, I am drifting again. Anything. Anything to postpone returning to work on a sunday afternoon ;-) But I am testing your patience. Coming back to the advatages of agnosticism (is that right?), let me list them as I see them.
1. We don't have to pray. But that doesn't stop us from being pleased when others pray for us. Why take chances when you aren't sure whether there is a God or not! Better have all bets covered, what say?
2. You can, on rare occassions, when nobody else prays for you or when you yourself feel helpless, can offer the rare prayer that goes like "Oh dear God, if there is a God, ...."
3. You can eat, drink anything at any time. Total and unbridled hedonism tempered only by concern for health and not about whether it is Mickey Mouse Tuesday or Goofy Thursday. My apologies if I hurt anybody's religious sentiments. But didn't want to name any real holidays and ruffle any feathers. Btw, with all sorts of religions and sects springing up, surely there must be somebody who worships disney characters! Hmm...maybe I'll have a fatwa declared on me. Hey, my 2 mins of fame!
4. You can make inane posts like this and leave everybody who is religious jealous and flaming at the mouth.
ubergeek, the
P.S: Working on a Sunday beats the crap out of the crappiest days you've ever had. Excuse me for the lousiest blogger post ever. Is there a lemon awards somewhere in Blogosphere? And anybody who reads this self-indulgent crap, please please suppress that urge to beat me to a pulp with some blunt instrument.
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