
Originally Posted by
rodsky
Another analogy I like to express about my own situation:
In the world we live in, people can avail of a a wonderful man-made invention called insurance. You can get insurance for material items, like cars, houses, your business, and you have insurance for people, life insurance, accident insurance. The concept is really quite nifty--over the years, part of what you earn while working gets contributed to a fund, and when you experience a tragic incident or loss, the agreement allows you (or people around you) to benefit financially to offset your physical and emotional needs during the time of loss and grieving.
Now as it turns out, I'm one of those people who really doesn't care much for insurance, in fact aside from SSS, I don't think I have anything else. But I do know that people who have availed of this have probably a better chance at dealing with a tragic/crisis situation than I would. In fact, yes, I should be getting more forms of insurance myself, if I really wanted to "secure" my future. I do not envy them, but I do admire them, and certainly do not pity them. But sometimes I also feel a certain amount of freedom in the sense that I don't have to worry about things like if my contributions to so and so insurance company gets remitted, etc. It's a shallow reason, but again, it works for me.
Thus, for me, the concept of having a religion or the belief in a supreme being is much rather like how I see the concept of insurance, in that I'm fully aware people do it to have a greater feeling of assuredness or security in life, and perhaps I'm happy for them, if they feel they need that. But what will probably annoy me is the insurance salesman who keeps calling my cellphone or keeps knock at my door INSISTING that I get this or that insurance. Again I have nothing against insurance--just don't shove it in my face, because I feel quite content with my current condition.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
-RODION
-RODION