Aunt1 threw a spock into God's wheel.
Thanks to my Aunt1's efforts, my mom was abit disturbed by my visits to the church. so today i have to accompany my parents to go pray to tai sui as well as purchase stuff for praying to tian gong on monday night.
Now dont tell me that i cant pray to tian gong, to me, its a tradition. just like recieving red packets on chinese new year. If you wish to switch over to another religion throughly, please abandon your own roots and culture as well.
In praying to our ancestors, an act from Confucianism, isnt it a higher form of paying respects to our parents?
Think with your heart. is it rite to stop paying respects to your parents after they pass on? does that sits well with you? it dont with me. it just isnt rite. it isnt comfortable at all.
In accordance to what pastor liam had said, God sees everything in every part of our life. from the beginning to the end, and he plans for us accordingly. turns out that my sis is performing service this sunday, so she'll be getting a cd for this week's sermons and she'll be passing it to me after she's done. Our God is good. Amen!
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Personally I hold joss sticks when going to another person funeral and etc.
ReplyDeleteTo me it is a sign of paying respect to the person and not "praying".
I guess the same can apply as long as one makes the distinction.
For example, I can hang a picture of Napoleon as I like this character and admire certain traits. However if I am going to pray to it to grant me super lucky and etc... then I guess it has cross over to worshpping.
Similarly as long as you see it as a tradition and not worshiping, I "think" it should be fine.
Man sees the action, God sees the heart.
Of course, I am not the "Best" christian to consult regarding this stuff.... My response to the blog is based on my feelings and not grounded in the bible, so might not be correct.
Thus It is best that you continue to read the bible or daily devotional on the web page daily.
However I do remember a story about when a prophet/apostle went to another village/town to share about God. The people are already worshipping God, but they did not give it any name. If I remember correctly, the people called it the God "that they do not know the name". The prophet/apostle tell the village/town that the God that they are worshipping is Jehovah/Jesus.
In my opinion, (i want to stress again, I am not entirely grounded biblicaly enough on this part, so I am just sharing my thoughs. It might not be correct)
- If the people still insist on worshipping to the God "that they do not know the name" then it is wrong. The reason is that they no longer do not know the name. They are making a conscious choice to worship another "God".
However
- if the people treats it like a tradition then it should be fine.
So to put into context of the current situation, treat it as tradion and not worshipping.
Seagull