One
of the subjects in my campus, History of Modern Thought, was demanding us to make our own philosophy from our experiences. But as I live in
this world, I do not have any such kind of inspiring story/experience or
something else. I just live my life like normal people. Wake up, go to
school, do activities, eat, and sleep. Sometimes I feel bored with
my life and also confused about my life. When I was a child,
approximately at eight years old or maybe more than that, I don’t know
but I am in elementary school at that time. It was the time when I felt
confuse about me, I saw my both hands and my entire body and began to
think like “how can I be like this?” and also I confused “how can I move
all of part my body?”. That was a strange thing at that time. But I
didn’t take it seriously, because I was still a child at that time, so I
just ignored it. And now I am adult, and my brain and my mental is
already can understand about those things. Those questions had been
answered by time. I know exactly how I can be like this and born in this
world and I know how I can move my entire body.
But nowadays, I am already twenty. In the next July 24th, I will become twenty one. And now the thing that makes me confuses until now is about something that people hold as a way of their life and thinking that their way is right. Yeah, I am talking about religion, now. There are many religions in this world, I don’t need to mention them one by one but you as a reader must be know about them. Most of believers really think that their religions are right and other religions are wrong and vice versa. But how can they think like that? It’s because they had doctrine to believe that their religions are right and also it’s because their first environment, they keep what was thought since they were child and thinks that is true. It’s called as Primordialism, the style of thought who thinks that their beliefs are true. And because of this, the people will being ethnocentrism, they thinks that other religion are wrong without knowing the concept of other religion. And also there are some who knows about other’s concept of religion but still thinking that other’s religions are wrong even though it really make sense and logic.
So, which one is the right one? Or are all of the religions are right? But why people judge other religions are wrong? Is my religion is the right one?, or the wrong one? We don’t know about that, because maybe we do not use our intelligence brain. The God created human being with great intelligence; even scientist says that we only use 10% of our brain capability. Then I had been thinking that we should do such kind of observation to look for the right one or the true one. Just because of our parents says that our religions are right then it become right and you believe in it. But of course we believe in it because we were still kid when we were thought by our parents. In my opinion, when you grew up, you must question every single thing and you must doubt every single thing that makes you feel confuse. Then you have got to find the answer by yourself.
If somebody say to you that four plus four equals five. Do you believe it? Yes, If you do not have any knowledge about math. You believe in it. Since we were born we.re just like a blank paper, we do not have yet knowledge about everything. So when our parents say that this religion is right, automatically we would believe. But now everything is different we have been adult, we have knowledge now. It is time for us to seek the true one.
Some says it is faith. It depends on your heart; religion is something that we must believe. So, just believe it. Just believe it?? No no no, God created human being with great intelligence, logic and critical thinking. So, why don’t we use this brain to find the true one and not with our heart. Sometimes heart can fool you but not for brain. But we also have to use our heart. If one religion is really logic (really logic) plus you can feel peace in it. That could be the right one. I believe in one God, not three, four, five and etc. In the perspective of mine, God only sent one religion, but he gave it to us with steps. It’s just like starting from kinder garden, elementary school, junior and senior high school and until university. Then in the last step is the right one that we must to follow. And for the book or the guidance also is an updated book. Starting from the book that you know until the last book that you already know is an updated book. They speak no different, they’re the same, they are talking about good and bad, they talking that God is only one. My God and your God is the same. We worship the same God since we believe in one God, although we have different ways to worship him.
In the end of this paper, I can make our own philosophy from my perspective. I am sure that we must look for the true one. We must become a truth seeker, don’t just believe it, because it’s the same as you are blind. So, my philosophy is that religion is not a heritage but a quest.
- Alki Galang Mandala Putra
But nowadays, I am already twenty. In the next July 24th, I will become twenty one. And now the thing that makes me confuses until now is about something that people hold as a way of their life and thinking that their way is right. Yeah, I am talking about religion, now. There are many religions in this world, I don’t need to mention them one by one but you as a reader must be know about them. Most of believers really think that their religions are right and other religions are wrong and vice versa. But how can they think like that? It’s because they had doctrine to believe that their religions are right and also it’s because their first environment, they keep what was thought since they were child and thinks that is true. It’s called as Primordialism, the style of thought who thinks that their beliefs are true. And because of this, the people will being ethnocentrism, they thinks that other religion are wrong without knowing the concept of other religion. And also there are some who knows about other’s concept of religion but still thinking that other’s religions are wrong even though it really make sense and logic.
So, which one is the right one? Or are all of the religions are right? But why people judge other religions are wrong? Is my religion is the right one?, or the wrong one? We don’t know about that, because maybe we do not use our intelligence brain. The God created human being with great intelligence; even scientist says that we only use 10% of our brain capability. Then I had been thinking that we should do such kind of observation to look for the right one or the true one. Just because of our parents says that our religions are right then it become right and you believe in it. But of course we believe in it because we were still kid when we were thought by our parents. In my opinion, when you grew up, you must question every single thing and you must doubt every single thing that makes you feel confuse. Then you have got to find the answer by yourself.
If somebody say to you that four plus four equals five. Do you believe it? Yes, If you do not have any knowledge about math. You believe in it. Since we were born we.re just like a blank paper, we do not have yet knowledge about everything. So when our parents say that this religion is right, automatically we would believe. But now everything is different we have been adult, we have knowledge now. It is time for us to seek the true one.
Some says it is faith. It depends on your heart; religion is something that we must believe. So, just believe it. Just believe it?? No no no, God created human being with great intelligence, logic and critical thinking. So, why don’t we use this brain to find the true one and not with our heart. Sometimes heart can fool you but not for brain. But we also have to use our heart. If one religion is really logic (really logic) plus you can feel peace in it. That could be the right one. I believe in one God, not three, four, five and etc. In the perspective of mine, God only sent one religion, but he gave it to us with steps. It’s just like starting from kinder garden, elementary school, junior and senior high school and until university. Then in the last step is the right one that we must to follow. And for the book or the guidance also is an updated book. Starting from the book that you know until the last book that you already know is an updated book. They speak no different, they’re the same, they are talking about good and bad, they talking that God is only one. My God and your God is the same. We worship the same God since we believe in one God, although we have different ways to worship him.
In the end of this paper, I can make our own philosophy from my perspective. I am sure that we must look for the true one. We must become a truth seeker, don’t just believe it, because it’s the same as you are blind. So, my philosophy is that religion is not a heritage but a quest.
- Alki Galang Mandala Putra
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