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Sunday, October 12, 2008
omg guess what. i have officially become a member of at best, some sort of runaway christian sect and at worst, some sort of cult. haha yesh. got baptised in the world mission society church of god today, no less. no worries though, im pretty sure its harmless.. not one of those leading up to mass suicide or anything. i wanted to get to know some mormons and i got into this perfectly by chance, how cool is that. for any christian friends out there reading this, i guess you might be a little worried for my soul? like joining something so unorthodox and all? but i guess there are a couple of scenarios.. 1) suppose this is all by some chance true, then well, all well and good. 2) if it were not true and your god were the true one, then i guess i would still be in kinda in the same position soul-wise as i was before today started.. 3) suppose neither their god nor yours were ture then.. now that would be a whole lot of fun, wouldnt it?
it all started when i was rushing off somewhere and i saw this guy standing at the road near the central forum there, with a survey clipboard in hand.. normally id like make a major detour right but i was in a good mood so wells.. haha okay truth is, he kinda reminded me of pictures ive seen of chee soon juan and ive been wanting to meet him in person for a while so, why not? you know, neat well-dressed but not expensively, rational-looking.. haha, if people could be said to be rational-looking. so there was this questionnaire, etc.. so it ended off with him inviting me off to his church today, which of course happened..
it was a blast like, totally. you know how they say mormons are really friendly and all? yeah i can kinda imagine what it would be like stepping into a church of the latter day saints.. cos it comes from korea, theyre quite korean influenced. you know, like how they do this bowing thing.. and they have this habit thats really hard to get used to.. besides calling everybody brother and sister, they go like, god bless you to everything.. like thank you welcome are replaced by it.. and sometimes hello even.. and the people are really friendly in a dunno, nice sorta way? it was the most at home ive ever felt with such a huge bunch of strangers.
haha cla, i remember how you were once telling me that christianity in general is a lot more believable than religions like buddhism or taoism because its based on a set text rather than hand-me-down stories of rather dubious origin. you should really check this out man.. if you wanna literally read the bible, this is like totally one of the places to look out for.. although their interpretations might be somewhat against conventional christian thought i guess. the females must wear veils.. somewhat dated lah, but not unheard of i guess.. ive only seen veils in church like, less than the number of fingers on one hand.. not that ive been much of a church goer also haha. they take the sabbath to be on saturday, which is like, also not unheard of.. okay so the plot thickens. they dont believe in crosses or pictures of jesus because its considered idolatory. oh and you get baptised before you begin real bible study. (hence mine today)
it was quite an experience, actually. rather humbling even.. you get this set of pyjama-robe clothes so your own dont get wet, complete with undies even. then you go kneel on this mat and water is poured on your head while they pray and intone in korean and sing a short song and... youre done! yeah, then you eat a little rice cake thingy and some sweet drink (bread and blood) as some sort of insurance policy against death.. like cos youre suppose to observe the passover once a year to be saved but if you havent then you die then erhh, too bad? so that thing is the insurance policy.. cant really remember how it works exactly though..
so from whatever i remember from what i squashed into my head for the recent soci test, this religion can be considered to be world-rejecting.. not a denomination, probably a sect but some might consider it to be a cult? yups. but i figure im going back next week.. its quite interesting, really. not to mention therapeutic.. haha yes, therapeutic.. it reminded me of you know that self-help book i was reading? they had this technique where you treat people you meet as it theyre your old friend whom you havent seen in ages.. and it really helps break the ice.. try it! it does work.. (haha yes, i know, rolls eyes, self-help books are for those who believe in them) yeah, they really reminded me of that technique.
oh and i caught dangerous obsessions =) it was a blast. didnt think it would be so funny.
12:50 am
gail.
loves anything new
gets caught up in causes, events, loves
but doesn't do anything about them.
professes to be a supporter of the green movement
but leaves the lights on
disapproves of mcdonalds
but eats there anyways.
godwise, the jury's still out.
schoolwise, fass rocks my socks
but why do i have like a ton of work to do?
familywise, i guess theyre/its great
we just need to figure out what to do around each other?
freindswise, hey you guys are awesome.
blogwise, realises that the profile section is crappy
but doesn't know how else to fill up the space.
