Christianity in Singapore

Our Christian jihadists

I hope you don't think I am singling out yawning bread for attacks, but I find the arguments to be somewhat unconvincing. They just sound like angry diatribe.

Fristly let's look at Islam and Christianity. They are by their very nature proselytizing religions. They seek to convert. So of course a certain amount of attempting to convert happens. I generally think most Singaporeans from the traditional Christian denominations don't come across as being overly forceful. Also these religions naturally hold that there is a Truth beyond mere truths. There is anunbending, unyielding Truth, that does not change. And in it holds the moral compass of life. This is as far as I understand the two religions.

I want to make a few arguments. If the child is in a Christian school, then don't complain if Christianity is taught. Don't go to that school, there are tonnes of non-Christian schools out there. I do agree that the teacher should be more cautious about preaching her religion to young impressionable minds. As teachers our first and foremost goal is to give a variety of opinions and let young minds make that decision themselves. So there I agree with the author.

Here's my take on the Boys' Brigade and Scouts. The scouts are less religious by nature. It wasn't designed with religion in it. It may have been influenced by Anglo-Saxon values which have Protestanism in it, but then again Capitalism (as Weber argues) also has protestant roots. The Boy's Brigade however has a religious dimension to it, like St John's Ambulance Brigade. I mean if you really feel that your child shouldn't touch anything remotely Christian, I would argue that they should transfer immediately to the National Cadet Corp or the National Police Cadet Corp. That has not religious inclinations at all.

As for the doctor... That doctor is silly. If he did work in the government hospital, then I think he overstep the line. If he was in private practise, then all I can say is don't visit him again. Trying to legislate religion goes against my belief that government in private lives should be kept to the minimum. Why should the state tell religions what they can and cannot do? Already there is government regulation regarding Christians spreading their faith to Muslims, so now they should be regulated on all other faiths and races? My theory is just avoid them. If they act in a public authority then they must keep the proselytizing out of their work, but if they are in private practise, businees or in a Christian school, then they have every right to talk about their faith. I would expect no less from a Muslim school.

Why do the people of Singapore keep asking the government to nanny them? Do it yourself. Just ignore the Christians. I mean if they keep coming back call the cops and say they are harassing you. If you told them politely once to back off, they have been warned. This is a matter of privacy not anti-religion. I mean if Christians have no right to impose their beliefs on you, then what give you a right to impose your anti-Christian beliefs on them? Quid pro quo. Just ignore each other. I get approached by Mormons frequently, and I tend to tell them I am not interested and they tend to leave me alone. I mean I am a cultural Catholic so I do know the arguments and theology of my own denomination as well as of others, including those of Islam.

I do agree that the teacher did overstep her bounds though. Bad teacher. Teaching is about providing opposing facts and letting young minds make their own decision about the world. Leave the teaching of religion to the churches. However on the Boys Brigade and Christian schools, I've made it quite clear that they are Christian by design, so if you don't like it go elsewhere. You can't have your cake and eat it. The doctor is just a silly little man, I cannot help but laugh. And I feel more sorry for the man with the cancer relapse. Maybe the doctor just wanted to pray since there was no hope... Who knows... That one is just plain funny.