tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094203458237897505.post7370731030493916181..comments2023-10-19T02:24:56.035-07:00Comments on A Probability of Being: Turning Away From Religion: Of Shrines, Temples, and Paying RespectsJhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094203458237897505.post-52366576380368676452010-02-27T05:31:53.922-08:002010-02-27T05:31:53.922-08:00Oh, it most certainly does mean more than being re...Oh, it most certainly does mean more than being religious for me - it's a cultural thing, and I feel it's very much a part of what I do to express myself as Malaysian-Chinese.<br /><br />My family is terribly unreligious too... but we are a LITTLE superstitious (my dad comes from a family full of ghosts). It keeps me uncomfy in certain places, but like I said, I don't think that's a bad thing. And I really like the fact that we don't have any serious clashes of faith in the family.Jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094203458237897505.post-40065795038418552272010-02-27T03:10:10.213-08:002010-02-27T03:10:10.213-08:00Perhaps going to temples and shrines mean a lot mo...Perhaps going to temples and shrines mean a lot more than being religious per se. It's about doing something as a family and for the family together. Perhaps this sadness mask some feelings of nostalgia, and if you like, feelings of "lost innocence" in the days when you were younger and in the past when things were not so complicated i.e. before you started thinking really deeply about your religious identity as an adult. <br /><br />My family has never been religious. It's probably a good thing now because I am completely at home with my not-so-religious identity. When I was younger, I really wished they were so as not to embarrass me when they seem oblivious about prayer times in front of other people, friends particularly. Had they been religious, I would have had a crisis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com