12 Apr 2008 11:50:00 am

blab

there was once when i was in sec 1, went out with nat, senior, to macs at singpost.
these two buggers came and talk bout god, for like a good old 30 mins.
drawing pictures and saying all those weird stuff bout how i wld go to hell if i don't become a christian.
god, stupid buggers. HAHA. -.-
they asked for my number, which i didn't reject outta courtesy.
for the next two weeks, they kept calling/hounding to get me to church. arggh.
wonder how nat's doing. the last time i saw her, was at ssc, while having training.

talking bout bowling, sj told me he bowled an average of 173 with his team and won a team first, indiv 3rd.
didn't ask him for details; how many games, which team. school?
he used to do a 130 average lo. HAHA. hmmmmm.
but actually 173 average for guys competition not v high. unless the lane conditions make it super difficult to judge/control.

yikes. miss bowling. and of cos thrasing a certain ms lee.
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Let's respect a person's private space in public
I WAS sitting alone in my school canteen one afternoon when a girl came up to me and asked if I had time to spare. Yes, it was yet another get-to-know-God session.
I'm sorry if this sounds impolite, but I've had enough of such encounters in school and other public places.

I find the increasingly noticeable trend by Singaporeans to proselytise in public worrying.

It is not uncommon when one is sitting alone outside Starbucks, or on a bench in school, to find oneself being approached by some stranger who starts introducing his or her concept of religion.

It may be acceptable to spread one's religion by setting up a booth at Orchard Road, putting up a website, or distributing fliers but it should not go further.

Proselytising in school is too much. I am well aware that these people mean well, and feel intensely about their beliefs and that good things are meant to be shared. I feel the same way about my religion too but I do not do what they do because it is not the right way to share my beliefs.

Such get-to-know-God sessions are undemocratic because they indirectly convey the message that a person feels his religion is superior to the beliefs of others, and that others should therefore switch.

It is also intrusive especially if courtesy requires one to listen when one wishes to turn away. I am glad that my friends, who are of a different religion, do not try to convert me.

Religious freedom does include the right not to be annoyed by someone who over-enthusiastically tries to promote his or her beliefs.

Tolerance and acceptance have their limits.

I believe that the only way for a person to win respect for himself and his beliefs is for that person to be a good person first.

He should embody the values which his beliefs teach him, and prove the strength of love through actions, not sermons.

Show me that your beliefs make you a better person, and that your religion makes you care for the world; that is all you need to do.

After encountering one too many sessions in public, I think that there perhaps should be a law to ban such religious touting.

Wee Feng Yi (Ms)


IT'S TOUTING, SHE SAYS

'After encountering one too many sessions in public, I think that there perhaps should be a law to ban such religious touting.'