just minishorts.

I was having a conversation with a friend, someone who believes in another God. Now usually I steer far, far away from God in my conversations with friends (unless they're from church, because you know lah how church-goers like to incorporate church-speak into their vocabulary, but a bit on that on another day)…

So… where was I?

Yeah, like I was saying, I don't usually like to discuss God and what I believe with friends because the topic is a little too sensitive to be spoken about over expensive Flat Whites, but I couldn't weave my way out of this one. She wanted answers to her questions, so I tried my best to be as non-committal as possible. Then there came the painful one about faith, blind faith, and why I believed in it…

'You know,' she began. 'I still don't get it. how do you expect to go to Heaven just by believing in Your God? And you drink, you guys smoke, are promiscuous.. you guys do all the wrong things. You disregard the laws set by Moses in the Book… Don't you get it? You need to follow rules to make things come true.'

'The rules will follow the moment faith kicks in. Faith is dead without good works lah, that's what we believe, but then again, without faith then there cannot be good works either. So you can't have one without the other… anyway… why are we talking about this? Something lighter cannot izzit?'

'But I want to know.'

'Okay. This thing called faith, faith is usually a little bit blind, just like why you choose to follow the rules in your religion. I follow the rules too, but then again, my faith just isn't that strong yet. But I must disagree with that line about expecting to go to Heaven by following rules-lah. The point is not because I want to go to Heaven. That's a side point. I dunno how to explain this lah. This topic too tough can talk something else ah?'

She was stunned for a bit, I think. And then, the clincher made it, 'I still don't get it. If the point is not to go to Heaven, then what's the point of believing in God?'