" Vince : oh, Does holding joss stick = paying respect? think
about this, holding joss stick is just a form, is it that
important?"
So you mean holding a joss stick and pay respect to one's mum or
dad is not impt? What kind of teaching you have in church? That is
totally rubbish and brain washed.
Might as well tell the pple is going to church important
if your mind is wicked and evil?
Why cant children hold joss stick even you are a christian to
pay respect to your parents? Holding joss stick will kill you and
will dirty you?
Think about it! Your parents not your friends.
Ah... I see,
when I begin in this discourse, I am curious why everytime, when
it comes to filial piety, its almost
always boils down to not holding joss sticks = not filial, not
honoring parents. Its as if, holding joss sticks is the one and
only form of honoring parents during funeral for christians
(all else does not matters).
Is this the only way?
my thoughts are
1) holding joss sticks is not the only way, the focus should be
on the act of repecting parents/elders not the act of holding/not
holding joss sticks.
2) its better to show these repects and honor when parents are
alive, and not wait till they pass on.
3) finally, different people have different ways to honor and
show respect to their parents, there in no "one size fit
all" solution/methodology to follow, so let each
person choose his/her ways, and lets not impose our ways on
others.
do put some thoughts into these...
have fun... I won't be back, since this is no longer the EH
I knew earlier ...
