As a child and as a person who grow up in a country which is record as the country with the biggest Muslim population in this world. I accustomed to answer a question “What is your religion?” Because in my country, specifically in my home town, Sukabumi, most of people believe in God and even they may have different religion and belief and also possess different ritual in praying. They share one common thing believe in the existence of God. Moreover another common thing is the fact that most of people also try their best to respect others belief and religion through never questioning other religion and belief. I am getting used to this condition. I stay in my safe zone where nobody ever questioning my religion and belief.
I never thought someone would question me about my belief and religion through asking question like: “Do you believe in God?” “How you believe in God?” “What kind of God do you believe in?” and “How you capture the present of God?” Because I used to think that my answer to question “What is your religion?” will enough to explain all the things.
That is why Humanistic Study course shocked me to the core. Because in Humanistic Study course questions like that were threw right to my direction. I felt so uncomfortable at first, I couldn’t understand why those typically question should be stated. I thought those questions already have obvious answers which are sometime it hard to be conveyed in words because I simply just feel it. At first I also felt so angry when I heard those questions because I thought those questions could corrupt my faith.
Lucky for me because later I met a person who tell me that those questions wouldn’t corrupt my faith if I really worth my faith. That actually those questions are intended to stimulate my critical thinking, so I could leave my safe zone and it prevents me to become a narrow minded person, who believes in something just because most of people also believe in it or just because other people told her/him so. In this essay I will answer those questions.
My faith and my believe
I do believe in God presence in this world because I never believe at any coincidental things. I believe that something always happen on purpose although sometime it seems like accident. I believe in God existence even more after I read and learned about Charles Darwin evolution theory which states that every living creature in this world is derive from one origin, single cell which transforms into more complex creature.
Darwin’s evolution theory denies creator theory. It says that the first single cell occurs accidentally because of chemical reaction. However even now with advance scientific tools the biology prominent never success creates any living creature. So for me it doesn’t make any sense that the single cell occurs accidentally. Something really big and great must be there to create all living creatures in this world.
Those facts strengthen my faith about God existence. I believe in The One God. In The One God who isn’t a woman or a man. In The One God who doesn’t have any child. In The One God who is a substance with different characteristic compare to human‘s characteristic. I believe in The One God who has 99 names which describe God characteristic as the most almighty substance in this world.
Expressing my faith
People could have different ways in expressing their faith and so do I. For me to expressing my faith I try my best to pray every day and do the best things. People may call me as stuck in the ritual stage. However the truth is I do believe that in every single things of my ‘ritual’ there is a meaning. Like example I always try to do sholat five times in each day. People may call my activity as bored and all. However I do believe that through sholat I can get something, like from spiritual side sholat always remind me about the presence of The One God and from hygiene side sholat never fail to always keep my cleanness.
Personally I don’t agree with theory or people who say that what I do is useless or mere a ritual. It is because for me what I do is a way to express my love and obedient as a God servant. It is because if people always demand sacrifice from his/her lover to prove his/her true love. Then why not people also express their love for The One God through fulfill their duty as God servant.
Feeling the presence of God
Some people often ague about how to feel the presence of God. They keep arguing because God presence is invisible for them. In my opinion God presence may seem abstract and invisible because they try to see God presence with their bare eyes not their heart. Because I do believe that God is always be there, close to the people. The thing is whether people want to acknowledge God presence or not. It is because only people who see though their heart could feel God presence.
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