Thots of an... erm.... Extremist?

Just attended a Racial Harmony Forum today. Thot it was pretty interesting - perhaps coz religion/society/policy/education is like my thang-of-da-moment.

Or perhaps i liked it simply coz it wasn't one of those run-of-the-mill "sharing and show-casing" sessions. like, why would i wanna spend an hour learning what YOUR school's NE Framework is like?!?!

It was also quite thought-provoking.
In fact, i'm provoked into thinking i might qualify as a religious extremist!

GASP! ISD's gonna come and get me! I'm gonna get sacked! I'm gonna go to prison! Do not pass GO! Do not collect $200 (GST Package)!

See, i have entirely given my life to Jesus and so have entirely taken on His judgement and standards as to what is right. So to me, morality is an absolute. It's not about rationalizing what is beneficial or harmless or harmful anymore, it's simply about obeying what God decrees, as revealed in the bible. Which must seem loony to the non-religious. And which may, according to certain definitions, qualify me as a religious extremist.

Which made me wonder if i should go and zi4 shou3 to the ISD.

But wait.

I think i'm not a threat to Internal Security, coz i will never attempt to bomb/ kill/ plane-crash my way to victory.
I believe my weapons to change the world is simply a life of love, giving, holiness and prayer.
Really. So dun come and catch me kae? ;)

Many other food for thought - cold war, Fukuyama vs Huntington, different types of secularism, can singapore handle a REAL, no-holds-barred inter-religious debate yet, is polite avoidance of certain topics the best way to ensure racial/religious harmony?
The Uber-Geek in me is growing and i so long to research on this and .. like... come up with a plan to save the world! =O
And i shall get to that once munchie gets me my baby lap-top/ Lifebook, and i get that scholarship, and i get into the LKYSPP.
Ah... that's the Uber-Airhead in me fighting to be heard... "GIMME MY BABY LAPTOP!!!!!!! PINK COLOUR ONE!!!!!!!"

And as the forum came to a close, some (very prejudiced, over-generalized) thoughts came to my mind...

The Academic gave a cryptic, secular, jaded, new-agey-enlightened talk.
The one with the Middle-East sounding name shares my view on absolute morality. But i dun think we need to be worried abt him being a religious extremist.
The AngMo who is now a Singaporean shares his feelings and charms the crowd by talking about durians and his affection for the Singapore passport and flag.
During the Q&A, the Idealist Teacher wonders if there's a more frank approach to all these.
The concerned PSG asks us to work on religion & morality, instead of being forever concerned about religion & disharmony. (Hear, hear! i'm not a lone voice after all!)
The intellectual PSG asks about the beginnings and causes of terrorism.

And then...

The politician finishes it off with THE prepared, cliche speech.
Really. Not that i want to suan people.
It had all those words you'd expect to hear...
"small, no resources, people are our only resource"
"cannot take racial harmony for granted"
"examples of racial tension..."

heeee... i think i've even read that same speech to the school at last year's RHD!

=X

oooooooppppsssss. NOW the ISD's gonna get me ;)