I got caught in an awkward situation today. Well, a friend of mine has been persuading the girls and me to attend a function organised by his religious organisation. I wasn't interested mainly because its a religious function and I hate to be caught in situation where I'm being hounded to join them. After all, I have a religion of my own. However, my friend was pretty sincere in inviting us and he said he's performing, so I kinda relented. It is just a performance, how bad can it be?
Big mistake.
It turned out to be those group gathering and the folks there had the perception we were interested in joining their faith. Gah! The feeling of dread is indescribable. I so wish to be invisible at that very moment. It felt like I turned up in a funeral in a party dress. Sigh.
The thing is, I'm not exactly a fervent Catholic and you'll only find me in church for obligation masses. Furthermore, religion has been placed on the backburner after I grew up. The importance of it in my life has waned since I got infused with the practicality of society. I thought I can handle it. The experience I had today dawned on me that it still meant something after all.
I was seriously mad at my friend for his insensitivity then and wanted to leave but resisted the impulse. After all, I feel it would be insensitive of me to cause a scene which would ruin the day for everyone. I did not want to put someone else in my shoes. Thinking in retrospect, I guess he didn't really consider the implications of his actions so I let it go.
So, moral of the story? Avoid all invites to religious functions if you are not comfortable with them, even if they are from well-meaning friends.
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Religion is pure evil...
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