Losing My Religion

Every weekend my typical routine includes watching the funny and wonderful "GLEE". It is a musical comedy-drama television series where the actors through their music express the problems they face in dealing with love, relationships, sexuality and abuse.

Something in it has made a quite an impact,  which has actually propelled me to write a blog about it. Good television or any form of creative attempt has this impact on our lives that makes us think and challenge our strongest of beliefs.

I was specially inspired by the episode "Grilled Cheesus" This episode made me contemplate on my faith  and attempted to provide a balanced view on religious as well as anti religious sentiments. It made me ponder on two questions "Why do we Pray?" and "What if God was one of us? What would you ask him?"

Sometimes we feel like a tower of cards which will fall with the sudden whiff of wind.  It is during these testing times we pray to be stronger to find that inspiration which we lose at the darkest of times. When we feel so powerless we pray so that we can hold on to our faith. We pray because we want someone to hear us out and help us in the toughest situations of life. Our faith in someone much mightier who can resolve our difficulties gives us the inner strength to face them even better. I am lucky that I can pray and reassess my faith and find the inner strength in the dire and testing times.

In this episode the Glee Cast sang the very famous song "One of US" by Joan Osborne. I highly recommend this song to all as it tries to make a direct statement on all our faith. If one listens to this song, one can easily find that  it has some success in reflecting the different points of view that people might have in regard to their perception of God. It helps in questioning the spiritual and emotional significance of God.  It makes one wonder about their faith in God. Is our faith, realistically more on love and kindness which is eventually depicted by God?

What is God's glory? Why is God 'good' and 'great'? Does my faith reach out for love and the greater good in myself? Why am I reassessing my faith? What is religion? Am I losing my religion or have just trying to understand it better?