"...Buddha statue stolen again. 1000-year-old idol missing since September 14. A priceless brass statue of Buddha said to be over 1000 years old has been stolen from the Buppharam Thai Buddhist Temple in Perak Road here..."
The Chinese people have always worshiped idols. However a recent trip to Beijing made me discover that the earliest emperors did not worship idols at all. Instead, they erected an architectural marvel called the "Temple of Heaven" where once a year, the emperors would worship the God of Heaven at His Temple.
This is a similar practice to the Jews who approached Jehovah God once a year to ask for forgiveness of sins and God's blessing for the coming year. Could it be that the Chinese people are part descendants of the Jewish race. (Humor: a shrewd Chinese businessman has always been called a Jew).
Back to this idol, it is ironical to read that a god can be stolen eventhough a god's aim is to protect the people who worship him. It this case, it can be assumed that the thief saw a greater value in the brass content of the statue, due to the high price of brass in the reseller's junk yard, rather than the protection of the idol.
Why do people worship a god that can be stolen? What do you think?
Are people worshiping blindly? Do they comprehend logically their actions toward this idol?
Would replacing this idol with another restore their faith in the replacement?
Is this trend coming back again in China since their former leader Chairman Mao Tze Tung is no longer in rule to oppress such practices? What do you observe?
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