As mention in the post "who's Pi?", Pi is a religious man. He has his Bachelors degree in religious studies. Pi was born with a Hindu background. He went to a temple for the first time when he was little with his aunt. Hinduism has kind of always been a part of Pi, even though I'm not sure how seriously he took it since he was quite young. At the age of 14, he opens his eyes to Catholicism/Christianity. He speaks to a priest, constantly questions why this "Son of God" would sacrifice himself for other people's sins, then realizes that the more he questions and doubts this religion, the more he wants to learn about it. At the end, he goes to the priest and tells him that he wants to become Christian. At the age of 16, he sees religious practices of Muslim through Mr. Kumar, a baker he randomly runs into. He sees these practices as beautiful, down to earth, holy and meaningful. Problem occurs when Pi and his family are out and runs in to all three "wise men". Soon, when the priest, imam, and pandit find out that Pi follows three different religions, they start arguing about their beliefs and feel quite betrayed by Pi. When Pi is put on the spot, he quotes Gandhi- "All religions are true" and states that "[he] just wants to love God". This closes the case for that day, but his parents constantly questions Pi's seriousness towards his beliefs in several religions, and believe that Pi's just going through a phase.
Personally, even though I do believe that Pi has every right to believe in whatever he wants to, I don't necessarily support the idea of following more that one religion. I am more familiar with Christianity than any other religions that Pi follows, and I know for a fact that in the Bible it says not to follow any other gods before Him. That wouldn't matter if he chose to just follow Hinduism or Muslim, but it seems to me like he's not taking any of his religions seriously. If you compared religion to relationship, it would be like him, having three different girlfriends because he loves different aspects of all three of them. Religion takes commitment, and it seems like that's not very committing to any of the religions he's following.
But that's just my idea, Pi has his reasons.
haha having multiple religions are odd....
ReplyDeletewhen three men keep asking Pi which religion does he want to choose, Pi's answer is that he just want to love God. I was enlightend when I read up till there. Sometimes little kid can awake an adult. people think thing too complicated, and they forget their original thoughts or idea.
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