tutti, dont blame your dad for this current situation that he is in. the society that we live in is very stifling. Pluralism cannot be tolerated especially in religions as you would have known. in the earlier generation of singaporeans, almost all are trained to obey without question and unless one has the opportunity to learn from someone outside the realm of singapore society in the vertical of what true learning and philosophies are all about, they will be stuck in a mental rut, unable to free themselves from the bondage of religions and thoughts. I believe the current generation of singaporeans are acquiring more and more knowledge and wisdom through internet, knowledge at the finger tip. Hows that compare to the encyclopedia that my ex-school used to have 30 years ago. Access to knowledge is a privilege and i had experienced senior people in both churches, government and schools trying to refrain people acquiring these. Even LKY used to clam down the number of graduates in SG, citing that a more educated Singaporean is harder to control as compared to an uneducated one. That was why tertiary education in SG was so hard to come by in the past. Now with the internet, all disciplines of science, philosophies of reasonings are readily available at our fingertips. and these religious organisations know that they cannot control the inquisitiveness that people now have. Will their mumbo jumbo sermons that dont need any scientific proofs be still be accepted by these people with greater thinking skills? No! People are seeing just how ridiculous religions are and no matter how much the religious parents are forcing their children to read the religious books day in and day out, Just one sentence will shake them out of their supernatural belief; "how do you know god exist?"