The inevitable truth ... God & Faith
When did it start ?
How's it going to end ?
:::faith:::
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
Blind faith is something I've always had a problem with. The thought of a higher being has always caught my eye ... actually I was brought up in the "faith" but I still tend to question everything having to do with it. I have always thought that the only reason why we as human-beings believe in a God is because we like to have the hope of a better tomorrow. A brighter future with the ability to die and go into an everlasting life. Such as those depicted by many famous authors as "The Perfect Utopian Society". It would be sad to just die and cease to exist.
AHHH ... all these questions that boggle my mind. Why would God give us the ability reason and apply logic to his teachings, giving us the possibility to question his ways?
The problem is that merely stating that God is real says nothing about what God is; claiming to believe in something without precisely defining what that something is, is close to believing nothing at all. When pressed to describe specifically what they believe in, the average person only can repeat claims about God's actions, or about God's love for humanity. Even assuming that those said actions actually happened, or that said relationship actually exists, this says little about the nature of God; it really only tells us about a particular historical incident, or about how people describe their relationship to the divine. When it comes down to it I always pray hard to dive deep into the faith but always come out feeling empty.
God ... or whoever you claim as your "higher-being" has quite a sense of humor. He placed me with friends and family that have a very firm belief in him. He gave me the opportunity to marry a very Christian woman ... it's almost like he just threw me in the middle of all this on purpose ... or maybe to teach me a lesson - one of the two.
The irony of it all is that no matter how much I try to put it off, something always comes to me. A song, a writing, a poem, a moment, a prayer ... something always points towards God. These two songs have are perfect examples:
How's it going to end ?
:::faith:::
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
Blind faith is something I've always had a problem with. The thought of a higher being has always caught my eye ... actually I was brought up in the "faith" but I still tend to question everything having to do with it. I have always thought that the only reason why we as human-beings believe in a God is because we like to have the hope of a better tomorrow. A brighter future with the ability to die and go into an everlasting life. Such as those depicted by many famous authors as "The Perfect Utopian Society". It would be sad to just die and cease to exist.
AHHH ... all these questions that boggle my mind. Why would God give us the ability reason and apply logic to his teachings, giving us the possibility to question his ways?
The problem is that merely stating that God is real says nothing about what God is; claiming to believe in something without precisely defining what that something is, is close to believing nothing at all. When pressed to describe specifically what they believe in, the average person only can repeat claims about God's actions, or about God's love for humanity. Even assuming that those said actions actually happened, or that said relationship actually exists, this says little about the nature of God; it really only tells us about a particular historical incident, or about how people describe their relationship to the divine. When it comes down to it I always pray hard to dive deep into the faith but always come out feeling empty.
God ... or whoever you claim as your "higher-being" has quite a sense of humor. He placed me with friends and family that have a very firm belief in him. He gave me the opportunity to marry a very Christian woman ... it's almost like he just threw me in the middle of all this on purpose ... or maybe to teach me a lesson - one of the two.
The irony of it all is that no matter how much I try to put it off, something always comes to me. A song, a writing, a poem, a moment, a prayer ... something always points towards God. These two songs have are perfect examples:
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