I haven’t written in awhile as I’ve been processing many of my thoughts. This, I’ve come to realize will be a lifelong journey of discovery and amazement. Here are a few of my recent ponderings:
Why do people hold fast to traditional beliefs, and justify their commitment to them by faith alone?
If by faith you mean: “strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof”, or “the evidence of things hoped for but not yet attained”, which is the definition given by people of faith. I say, how can you justify anything with something you’ve made up in your will and mind to exist? By very definition, faith is believing in something that you can’t prove exists. Couldn’t what they believe actually have been the original conception of some other man’s mind, without ‘divine’ inspiration?
Are you living in fear if you get angry at someone that presents a different point of view?
Let’s just be honest and tell it like it is. You’ve had to have had someone lash out at you or because of their personality… simply ignore or refuse to talk to you, for no other reason than you expressed a differing idea or point of view. Even if you are just looking to explore other thoughts or ideas, without actually making them your own.
Why do people sacrifice relationships on the alter of identity preservation, when their identity is wrapped in a belief or an idea. Shouldn’t our identity be wholly ours alone? Maybe that’s the problem… we’ve been duped into thinking that we are not our own, we are part of a greater ideal in which we exist not for ourselves, but for what someone else has deemed is greater. Is that why our only significant relationships tend to be based in what we do or do not believe?
