Faith
The definition of faith, according to the dictionary app on my phone, is confidence of trust in a person or thing. A belief that is not based on poof. Belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc. Faith can mean a lot of different things, but I think that for a lot of people it is associated with religion. Religion is something I envy. Something I've always so desperatley wished I could be a part of. Something I've always wanted to understand. Even from a young age I had questions, which were always dismissed with irrelevant answers. And I pretended to understand and believe for years. Mostly for the fact that I was taught if I didn't accept this idea I was going to be sent to Hell for all of eternity.. I'm not sure what to do about religion. Because I think some of the ideas are positive. But I feel like there is a lot more of tearing people down than there is building people up. I hate the idea of controlling others. I don't understand the idea of people having an opinion and wanting everyone to see things the way they see them. I think one of the most beautiful things about people is that we all have these different opinions and views. This kind of turned into a rant about my problems with religion, which it wasn't supposed to be. Faith is just an interesting thing to me. Knowing something may not exist, that it may let you down, but still putting everything you have into it.
SAAAAAMMMEEEE. I think a lot people feel this way but since we live in Springfield we are outspoken.
ReplyDeleteFaith is so personal and emotional and people sometimes get so caught up in or so passionate about their version of it that they almost get tunnel vision. Like you, I'm left with many questions, but operate from the standpoint of doing good because I want to be good, not because anyone else or anyone in power is pressuring me to.
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