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Faith Is Healthy In Today's World
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. - George Orwell
For the most part, we receive too much information. We're bombarded with print, sound, images. Many of us cultivate a healthy skepticism: we consider the source. What does this person, this agency, this network, this advertiser, or this elected official stand to gain from telling me this information? But we cannot doubt everything. Humans need to believe in something, even something wildly implausible on the face of it. Thus, cults and causes abound. In this age of widespread corruption and cynicism, faith also is widespread. Faith is healthy; it is an affirmation of human worth and continuity. Fortunate are those of us who have both strong faith and good judgment. Belief in the essential goodness of our fellows and in the basic rightness of our world can renew our vitality and remind us to treat others with the respect due their humanity. In turn, others will respect our belief in them. Sometimes, faith is betrayed; sometimes, we stumble. But the delusions or mistakes of others need not sour us; they are part of the mystery. I will believe in my own capacity for goodness, and all will be well. From the book "The Promise of a New Day" by Karen Casey and Martha Vanceburg |
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Ok... what about nihilism thou? This viewpoint/phylosophy has been growing steadily since 19th century.
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Thats nice
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Re: Faith Is Healthy In Today's World
Yes! Faith is a very good thing to have
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Yeah as long as it's not blind faith, as it is case for so many people...
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Faith is believing what you can't see
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Yeah when all you see is a book you are told to follow and never to quiestion, it's called blind faith, and you're being brainwashed.
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Um...ok So now you think you know everything about me now huh Um Hum
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"You" was retorical, and did not imply you personaly. However it does if you take every single word in the Bible as an absolute truth.
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and that is your opinion
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When you take certain set of ideas created by someone lese, and adopt it as the only truth, you are being a mindless follower and you are being brainwashed. That's sorta the defenition of these terms.
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Leech, we could say the exact same thing about you. Seems like you're brainwashed AGAINST God and religion and the Bible.
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I was thinking the same thing Bec Way to go
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I accept possibility God exists. You do accept possibility God doesnt exist.
That's what seperates us.
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Excuse you but I believe that God exhists:eye:
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