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imo
I'm a self confessed 'fence-sitter' when it comes to most things. I have accepted that I know nothing except myself, and even then I'm pretty good at telling myself lies subconsciously. It's a very disenchanting feeling constantly wondering if theres any point whatsoever in regarding anything with any value - whether that be a possession, an emotion, a person, an ideal, a fact.. anything. Much pondering has given me a kind of epiphany in regards to faith and what it actually means to me. Without my faith I would be nothing and waking up each day would be ultimately pointless. I don't put my faith in anything particular, I would like to believe in karma, I would like to believe that sinners suffer in hell and saints are rewarded in heaven and I would like to believe that science and logic hold the definitive answers to everything... but I can't. Logic tells me that certain things are impossible, yet at the same time it tells me anything is possible.
In my opinion most of religion is absurd and contradicting. I feel the same way about logic, my own thoughts, governmental policies and the prices at my local corner shop.
Obviously religion has a huge impact on the world, but its impact is equally significant as it is insignificant. I struggle to see the difference between George Bush finding all his answers in the bible and Thee Alex making all his points by finding the literal contradictions. Seems to me that the bible has more power over Alex than anyone else on this forum. That's cool with me though, I respect his faith - for he'd be nothing without it.
Amen.
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