[lit-ideas] Re: faith
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:59:55 -0400
>MB: So, maybe Paul (and others who have no 'faith' in religion or god[s],
>etc.) simply has not met the 'right god', yet?
Or maybe Paul just wants to be a bachelor of religions.
>PE: Or being in love. But few people would insist that their beloved make
>clear
>why they are in love as a condition of love. Perhaps it has something to do
>with the nature of the question?
I could list 20 things about WHY I am enamoured with something/someone. I
don't know if I could go so far as to describe what love is, but I'm very
sure that I've been "in love", several times and I could probably fairly
well describe what it felt like and I definitely know WHY it waned. I also
certainly know what it is "to love" on an ongoing basis (totally different
than being 'in love' I think) and I COULD definitely describe why I love
the people I do. But I couldn't do that with religion, because I've NEVER
been religious. No, that's not quite true. I truly believed IN God with all
my heart for about 30 minutes one night, but it wasn't a religious thing.
Alas, that flickered and died in a matter of days. And I know why THAT
waned too.
How about if I rephrase the question: "will anyone try to put their finger
on why they CHOSE (and it IS most surely a choice) to have faith in their
particular religion?" And, if you disagree with me that it's a choice, can
you define the genesis (no pun intended) of 'finding' religion?
I'm guessing I'm just too unwilling to compromise to believe in anything
without a valid reason... man, religion really IS like a relationship!
Maybe I'm just damaged goods in the faith department.
all too rational and jaded,
paul
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
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