Faith Blind Love Or Stupidity
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Submitted by kenyababy on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Faith Blind Love Or Stupidity
"What are the grounds of religious faith?" This question can be as ambiguous as the question does a God exist, there are degrees for understanding the need and grounds for a religious faith many devout followers believe that their God is supreme for instance followers of the Muslim faith.
Yet where are the grounds for faith in religion, the answer can be simplified into one example, miracles created by the leader of a religion, where miracles occur faith will rise, yet this brings us to the second question, what does this faith do for us in life, faith brings us closer to something dear to us, something has a special place in our hearts and can protect us and guide us it is also an escape and an excuse for anything that goes right or wrong in out lives, this is the faith of Religion for as the bible states with Job's faith in God, "he giveth and he taketh away" (New International Version).
Religion, this is a subject that many either have a zest for or hate it, whatever way you look at it religion is in out lives. However, any one can be religious and follow a set religion of our parents or what we learned in school, the most important issue though is whether we have faith in that religion, its god or gods and most importantly whether that faith is unyielding.
For example if called upon would you die or lay down you life for your faith in a god who is never seen and the only contact you have with him is through either a neighborhood priest, a holy book that lists do's and don'ts on how to live your life and stories of miracles.
There are many such people in the world today who are willing and many who have died for their faith in their god and religion. However, despite the religions of today their have been many religions of the past that have also encouraged Man to worship his God's and Goddesses for instance the pantheons of Greece and Rome known as the classical Gods, these are clearly illustrated by writings such as Dryden...
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