Monday, February 2, 2009
Faith or Creativity?
For ages, many people have argued over religion and what it stands for. It has caused wars and heavy violence because of opposing ideologies, but my question is why? I was confirmed a Catholic when I was in high school, and now as I look back at it, I have become somewhat of a skeptic with religion. I often see people quarreling over which religion is correct and which is wrong. Personally I believe that religion is a form of creativity to explain things that science cannot prove. For example, some people claim that they believe in their savior Lord Jesus Christ, but I believe it is a form of creativity that not only explains the unsolved mysteries of the world, but it also acts as a security blanket to make people comfortable with coping with death and accepting the afterlife. I do believe that there is some kind of higher being, but not so detailed such a set religion.
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ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Will here. I found that at first my faith was hard to keep, but if I looked at the world through a Christian perspective I saw plenty of affirmations about my faith in God. I believe that Stephen is right in saying Jesus is a way of explaining the unsolved mysteries of the world; however, it is not a creative thing to me, He is a real true thing. It is easy to see how this seems like a creative story from an outside view; I was once looking from the outside end. Now, looking from the inside out, I can say that I see that there is no question in my mind that Jesus is the product of someone's creativity.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point on people using religion as a security blanket. I don't understand how each religion can look at other types and say their beliefs are wrong, and that they will be judged and answer for their sins oneday. On the other hand, noone that has ever seen the miracle of life should be able to say they don't believe in God. How can anything that maraculeous ever be brought about by science or man. Religion is a very touchy subject with most people, but I feel that is because they fear the possiblity of not having an answer for all of lifes miralces and disasters.
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