Faith (or lack thereof)

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It’s crazy to me how mundane our lives are. Think about it. We work to pay our bills (or not). We eat to keep our bodies healthy (or unhealthy)… so we can work more (or at least give the appearance of working). Then we sleep to rest our bodies. When we wake up the next morning (or later on that morning) all refreshed (or not refreshed) we do the same thing over again.

It’s like we’re living life to the click of a metronome. "At this time I do this, then I do that- so I can be on time to make this"… and so on. It’s crazy… and don’t tell me your life isn’t that way. I don’t care what you do for a living, or how much you make- you’re playing the same game, only at a different level. The rules may be a little different, the stakes a bit higher- but it’s the same game… the same concept.

As weird as it may sound, this is the very thing that strengthens my faith. My life does have meaning… it is going somewhere… there is a happy ending (or happy non-ending). I don’t see how atheists stay sane…

Speaking (or writing) of atheists, Mark Twain once said "Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of." This quote is intriguing to me because it also reaffirms my faith, where as it was meant to derail it. Let me explain…

By definition of the Bible, the very word faith is "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen". Hard to explain, but if you read it over and over again it will make sense. Guys like Twain refuse to believe because they have no concept of faith. They want everything to tickle all of their senses before they’ll give their stamp of approval. If they can’t see it, then it’s not there- it’s just in their head. Funny how that works really, since there is so much that does little for my senses, yet I know they are there: wind, oxygen, time…. Even more interesting is that these things which I can’t see or touch or smell play a more vital role than the things which I can.