Friday, April 21, 2006
faith fakersit seems Christianity has recently stirred up quite a controversy all around the world. the eternally insatiable curiousity of human nature is at war with the principles and teachings of religion as it fervently attempts to justify the being that is God. suddenly, the definition of a "devout" Christian is one who seeks to find the
logical truth behind every facet of the Lord, questioning the purpose behind faith, scrutinizing the bible and the recently uncovered Books [Gospel of Judas, Mary Magdalene, and even the Dead Sea Scrolls], and even infiltrating the Church for information and pin it as a scapegoat.
faith now seems to needs a reason. hmmm. before we all sharpen the hayforks and light the torches for Dan Brown, we should take a look at humanity in the present. the human being is, in general, a logical creature. we, as animals, will want an explanation for everything. from why the birds and the bees are the birds and the bees, to why the universe doesn't seem to stop expanding. on this day and age, it seems we are on the peak of our blossoming civilization. technology allows us to save lives and (to an extent) even create them. our ever-growing minds are closing the bridge/gap between us and God, making Him just a poor excuse for the enthusiastic, a
false reality we choose to live in to shield us from the harsh truths of
real reality. science and logic dictate that God, the idea, is dying and its survival is irrelevant to the prosperity of the human race. soon, since man's quest for the unknown is never-ending, our faith will be tried, tested and even put up for sale as we find it harder and harder to pray everyday.
the thing is, i believe that there are just some things that are better left a mystery. death, for one, is a mystery better left unsolved. imagine if we knew that nothing happens when we die, that we just cease functioning and fade away, lifeless and in an eternity of void. life, in turn, would be pointless. or if we knew that there exists Heaven, and that we are all assured a spot in paradise. we'd all be in a hurry to kill ourselves. if the mystery of God is explained, faith will become obsolete. it's like watching a movie and suddenly the guy beside you tells you the ending even before it starts. it'll feel like that. only on a much, MUCH larger scale.
it's actually made me think of this scenario:
let's just say [barring sacrilege and blasphemy] that humanity has proven that God does not exist. someway, somehow, we have found the ultimate explanation for everything, the beginning, the end, and everything in between. i mean
absolutely everything. the physicality of the universe and everything in it, life, death, aliens, the chicken and the egg etc etc etc. and this explanation, hypothetically, is extremely logical and realistically sound. no matter how much mystery and questioning you deal to this idea, everything is refuted and affirmed by logical reasoning. if it were imposed in any court in the entire universe, any jury would immediately decide unanimously in favor of this new idea. everybody agrees to this concept. faith is disposed, frowned upon, banned. the Church denounces God and apologizes to everyone for making them believe in a bunch of whimsy. everybody you know, everybody you love, your family, your friends, concur as well. those who still believe are pariahs, outcasts, and skidmarks on society who are [let's just say...] even killed brutally [i mean Hostel-like brutal] when exposed to the public.
that's it. God does not exist. it's proven. like 1 + 1 = 2. it's a fact. a metanarative. a basic truth. there really isn't anything/one to believe in, and everyone EVERYONE is into the whole idea of it.
the question i ask to all of you is, despite all of this, would you still believe in God? just how steadfast is your faith? remember, He doesn't EXIST.
would you still believe?**
but then again, when has Christianity NOT had issues to resolve? even in the moment it was actually created, the coin already had more than two sides. maybe all this will just soon be dissolved by the strength of faith of those who actually believe. those who think that faith needs no explanation.
if you believe, re-post the scenario and ask the same question to everybody you know. [this coming from a man who HATES chain messages]
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the adventure ended at 2:04 PM
