RE: Question about "faith"
September 17, 2020 at 12:02 pm
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2020 at 12:22 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Another thing that you should google yourself, because, as before, with physiological expressions of faith, you're going to find more than anyone could possibly contain in a post or a thread or a single book.
It's such a ubiquitous aspect of faith, any faith you cretin, in any of the worlds religions, that I'm sitting here feeling like you could be getting more out of christianity if the notion is completely alien to you. You haven't been born again, as my wife has been born again, for example. It isn't on account of any fact about whether monkeys can turn into people, that she has faith. It isn't because god found her car keys or her wallet. It isn't because anyone convinced her to believe by any argument, not even herself. It isn't because god came down from on high and told her so, she doesn't have tea with the fucker. The contents of magic book are not a requirement. There is nothing about my wife's faith that could possibly be true or false, and she can't help but or fail to possess it. She is not now as she was before.
It's an altered state. A very strong feeling. A brute fact of her internal experience that cannot be argued with or against or for, it simply is. Perhaps you are not that far along on your christian walk. You're still at the performative phase, where rattling off christianese and reasons™ for belief matter. Faking it until you make it, Mr. Legitimate Christian™?
It's perfectly fine if you are, it works, that's why we indoctrinate our children. Ritual and repetition are powerful agents of change. We know that this process can create the desired effect. Faith, and faith as more than whether your hot dog is done or not.
It's such a ubiquitous aspect of faith, any faith you cretin, in any of the worlds religions, that I'm sitting here feeling like you could be getting more out of christianity if the notion is completely alien to you. You haven't been born again, as my wife has been born again, for example. It isn't on account of any fact about whether monkeys can turn into people, that she has faith. It isn't because god found her car keys or her wallet. It isn't because anyone convinced her to believe by any argument, not even herself. It isn't because god came down from on high and told her so, she doesn't have tea with the fucker. The contents of magic book are not a requirement. There is nothing about my wife's faith that could possibly be true or false, and she can't help but or fail to possess it. She is not now as she was before.
It's an altered state. A very strong feeling. A brute fact of her internal experience that cannot be argued with or against or for, it simply is. Perhaps you are not that far along on your christian walk. You're still at the performative phase, where rattling off christianese and reasons™ for belief matter. Faking it until you make it, Mr. Legitimate Christian™?
It's perfectly fine if you are, it works, that's why we indoctrinate our children. Ritual and repetition are powerful agents of change. We know that this process can create the desired effect. Faith, and faith as more than whether your hot dog is done or not.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
