RE: Faith, Hope and Love - the pillars of destruction?
August 9, 2012 at 8:09 am
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2012 at 8:12 am by spockrates.)
(August 9, 2012 at 12:33 am)Ciel_Rouge Wrote: I am rather eager to see your views on the following:
Faith = ignorance
Hope = inaction
Love = obsession
Based on my observations of people's lives and my own, I have recently reached a conclusion that perhaps the famous triplet of values is indeed a sick trap for the body and spirit. By resorting to faith we refuse to apply reason. Hope does not only die last but may be the very cause of death as it implies refusal to take any action and settling on wishful thinking. Lastly, love may actually be a learned behaviour based on obsessive monogamy and jealousy rather than our true feelings.
I have also some up with a fresh set to offer a nice alternative:
Thinking - instead of blind faith
Action - instead of apathy
Sensuality - instead of obsession mixed with jealousy
Looking foward to any opinions on that.
I'm guessing you are saying this tongue in cheek. I'm thinking:
Faith = the opposite of mistrust
Hope = the opposite of despair
Love = the opposite of hate
There is nothing wrong that I can see with any of these, as long as the object of faith is worthy of trust and the object of hope does not disappoint and the love is guided by wisdom.
If God does not exist, then one should not trust in him, nor expect him to do anything, nor accept what others say he commands as the way we should treat one another.
What do you think?
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
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