Now don't get me wrong, I am as certain there is no god, as I am last tuesday existed, and the concept of a god is to me childish, but what interests me is this faith thing, sure I can read a dictionary and I can see the definitions, but to me, who has always been on the outside of religion. I am supposed to think something is there without being sure it is?
I honestly do not understand it. I can see why somebody might not want to take responsibility for their own actions, and might want an intangible force to blame or reduce the starkness of the memory of the harm they may have done. I can see that an individual in a community with a commonly held philosophy might want to sublimate their personal view point to fit in more easily. I can see somebody might want something more tangible than hope to cling to, but that is not so evident as to be easily dismissed, but is there anything more to belief than that?
I honestly do not understand it. I can see why somebody might not want to take responsibility for their own actions, and might want an intangible force to blame or reduce the starkness of the memory of the harm they may have done. I can see that an individual in a community with a commonly held philosophy might want to sublimate their personal view point to fit in more easily. I can see somebody might want something more tangible than hope to cling to, but that is not so evident as to be easily dismissed, but is there anything more to belief than that?
