“To choose unbelief is to choose mind over dogma, to trust in out humanity instead of all these dangerous divinities.”
I have spoken out about my beliefs in several posts and here I am again to say that I am a Christian. Unbelief was never an option for me, so to say “to choose unbelief,” is something that has never crossed my mind. I was raised in a home where we went to church every Sunday, went to bible study every Wednesday and prayed to God every morning, unbelief was never an option. I believe that there is most defiantly a higher power, I think that it is my faith and belief that allow me to see the goodness in the world. I can not imagine walking this earth everyday, without knowing that I was put here for a purpose and my life means something. I know that there are a lot of people who do not believe in a God or a higher power, that there is no heaven or hell, and to those I say “why not believe?” I have young brothers and sisters and they are always asking me about Gods existence. When will they see him? What does he look like? How do we know he is real? Etc. I relate it to the story The Polar Express, I am sure many of you know the story where the boy is getting a little older and he does not believe in Santa anymore, he tries to sneak down every year to catch Santa putting the presents under the tree but he never spots him. He then dreams of a trip he takes on The Polar Express, a train that is going to the North Pole. Throughout the trip he is asking many questions, Why? When? Who? Etc. his unbelief is quite apparent. In the story the sound of a bell is used to represent your belief. During the story the boy finds a bell that fell off of Santa’s sleigh, he thought it was broken because he was unable to hear anything when he shook it. However at the end of the story when Santa had appeared and everyone received exactly what they wanted from him, he shook the bell again, and to his surprise it rang. The bell was never broken, it was his disbelief that stood in the way of him hearing the sound of the beautiful bell. I tell my siblings this story in hopes of relating Santa to God and the sound of the bell to hearing God’s voice. It is not that God does not exist or that we can not see him, it is a choice on whether or not we choose to open our ears and eyes to him. I think that a lot of people have a hard time believing because they cant physically prove the existence so a lot of people can not wrapped there head around the idea that “it just is.” I can tell you how I know that my belief is not in vein, everyday I wake up to take in another breath, when I am on my last dollar a job comes through, when you feel like you just cant take it anymore, suddenly you are given a boost of courage and strength. If that is not proof, then I don’t know what is.
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I read your blog and thought it to be very interesting. Being a Christian myself, I can totally see where you are coming from. I was raised in the church, and with high morals and standards. And like you had said, unbelief really wasn’t an option in my mind either. Although there did come a time in my life when I really had to really sit and count the cost of what it meant to be a Christian. And from what I’ve experienced as a Christian from my childhood days, I decided it would be best for me to continue in the path that I had been in all along. The quote you elaborated on is rather interesting. But doesn’t make sense to me when I think about it. “To choose mind over dogma…” The mind is a powerful tool, I believe that it was created to be such, but our minds our not infinite. So why would I want to put my trust into something so finite? Sadly, I guess its because many see religion or faith in God as something that is binding with rules and regulations, but from what I have experienced, I have come to find that faith and trust in God’s law bring about much freedom.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all let me began by saying Polar Express is one of my FAVORITE movies I am grown as grown can get but I love that movie and I always have to have hot chocolate when watching it!!! However, I find your blog interesting because I feel a person definitely has to have some sort of spiritual grounding no matter what faith they choose. Just as you, I believe having spiritual grounding gives a person some sort of purpose in life therefore they live life to its’ fullest potential and they know how to center themselves and call on a higher power when they are in need. I have discussed spirituality in a lot of blogs and it is something that I am still trying to get a grasp on especially when it comes to Christianity, because I do believe there is a God but will I really got to hell if I don’t follow the ten commandments? Will I really go to hell if I don’t repent, if I don’t mimic my life after everything that is preached, or if I don’t go to church every Sunday? This is where my conflict comes in because I know I have a good heart and I try to do right by others and I do believe Jesus died for my sins but will I be accepted into the gates of heaven because I have not done all the things that the preachers and Bible suggest I do. I am not necessarily looking for you to answer those questions these are just questions that I wish HE could come down and answer for me, I know it sounds a little off but these are genuine concerns. I think I have initially came up with my own religion and that is as long as I do right by myself and others and I have faith that there is something higher than just what’s here on earth than I will have a prosperous after life in all aspects. Great blog it provokes one to think about what is meaningful in life.
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