Wednesday, November 26, 2008

How does Faith relate to the world in which we live?
Faith relates to people in many different ways. Faiths were created by different cultures by people with different ideas of the way one should live his/her life and an explanation of how, what, or who created the universe. For some, faith is something for someone to believe for the sake of believing in something, they are lost and want to have purpose in life, they want to believe in a metaphysical being or a set of ideals that guide them through life. They sift the world's many religions and find one that fits them the best. These kinds of people are the “Seekers of Truth” and sleep better at night knowing that they believe in something. Another group of people the “Seekers of Pleasure” say that they don't have faith or believe in anything, the world exists because it always has and when you die you die. They look upon others with faith as weaklings that need a crutch to lean because they can't get through life by themselves. These “Seekers of Pleasure” live life for themselves and chase after the next high. The third group the “Seekers of Nothing” have a very small amount of faith that only consists of the belief of a metaphysical being that created and manages the world. However, they do not seek after that being nor acknowledge that that particular metaphysical being belongs to one of the faiths of the world, they create their own set of ideals to live their life by. These are the three main ways faith relates to people in the world. There are “Seekers of Truth”, “Seekers of Pleasure”, and “Seekers of Nothing”.

2 comments:

Pritha said...

I thought this blog post was quite insightful because I never thought about the 'catogories' of faith. After reading your post I have a clear idea of how faith relates to the world we live in. My favorite part was, "They sift the world's many religions and find one that fits them the best. These kinds of people are the “Seekers of Truth” and sleep better at night knowing that they believe in something." This made me think a lot, and made me question if it is really worth havin g faith. Overall, I thought that this was an interesting post, definitely stood out!
-Pritha

African Globe Trotters. said...

Such an interesting concept - three very different categories of people - sharing the same space? Nice work - once again you have shown depth of thought. I don't think that "faiths were created by culture"... I believe God designed us to want to have faith. What do you think? Mrs.Mc.