Monday, February 1, 2010

Faith without cynicism (#367)

Faith has the premise of a never-ending endurance attached to it. The qualities faith has, operate with the understanding that nothing can deter a faith's truth. All of this is well and good. The problem arises when faith is co-mingled with humanity. Humanity has very short attention and memory patterns. Also humanity will let doubt in one day and not another. We are creatures given to an unstable approach in our knowledge. (This is difficult to write about so if it seems disjointed it very well may be.) The record of all of the beginning of our existence is incomplete and causes us to pause and re-evaluate the premise for our lives. Faith comes to us as a foundation for acceptance of reality and a way forward as a hope. Too often faith is charged with perfection and is hopelessly incapable of being perfect within the human concept. However, faith is also an ideal, which if lived perfectly would have the effect of peace and tranquility. I am looking for a faith in what I believe that is not within boundaries of what is known by humanity but what is within boundaries of all the unknown. It would be a cynical day for me to say that my faith is greater than anyone Else's, but it would also be a cynical day if I said my faith was any less than anyone Else's as well.

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