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Originally Posted by presluc
It is not religion that motivates the human spirit it is FAITH.
Wether it's faith in God, faith in Hinduism, faith in theories, faith in nothingness.
The problem with this is some people like to push their faith on other people.  |
Thank you I thought that I mentioned the difference before but I guess no one believed me. lol But actually people seem to force their religion moreso than their faith, atleast in my experience.... and heres why I believe that to be true.
Ones religion has the black and white, yes and no, right and wrong boundaries. This in turn is much easier to preach because it has a simplistic explanation as to why they do things or believe in things.
Ones faith is too gray, and is usually much more personal. It tends to reflect the experiences that that single person has had, and ones faith may also argue with the religion that they follow. The faith that one person has allows them to interprit the religion that they follow.
I think that people tend to go with preaching their religion, because there are so many close minded people in this world....
Okay I dont know if youve gone through anything majorly significant that changed you entire outlook on something, that changed your 'faith' whatever it may be in, but say you did.... and you are telling someone about something that you believe in, they ask you how you could believe in that..... you give them your reasoning (the significant event that changed you) and in return that person tells you that there is no reason that the event that you experienced should have changed anything..... while arguing they are basically telling you that you were wrong for feeling and reacting the way you did in that situation.
I have not met a person yet, who can get through an attack like that with a dry eye or an intact 'heart'.
Faith is too personal to try to preach with others, especially because when you preach.... its usually to someone that doesnt agree with you so you are more likely to get the personal attacks.